Appears to be a bottle of Bombay Sapphire. That’s the really good stuff!
And we should remember that, according to Kurt Vonnegut, gin is a drug so powerful that it will cause men and women who drink it to copulate repeatedly and enthusiastically after drinking just one glass. Welcome To The Monkey House!
Just how blue the bottles are varies. And that bottle does indeed appear to have a little blue to it. And to me, at least, it looks square, not rectangular.
But it’s the label that’s throwing me off. It doesn’t look anything like a Sapphire label. But it also doesn’t look like any other gin label I’ve seen. There’s a New Orleans distillery called “Seven Three”, but their logo is “73”, not “ST”.
St. George makes a gin called “Botanivore”, which seems like it would be fitting in this situation.
I disagree. There’s been some distortion in the drawing, but the shape of the bottle, the coloring, and the cap are all very similar to Bombay Sapphire bottles. The logo has been flipped 180 degrees, but I chalk that up to Shannon not wanting to replicate it too closely for copyright or trademark reasons.
Seagrams starts with an S too. Surprisingly, Sazerac does not make a gin under their own brand. There is a gin from New Orleans called Gentilly that has a similar looking bottle.
There are several saints represented: St. George, St. Giles, St. Mary’s, St. Laurent, Old St. Pete…I used Bing Images, “st gin bottles.” None of them look much like that bottle Remy is holding.
All we can really make out is the “ST”. Maybe St. Charlie has its own distillery, and Remy somehow got hold of a bottle? And was persuaded that it’s safe to drink?
He brings news, he brings hope, to begin. He is welcome with a bottle of gin. Some pralines in cupboard will lead them on up toward his purpose—what was it agin?
“Chére” is almost the same thing, but in French, at least, is more snobbish or sarcastic. For Mme. Cypress, however, it may simply be a diminutive form of “chérie” – sort of like saying “sweetie” instead of “sweetheart”.
Correct, Robert. To go into further detail, in continental French, “mon cher” is the masculine version of “my dear, with “ma chère” being the feminine form. “Mon chéri” is the masculine form of “My dearest”; the feminine form is “ma chérie.”
All that being said, Cajun/Creole French is somewhat different. I’m pretty sure Cajuns use (or maybe use to use) it a lot like many in the South and in Texas use (or, again, use to use) “honey” and “sweetie”, which, at least traditionally, was *not* intended to be condescending or sarcastic. I would say even 30 years ago, when people (including people you didn’t know) in the South called you “honey”, “hun”, or “sweetie”, they really *were* just being friendly. I think a lot of older people in southern states are still bewildered that people now often take offense at being addressed in this way, because it used to be normal.
Oh, my, yes, Hun-bun! I used to LOVE that Southern talk. Sweetie, just sit your little town gun down here on the table, and let me pour you a cup of the most unique stylized coffee ever sampled by finer examples of youth and beauty…..how is your lovely Momma, now?
I mostly read older books (20th century is modern by my lights) and cher/cherie (w/ accents that I’m too lazy to put in) were used unironically up through Colette. (Who needs years when you can tell time by authors?)
Also (when spoken) by at least the older of the descendants of the Acadians that still live in the southern US. I don’t even know if the kids speak French at all.
I looked upon that some times ago, southern francophones have not passed that much to their heirs, but Cajuns are *not* francophones: creole and cajun are their own languages (what is different from fro example belgian or swiss french that are similar to other local french from France).
That Colette wasn’t ironic when usinf cher or chéri(e) (as per her book “Chéri”), I wouldn’t know, there’s a heavy lesbian subtext in her books, and more than once cher is also what “costs” something…
Well, Shadowmehr, that’s a good point, and a normal plant would probably not appreciate being fed gin. However, I would say it’s pretty clear that the Cypress is not a “normal” plant by any stretch of the imagination, so all bets are off. It looks like Remy basically treats her as if she were a loa, which, although I don’t think she technically is, still seems to be appropriate, at least from her perspective.
Ryan Reynolds isn’t there, so it’s probably not Aviation gin.
As long as it’s not aviation fuel.
Of course not. To run an aircraft you must use vodka.
Hopefully it’s Beefeaters gin.
Gin and pralines?
It sounds tasty, come to think of it.
Now there’s hope.
Don’t recognize the brand or the bottle. Brewed in New Orleans?
Do his pockets work like Doctor Whos pockets?
He has a backpack.
Backpack of Holding!
In this case, holding gin!
Appears to be a bottle of Bombay Sapphire. That’s the really good stuff!
And we should remember that, according to Kurt Vonnegut, gin is a drug so powerful that it will cause men and women who drink it to copulate repeatedly and enthusiastically after drinking just one glass. Welcome To The Monkey House!
Sapphire bottles are blue and square in cross section. That’s colorless and rectangular in cross section.
Just how blue the bottles are varies. And that bottle does indeed appear to have a little blue to it. And to me, at least, it looks square, not rectangular.
But it’s the label that’s throwing me off. It doesn’t look anything like a Sapphire label. But it also doesn’t look like any other gin label I’ve seen. There’s a New Orleans distillery called “Seven Three”, but their logo is “73”, not “ST”.
St. George makes a gin called “Botanivore”, which seems like it would be fitting in this situation.
Seven Three does make a gin too. It’s called Gentilly.
I disagree. There’s been some distortion in the drawing, but the shape of the bottle, the coloring, and the cap are all very similar to Bombay Sapphire bottles. The logo has been flipped 180 degrees, but I chalk that up to Shannon not wanting to replicate it too closely for copyright or trademark reasons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Sapphire#/media/File:Bombay_Sapphire_-_bouteilles.JPG
At the very least I would say the bottle was inspired by the Bombay Sapphire bottle.
According to Google the only brand of gin beginning with St is St George, from California .
Perhaps it’s Botanist Islay Dry Gin?
Seagrams starts with an S too. Surprisingly, Sazerac does not make a gin under their own brand. There is a gin from New Orleans called Gentilly that has a similar looking bottle.
There are several saints represented: St. George, St. Giles, St. Mary’s, St. Laurent, Old St. Pete…I used Bing Images, “st gin bottles.” None of them look much like that bottle Remy is holding.
All we can really make out is the “ST”. Maybe St. Charlie has its own distillery, and Remy somehow got hold of a bottle? And was persuaded that it’s safe to drink?
It’s probably a fictional brand, to protect our beloved authors from trademark infringement lawsuits.
Trademark infringement doesn’t really work that way. You’d have to prove that someone actually thought your brand was somehow connected to the comic.
He brings news, he brings hope, to begin. He is welcome with a bottle of gin. Some pralines in cupboard will lead them on up toward his purpose—what was it agin?
Did you just rhyme cupboard with toward? I guess it is usually pronounced “cubberd” though…
Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌb.əd/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): (historical) /toəd/; (more recent) /ˈtwoəd/, /təˈwɔɹd/
If you read it as “cup board” and “up to’ard”, they rhyme quite nicely.
The English language is so limited in rhymes. One must make due with twisting a few words from time to time.
I’ve always pronounced it “cubbord”. I can see myself saying “toword” if need be
Is “chère” Sweetheart?
Maybe. It’s the feminine form.
“Chérie” actually means “sweetheart”.
“Chére” is almost the same thing, but in French, at least, is more snobbish or sarcastic. For Mme. Cypress, however, it may simply be a diminutive form of “chérie” – sort of like saying “sweetie” instead of “sweetheart”.
“Cher” (m) or “cherie” (f, with the accent) means “dear.”
seconded. Letters start with “cher(e) [name]”
Correct, Robert. To go into further detail, in continental French, “mon cher” is the masculine version of “my dear, with “ma chère” being the feminine form. “Mon chéri” is the masculine form of “My dearest”; the feminine form is “ma chérie.”
All that being said, Cajun/Creole French is somewhat different. I’m pretty sure Cajuns use (or maybe use to use) it a lot like many in the South and in Texas use (or, again, use to use) “honey” and “sweetie”, which, at least traditionally, was *not* intended to be condescending or sarcastic. I would say even 30 years ago, when people (including people you didn’t know) in the South called you “honey”, “hun”, or “sweetie”, they really *were* just being friendly. I think a lot of older people in southern states are still bewildered that people now often take offense at being addressed in this way, because it used to be normal.
Oh, my, yes, Hun-bun! I used to LOVE that Southern talk. Sweetie, just sit your little town gun down here on the table, and let me pour you a cup of the most unique stylized coffee ever sampled by finer examples of youth and beauty…..how is your lovely Momma, now?
I mostly read older books (20th century is modern by my lights) and cher/cherie (w/ accents that I’m too lazy to put in) were used unironically up through Colette. (Who needs years when you can tell time by authors?)
Also (when spoken) by at least the older of the descendants of the Acadians that still live in the southern US. I don’t even know if the kids speak French at all.
I looked upon that some times ago, southern francophones have not passed that much to their heirs, but Cajuns are *not* francophones: creole and cajun are their own languages (what is different from fro example belgian or swiss french that are similar to other local french from France).
That Colette wasn’t ironic when usinf cher or chéri(e) (as per her book “Chéri”), I wouldn’t know, there’s a heavy lesbian subtext in her books, and more than once cher is also what “costs” something…
Wouldn’t gin be bad for a plant? Or do New Orleans plants go by different rules?
We’re about to learn more about plant life. Most lively sweet old ally. Gin is in!
Well, the Cypress is, IIRC, a whole cypress swamp in one package, which includes animals, possibly gin-drinking animals.
I believe in the narboniverse, everyone likes alcohol
Well, Shadowmehr, that’s a good point, and a normal plant would probably not appreciate being fed gin. However, I would say it’s pretty clear that the Cypress is not a “normal” plant by any stretch of the imagination, so all bets are off. It looks like Remy basically treats her as if she were a loa, which, although I don’t think she technically is, still seems to be appropriate, at least from her perspective.
Someone get the lady a cloche.
Both kinds, I think.
Than she would be properly dressed.