In one of the later Burke books he confesses that he picked
up some rare bug in Africa during his mercenary days which
forced him to quit drinking. He's not anti-alcohol, or
anything like that.
Still, it's a neat piece of advice.
doug
--- Daniel Sevitt <
DANIELSE@Amdocs.com> wrote:
> Don't know if I missed this one or not. In
Vachss'
> Burke books whenever
> Burke is hanging out in somewhere where he
would
> look out of place without
> consuming alcohol, he orders a whisky and coke
and
> asks for them in separate
> glasses. Then he sips at the coke and empties
the
> whisky into the rest of
> the glass. That way it looks as though he is
getting
> loaded and just can't
> be bothered with the coke. Real men know it's
not
> smart to drink!
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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