Was it only the Johnny Walker Black Saturday night that made me appreciate this poem, which appears on the menu at Gene and Georgetti's steak house (the boldface is in the original)?
Our Bar is Dedicated
To Those Merry Souls of Other Days—Who Again Will Make Drinking a Pleasure—Who Achieve Contentment Long Before Capacity—And Who—Whatever They May Drink—Prove Able—To Carry It—Enjoy It—And Remain Gentlemen.
To Those Merry Souls of Other Days—Who Again Will Make Drinking a Pleasure—Who Achieve Contentment Long Before Capacity—And Who—Whatever They May Drink—Prove Able—To Carry It—Enjoy It—And Remain Gentlemen.
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