gin-and-ginger

Updated: May 23, 2025

On the first occasion, when a Conservative sought to punctuate an argument by discharging a small gin-and-ginger into the face of his Liberal opponent, and the Liberal retaliated by felling the Conservative to the earth with a pint-pot, Stridge and I wrote quite effusively to one another apologising for the exuberance of our friends.

Ian Hay - The Right Stuff: Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton