Joe and Helen Dowsett’s anniversary. Joe and Helen were my father and mother in law. At various times in her life, Helen was known to have a drink or two, Joe- always.
Joe’s Option #1:
Crown Royal– not often seen in his later years having shifted to Bourbon.
Joe’s Option #2:
Everclear– actually this is the only thing I have know that he would leave untouched in the liquor drawer.
Helen’s Option:
“Wine” and I use that term loosely. Helen liked to make wine although it was quite high proof.
- What have I heard about Joe and Helen’s drinking? Eating raw oysters and then “killing” them with a shot of whiskey. To make this worse the adventure was filmed and it was shown both forwards (with the oyster going down) and backwards (coming back up).
- What would Joe say when handed a drink? “Beautiful”
- Joe and crabs? One summer we were on the family sailboat, Orion, in Sucia harbor. Joe and Karen had gone diving and procured some crabs. A good looking gal with her kids was on the beach and they were interested in the crabs. Joe, watching the gal, picked one out of the bucket and the crab promptly locked on to one thumb. Seconds later Joe’s second thumb was captured. Crab was beaten into submission and I had to perform surgery to deal with the blood blisters. I don’t have a memory of what happened after but I am sure many adult beverages were consumed.
