Talk:Screwdriver (cocktail)
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[edit] Name?
The drink isn't really called a "Screwdriver cocktail". Shall I move this article to Screwdriver (cocktail)? --Spikey 06:16, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)
- I wrote this "Screwdriver, is a wordplay. In bar lingo, the two main ingredients are called screw (orange juice) and driver (vodka)." is this wrong? That's what I've heard, but does anyone know if it's wrong or not? Any bartender?--84.217.116.165 22:30, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Name unknown in Britain?
Fawlty Towers was filmed a long time ago. I'm sure Screwdriver was the standard name for this when I was a student. However, I'm far from a cocktail buff... — Haeleth Talk 11:34, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- What I definitely know is that the name is practically unkown in Germany, too.
I have heard the name screwdriver for vodka & orange in a film or read it in a book, but when I was exchange student in England in 1990's (I am from Finland) the bartenders did not know that name, but I had to order vodka & orange. It is my favourite drink.
[edit] Sonic Screwdriver (cocktail) (comment)
is a cocktail made with orange juice, Bawls Energy Drink, vodka and sometimes Hypnotic, created sometime before March, 2007 (see Earliest Reference).
The orange juice can sometimes be substituted by orange soda.
History: The Sonic Screwdriver was created by two college students in Baltimore Maryland after watching a popular British telivision Show called, "Doctor Who". In the telivision show The Doctor uses his "Sonic Screwdriver" to perform virtualy any mechanical work that might be needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.250.24.238 (talk) 18:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bacardi Screwdriver
What about the Bacardi Screwdriver, which has rum instead of vodka? MC 31/10/2007 21:42 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.23.48.120 (talk) 21:43, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Troy, NY
Many people in a global readership will not know of this place, and therefore it is helpful to include the country. Not only is this a helpful addition it in no way damages the article. Please leave for the benefit of non-US readers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.253.126 (talk) 13:04, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- That one is just a mess. It should also be pointed out that no-one uses the double-comma convention except in mailing addresses, while the single comma convention is frequently used in real life. It should be changed to Troy, New York, however. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 16:27, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Although I do not agree with you observation on puncuation I am happy for you to edit into a format you are happy with providing the full location, i.e. USA, is included. This is important if WIkipedia is to have a validity to non-US readers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.253.126 (talk) 16:33, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Variations section...
..was tagged as being of unclear relevance. The relevance is pretty clear. This is an article about the screwdriver, and these are variations on the screwdriver. Not getting the idea behind this tag. Mr. IP (talk) 21:41, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Is there a name for orange juice and Everclear? That's mostly what I drink and I call it an Everclear screwdriver or Everclear and orange juice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.231.127.59 (talk) 07:37, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] early 1950s?
How could the drink have been invented in the early 1950s if there was a reference to it in print in 1949? Pha telegrapher (talk) 19:19, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
