Cranberry Juice Cocktail
Thursday, 12 January 2006 | 72 readers so far
Editor’s Note: Some of us here in Baghdad are worried about Lowry’s rapidly failing mental health. Stay tuned.
Who’d thought that I’d come half-way around the world to fall in love with cranberry juice. It’s true. From the looks of things it doesn’t seem like I’m the only one either. These 8-ounce bottles of joy are like gold here. KBR can’t keep in stock fast enough. If people see them, they’re gone. It’s crazy.
There’s plenty of free milk, colas, coffee, tea, non-alcoholic beer, energy drinks, and of course bottled water. KBR even supplies us with assorted box juices. The only thing they run out of though is cranberry juice. Why is that? I don’t know. Maybe it’s that they’re in American packaging, but the beer is in its American packaging. Maybe cranberry juice is truly the nectar of the gods, maybe it has some addictive quality to it. Whatever it is, they always run out. Maybe it’s the nice burgandy hue, or the small little bottles that makes them so appealing. I don’t know these are just mere guesses.
I clamor for them when they run out, and I horde them when they’re back in stock. Cargo pockets come in handy when KBR restocks cranberry juice. Today I commandeered six from the dining facility. Usually the DFAC (dining facility) runs out about the time I go to lunch, but not today. I was one of the lucky ones today.
1 January 12th, 2006 at 6:48 pm
Dan Cameron Rodill says:
Cranberries good. Also good for memory. Which is why, when I toss orange, banana and grape(with seeds, the kernel of life)into blender with distilled water, I usually can remember to add some fresh cranberries too.
dcr (From Vietnam to Iraq—now it can be blogged [via Bangkok?])
2 January 14th, 2006 at 7:36 am
Laurie says:
Time to update the list of “most frequently requested items”. Cranberry juice, who knew?
3 January 14th, 2006 at 8:57 am
Trevor says:
Laurie,
If you want to make Sgt. Lowry crazy, send him cranberry juice in containers that are really hard to open. I have added a Soldier’s Angels RSS feed to this blog.
Trevor
4 January 14th, 2006 at 10:21 am
Jeff says:
You would say that Trevor.
Laurie, he’s just teasing of course.
If you want to make me crazy don’t send me cranberriers, but send me an Apple, preferably a Mac. I hate those computers, always working right, never crashing, and stealth-like keyboards are a must when your roomate is trying to sleep.
5 January 14th, 2006 at 11:21 am
Trevor says:
I think Lowry is referring to Windows PCs, which drive him nuts. He didn’t make that clear. He HATES Windows and Bill Gates.
Loves MAC. Tends to be elitist. Full of random knowledge which is mostly useless. Etc.
6 January 14th, 2006 at 11:45 am
Jeff says:
Dang it, how am I supposed to get a free Mac now?!
7 January 14th, 2006 at 11:47 am
Jeff says:
BTW Tyne and Tim Daly’s maternal grandfather is former Chief Justice Earl Warren.
8 January 14th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
SmellyKat says:
I think the cranberry juice running out is a cause and effect.
Cause: There is plenty of available Vodka, and not many other types of hard liquor.
Effect: You have everyone with a 5th of Stoli clammering for the juice. It’s really quite simple.
Note: Vodka is contraband here and should not be consumed.