Are You A Good Samaritan?
May 22, 2009 by Susan Denny
A man walks in to a bar and orders a drink. He looks down the bar and sees another very drunk man keep falling off his stool. The man finishes his drink watching the other man try to get back up on the stool.
Feeling sorry for the drunk, the man tries to stand him up, but the drunk keeps falling. The man thinks that this drunk needs to be taken home, so he finds his address in his wallet. On the way to his car, the man had to practically carry the drunk man.
After finally finding his house, the man carries the drunk man to the front door. He rings the doorbell and a lady answers. “Ma’am, your husband is drunk, so I decided to give him a lift home.”
The woman replies, “Thank you sir, but I have one question…Where’s his wheelchair?”
La Mauny Rums From The Caribbean
May 14, 2009 by Susan Denny
Established in 1749, La Mauny is the largest distillery in the French West Indies and the largest distiller of agricole rum in the Caribbean.
Founded by the Comte de Mauny, sugar cane was above all, cultivated for sale. But from the 19th century onwards the La Mauny estate started to gradually turn towards the production of rum.
Quittin’ Time (Australia) is proud to bring you a selection of aged rums, along with the ready to serve rum punch classics from the experts in rum.
For the lovers of cocktail classics without the fuss, we’ve done it for you. Our 700ml bottles are party sized for your convenience. Add a bottle of your favourite La Mauny fruity punch to a bowl filled with ice and sliced fruit for a party hit, or pour into glasses over ice with your choice of garnish for a taste sensation without all the fuss of mixing.
La Mauny Aged Rum – Quittin’ Time is proud to bring you a selection of premium aged rums from the La Mauny collection. These rums have been a popular choice since the La Mauny brand was established.
For pricing and order information click HERE or go to www.quittintime.com.au
Drinking Alcohol Cuts The Risk of Developing Arthritis By Half, Swedish Research Has Suggested
May 2, 2009 by Susan Denny
Feel like a bit of fun? Read the “spoof” below.
Taking a swig of Finnish vodka, Professor Hurd E Gurdy said: ‘Where is my pen gone? Ya, alcohol cuts the risk of thingy by half, so what? Want to make something of it?’
And another researcher, Anna Abbadabbasson, spilling a test tube of corrosive acid onto the floor, added: ‘Arthri-er, arth, shore fingersh are less likely with a good whack of Schmirnoff every day. Get off me, Hurd!’
In the research laboratory’s restaurant, a huge fist fight broke out after a lager and schnapps party was being held there to celebrate the findings, and paramedics had to treat 3 biologists for cuts and bruises, and one for a fractured jaw. And Professor Gurdy had more news to announce: ‘My liver transplant has been arranged for July, if I haven’t had a heart attack by then.’
Scientists have long known of the benefits of alcohol, such as giving plenty of overtime to policemen, and giving heart, liver and kidney surgeons lots of practice, but arthritis has no cure, and so it’s lucky that eating dandelions or walking backwards could just as easily ‘cut the risk’ of arthritis.
But speaking from America, from his Huge Electricity-Burning House on the Prairie, after parking his Lear jet beside it, Nobel Prize winner Al ‘Alky’ Gore said: ‘I suppose you can take a few simple facts and make them mean anything, sure worked for me.’ Johnny Walker was on holiday in Japan.
Change In Liquor Deal Rules For PGA?
April 29, 2009 by Susan Denny
Source: Street & Smith’s SportsBusinessJournal 27th April 2009
Executives at PGA Tour headquarters are taking their most serious look yet at loosening rules that prevent spirit companies from buying tournament title sponsorships or traditional endorsements with players, said multiple sources familiar with the talks. Industry sources estimated the category could be worth up to $50 million a year in new sponsorship dollars.
The PGA Tour has considered such a move before but didn’t take action because of the stigma attached to the category, said a tour source. The PGA Tour’s board of directors would have to approve any change in the rules, and there is no firm timetable for a decision.
Under current rules, distilled spirit companies are not allowed to title sponsor events on the PGA Tour, sign traditional shirt sponsorships with golfers or become an official sponsor of the PGA Tour. They can title sponsor one event on each of the Champions and Nationwide tours, though neither tour has a distilled spirits title sponsor. Spirits cannot title sponsor pro-ams, but are allowed to sponsor VIP areas at tournaments, as Diageo’s Ketel One and Bacardi’s Grey Goose have done in recent years.
If new rules are passed, spirits would probably be limited to title sponsorships of the dozen or so events with four-round coverage on Golf Channel because sponsorships include ad inventory in tournament telecasts. Broadcast networks still ban liquor advertising, likely precluding a deal for a tournament with coverage on one of the tour’s two broadcast partners.
