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I'll have a doupble 'quantrone'


In the Morocco Club, Fart Bargo orders "a double quantrone" (sp). What the heck is that drink and how do you really spell whatever it is?

This is one of my favorite MST3K episodes:

"Lattice in!"
"I've got a rail-splitting headache"

Spa fon? Squa tron!

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It's a "double Cointreau" - very alcoholic (perhaps they were trying to imply that he was such a cool guy he could drink loads and still shoot straight).

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I love how Mike and the Bots react to him ordering that..."EWWWWWWW!"
I've tasted Cointreau once and that was my reaction, as well.

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It's a sickly, syrupy, orangey liqueur drunk by maiden aunts at Christmas parties and low budget Euro spies in seedy bars. (Though Bart Fargo may have ordered it only to use the brick-shaped bottle as a weapon.)

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Also note that in the beginning of the movie, Bart Fargo is planning to go to My-York. Most folks would assume that they're going to New York, but there is an island named Maiorica.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorca

Majorca an island located in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the largest island in the Balearic Islands archipelago, in Spain.

The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Cabrera Archipelago is administratively grouped with Majorca (in the municipality of Palma). The anthem of Majorca is La Balanguera.

Like the other Balearic Islands of Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera, the island is an extremely popular holiday destination, particularly for tourists from Germany, Ireland, Poland, the Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries, and the United Kingdom. The name derives from Latin insula maior, "larger island"; later Maiorica, "the larger one" in comparison to Minorca, "the smaller one".

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