Can a British gentleman live on gin alone?

Question

I have a bet on with one of my chums at the club that a true British gentleman can get all the nutrients and vitamins he needs from gin, and to prove it I will live on just gin for an entire year. Of course the odd slice of lemon will be added when times are tough, anything less would be pure folly.

Answer 1

Good Lord, no. You need vermouth, lime to replace the lemon, and tonic water. It wouldn't do to come down with malaria, would it?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Give it a bash old chap, but I'm sure your belly will soon growl for you to feed it.

Answer 4

think i might join you sir! can a British Lady join in the frivolities?

Answer 5

no.

Answer 6

This is a perfectly ridiculous thing to do. You MUST have some Tonic with it ! ! !

Answer 7

Shertanly

Answer 8

george best did

Answer 9

I don't think so, squire. Try adding some cheese and crackers, that should have you all set.

Answer 10

Sorry I was under the impression you already did.

Bally lovely to see your smiley face again TIP TOP!

Ding dong! is that you too? *snorts*

Answer 11

No, because you need water food and certian minerals and vitimans to live

Answer 12

Rotter old bean, great aunt Agatha has been living on absinthe for the last 30 years, in fact she drinks so much of the stuff she glows in the dark, saves on electricity bills ?

Answer 13

It's not true old bean. I've tried it with Pimms and found myself eating rats droppings out of a skip within three days.

Answer 14

Hi - Ho ! Good to see you back old chap. Gin alone eh ? Well, your question is somewhat defunct as you've lived on gin alone for a good 4 decades. I suggest a British gentlemen should be extra British and eat a pheasant pie in between bottles of gin and perhaps the odd quail egg? After all, flogging and flailing does need some energy !

Answer 15

I do feel that you must add the odd portion of "Gentlemen's relish' and then I am sure you would be fine

Answer 16

no, even if you're asian, american, or african gentleman.

Answer 17

no

Answer 18

yes

but not without problems and probably not for as long as if you ate a normal healthy diet

personally, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT

Answer 19

as long as said gentlemen is surrounded by a couple Swedish twins ...anything is possible!

Answer 20

I think your chum will win

Answer 21

Gin with a lemon slice? Who wants lemonade.

Good to see you again Sir.

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Answer 22

Only Beefeaters can do this.  I suppose when they pop on over to the Isle of Guernsey, they chow down on a sufficient number of cows to where they can live off their own fat for a year.  Wot?

Beefeater Gin - it will mooooove you.

Answer 23

Only if it is Sir Robert Burnettes White Satin Gin, the worlds finest

Answer 24

I suspect that after a week, you would still be true and still be British, but you'd no longer be a gentleman.

Answer 25

yes ... you'll need the lime or lemon so you don't get scurvy:)  ...  it would be an added bonus if you also found a girl named "Gin" .....(Why do I have a picture of Peter O'Toole in my mind with this question?)

Answer 26

Gin is pure alcohol  flavoured with a number of herbs and spices called “botanicals”. The chief of these is juniper berries to provide the piney bouquet and flavour.

The berries and the lemon slice will give you the vitamin c you need to prevent scurvy.

Daddy lived off port for the last three years of his life so I believe you could quite easily exist on gin.

Answer 27

I say, Rotter, that sounds rather spiffing. Wouldn't mind a crack at that myself.

Might be a tad expensive but you can always contact me, old chap,  I have some rather good scams by which I can con enough gin for the both of us. Save dipping into the old pockets, eh?

How did the 'hair burning' go on, by the way?