Ketel One has deals with golfers Peter Jacobsen and Scott McCarron, though neither wears branding on his shirt during competition. Arnold Palmer, who is retired, has endorsed the brand since 2004.
The restrictions have pushed brands that want to associate with golf to other areas. Grey Goose has a multiplatform sponsorship with Golf Channel, and sponsors the Tiger Woods Foundation and an interactive golf site run by Sports Illustrated. Bacardi’s Dewar’s brand does some consumer promotions with Callaway.
New rules could also open up official marketing deals with the PGA Tour. Ketel One is already the preferred vodka of the PGA Tour’s Tournament Players Clubs, a supporter of tour charities and an official sponsor of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Loosening the rules would open up a potentially lucrative category at a time when the future of other categories integral to the PGA Tour – financial, automotive and travel – are uncertain. Diageo and Bacardi now spend a combined $7 million to $10 million annually on golf in the U.S. , and brand consultants said the category could be worth $10 million to $50 million a year to the sport if rules are relaxed.
A rule change would have support among some of the largest distributors, including Bacardi and Diageo.
“We’re content with our mix, but we would definitely entertain any opportunities that come up because of rules changes,” said Emil Jattne, senior brand manager for Grey Goose.
The PGA Tour is one of the few remaining U.S.-based professional sports leagues to prohibit distilled spirit companies from buying some of the more prominent sponsorship inventory. The NFL will consider loosening its restrictions during owners meetings next month.
There could also be changes to the PGA Tour’s rules regarding casinos in the sport. Only the hotel associated with a casino can now title sponsor tournaments or endorse players, but a source with knowledge of the tour’s plans said that if a casino “were to come in at the right price for a tournament, then there would be some serious discussions.”
ANZAC Day 2009 Australia
April 25, 2009 by Susan Denny
This morning I attended a dawn service honouring the memory of those who lost their lives defending our country. This has special meaning for me because my uncle was lost on HMAS Sydney in 1941 at the age of 19. Far too young to die.
The story of HMAS Sydney is fascinating. One-third of the RAN’s officers and men lost during the war were lost on 19 November 1941 when the Sydney sank with all hands.
The German raider Kormoran, heavily disguised as the Dutch freighter Straat Malakaa, apparently lured the technologically superior warship Sydney into range of its guns and torpedoes. Both ships were critically damaged and sank after the action. 
The loss of the Sydney and of all 645 men – 635 RAN, six RAAF and four civilian canteen staff – on board has generated not only enormous grief but a lot of controversy in the years since. The sudden loss of the Australian cruiser with all her crew; the fruitless searches for both shipwrecks and our dependency on the German survivors for eyewitness accounts of the battle have made it very difficult for many families to accept their loss.
The first serious attempts to locate the cruiser were not organised until 24 November when Sydney was four days overdue. That same evening a British tanker crew reported they had rescued 25 German seamen from a raft. During subsequent land and sea searches off Carnarvon 315 more of the Kormoran’s crew of 393 officers and men were rescued. 
A badly damaged RAN Carley float (life raft), now in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and two lifebelts are all that have definitely been recovered from the Sydney.
A permanent memorial has been set up at Geraldton WA in the shape of a dome. The dome of the HMAS Sydney Memorial incorporates 645 seagulls, a gull for each life lost.
Why You Should Use Acrylic Glassware
April 22, 2009 by Susan Denny
Wine glasses are designed specifically for wine connoisseurs to take advantage of all of wine’s unique characteristics. The design of the wine glass is meant to bring out the wine’s aroma, flavour and other characteristics.
Glass wine glasses are not meant to be enjoyed by the pool or at a picnic, and if you have kids or an overactive dog, then glass wine glasses are simply not for you.
So rather than glass, in those situations you should use Acrylic wine glasses like my Fun LED wine glasses, which can also be used for cocktails.
Acrylic wine glasses come in the same shapes and sizes as their glass counterparts, but they are made of a thicker material known as Polystyrene Acrylic. It is more durable than glass and they tend to be cheaper, which makes them more expendable should you want to take them with you into a public area.
But what makes the Acrylic wine glasses most useful is for households with small children or pets. Polystyrene Acrylic does not shatter when dropped. Instead, it breaks into large, dull pieces – with no sharp chips or dull edges that threaten to risk injury to a small child. Fun LED Glassware is the best and safest choice for your home.
Acrylic wine glasses are as aesthetically pleasing as the glass alternatives, as easy to clean (scratches can be removed by simply wiping down the glass or the tops can be placed in the dishwasher for ease of washing) and come in the same shapes and sizes as standard wine glasses. They also have the same visibility levels, so your wine will look equally as delicious through either glass, with Acrylic the safer alternative.
As well as wine glasses, Fun LED Glassware also has Margarita, Martini and Shot Glasses.
