Not only did he become Death, the destroyer of worlds, but apparently, he had a mean hand with a martini jug, at least according to the Washington Post. The father of the atomic bomb was known among colleagues and friends for the strong martinis he made, often with a signature flourish: He dipped the rims of the chilled glasses in a mixture of lime juice and honey. His preference for the drink is chronicled in “American Prometheus,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin that was the basis for the movie. And the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which Oppenheimer helped found, features a recipe for the concoction on its website: “four ounces of gin and a dash of vermouth; the rim of the chilled glass was dipped in honey and lime juice.”
"Surely that balances out the whole Destroyer of Worlds thing?"
Balance is everything. Nothing is ever all-bad. (Or, as Shakespere reminds us, while foreshadowing the Enlightenment: "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so".)
Saw the scene and figured they were deadly concoctions. Haven't drank gin since a bad incident with Bombay Sapphire in the barracks during my mispent youth. Apparently drinking the blue fire from the bottle isn't such a hot idea.
surely it should be called "the Oppenheimer: it'll blow your socks off and leave a shadow on the wall"
Like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick.
If you hadn't already, I was going to go there...
too soon?
Given that ratio, I’m surprised they could create the bomb.
"Surely that balances out the whole Destroyer of Worlds thing?"
Balance is everything. Nothing is ever all-bad. (Or, as Shakespere reminds us, while foreshadowing the Enlightenment: "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so".)
Saw the scene and figured they were deadly concoctions. Haven't drank gin since a bad incident with Bombay Sapphire in the barracks during my mispent youth. Apparently drinking the blue fire from the bottle isn't such a hot idea.
Oh my god
And have we attempted to recreate this? The drink not the bomb. Sounds ideal for a sharehouse cocktail session.