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24 Dec, 12 tweets, 4 min read
Time for a Christmas pulp countdown now, and today it's my top 10 festive tipples!

Stand by for a world of sophistication...
At #10: port! It's basically turbo-wine for getting through to Boxing Day.

Best mixed with Pepsi apparently...
At #9: Guinness! Liquid power for grandparents that tastes... well let's just say there's a reason they don't sell it warm any more.
At #8: Blatz! Liberace loves it, and that's good enough for me.
At #7: Canadian whisky! Where's that hand going young lady?
At #6: Dry Sack! Ask any man for details...
At #5: Canadian Mist! Caftans add a touch of class to any occasion.
At #4: Haig whisky! Chug! Chug! Chug!
At #3: vodka! The mainstay of many a librarian...
At #2: Babycham! Look how happy he is!
And at #1: Jägermeister! It's just happy juice!
More pulp countdowns another time. Drink responsibly etc...

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Time for my occasional series "Women with great hair fleeing gothic houses!"

And today we are fleeing 1974.
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Malice Domestic, by Rae Foley. Dell, 1974.
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