Alcopops Tax
April 16, 2009 by Susan Denny
Well here we go again! The Australian Government is once again going to try to introduce new legislation into the parliament to place a tax on Alcopops.
This is just another tax grab and we all know it. When it was first introduced it’s purpose was to slow down the purchase of Alcopops by teenagers, but all it did was to turn young people onto stronger spirits.
It’s people at the coalface who see the results of this new tax. It’s the liquour retailers, security guards, accident and emergency staff and police officers, who have to deal with a policy which encourages the purchase of stronger spirits.
In a recent survey of nearly 500 liquour stores, 88% believed that the tax increase had not reduced alcohol consumption, while 4 out of 5 said most Alcopop consumers had switched to other forms of alcohol.
So, by increasing taxes on Alcopops it’s supposed to stop young people from over consuming? I don’t think so! There’s always other alcohol products to binge on, and young adults will continue to do so no matter what the government throws at them.
What To Say If Caught Sleeping At Your Desk!
April 14, 2009 by Susan Denny
Face it, we all feel sleepy the moment we enter the office premises. But what if your boss caught you sleeping at your desk? Here is what you can tell him:
- “They told me at the blood bank this might happen.”
- “This is just a 15 minute power-nap as described in that time management course you sent me.”
- “Whew! Guess I left the top off the White-Out You probably got here just in time!”
- “I wasn’t sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm.”
- “I was testing my keyboard for drool resistance.”
- “I was doing Yoga exercises to relieve work-related stress.”
- “Damn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem.”
- “The coffee machine is broken…”
- “Someone must’ve put decaf in the wrong pot…”
- ” … in Jesus’ name. Amen.”
There’s an excuse in there for everyone!
Business Mixed With Friendship
April 13, 2009 by Susan Denny
Have you ever wondered what your life would be without friends?
You’d probably survive okay, but to have a true friend who you can count on when you need them can sometimes be hard to find.
My husband and I are lucky enough to have a former work colleague and his wife as great friends.
He’s a rum exporter and is bringing into Australia, some previously unknown rums from the Caribbean, Martinique and the Mascarene Islands east of Madagascar. His company is called Quittin’ Time.
He has flavoured rums and rum punches as well as some aged specialty rums.
Because of our close association, we are agents for his rums and we also sell Fun LED Glassware and in the range we have Wine/Cocktail, Margarita and Martini glasses.
The glasses are made from high quality polystyrene acrylic with a stainless steel threaded grommet, and have an “exclusive” champagne bubble design stem, which is 12mm in diameter.
Non-slip and mark resistant rubber edged plastic base, CE certified EMC compliance and “Swap-A-Top” design.
Each glass has a button underneath the base which can be pressed to change the colours to either red, blue, green, purple, aqua, yellow and pale blue and a rotation of all colours automatically.
The top of the glasses can be removed for easy washing in your dishwasher.
The button batteries are replaceable.
We also have at Fun LED Glassware Shot Glasses and as soon as you add liquid the glasses start to flash.
Each box contains 12 clear coloured LED flashing red, green and blue shot glasses 75mm height x 37mm diameter, made from high quality polystyrene acrylic. The base has a gold band.
Each glass has a non-replacable button battery.
To find out more about the rums go to www.quittintime.com.au and for pricing and ordering information on the glasses go to www.funledglassware.com
Real Life Morals
April 11, 2009 by Susan Denny
A teacher gave her class of 11 year olds an assignment: To get their parent to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it.
The next day the kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories.
Ashley said, “My father’s a farmer and we have a lot of egg-laying hens. One time we were taking our eggs to market in a basket on the front seat of the car when we hit a big bump in the road and all the eggs got broken.
“What’s the moral of that story?” asked the teacher.
“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!” “Very good,” said the teacher.
Next, little Sarah raised her hand and said, “Our family are Farmers too. But we raise chickens for the meat market. One day we had a dozen eggs, but when they hatched we only got ten live chicks, and the moral to this story is, ‘Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched’.”
“That was a fine story Sarah.” said the teacher. “Michael, do you have a story to share?”
“Yes. My daddy told me this story about my Aunty Sharon. Aunty Sharon was a flight engineer on a plane in the Gulf War and her plane got hit.
She had to bail out over enemy territory and all she had was a bottle of whisky, a machine gun and a machete. She drank the whisky on the way down so it wouldn’t break and then she landed right in the middle of 100 enemy troops. She killed seventy of them with the machine gun until she ran out of bullets. Then she killed twenty more with the machete until the blade broke. And then she killed the last ten with her bare hands.”
“Good heavens,” said the horrified teacher, “What kind of moral did your daddy tell you from that horrible story?”
“Stay the heck away from Aunty Sharon when she’s been drinking!!”