Saturday Night "Club ONT" August 13, 2025 [The 3 Ds]

Welcome to Club ONT! A collaboration of your Sunday through Thursday ONT Crew - The Disco, The Doggo, and The Dino. Drinks and snacks to the right. Dignity can be located at the pawn shop around the corner.

In case you were wondering

Club ONT is NOT currently undergoing a rebranding. We like our crackers and our barrel just the way they are!

Although we are considering awarding time in one of these chairs to a lucky Club patron. This may or may not be where the 3 Ds gather for Club planning purposes.

(First candidate to join us is Some Rat - so he can fix the wobbly table)

Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

A guy asks a girl to go to a dance. She agrees, and he decides to rent a suit. The rental has a long line, so he waits and waits, and finally he gets his suit.

He decides to buy flowers, so he goes to the flower shop. The flower shop has a long line, so he waits and waits, until he finally buys flowers.

He picks up the girl and they go to the dance. There is a long line into the dance, so they wait and wait.

Finally, they get into the dance, and the guy offers to get the girl a drink. She asks for punch, so he goes to the drink table, and there is no punch line.

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Drink of the Night

Cherry Bounce

George Washington's Favorite Drink Is the 1 Recipe You Should Be Making Right Now

Image courtesy of Amanda at iambaker.net

What Is Cherry Bounce?

Cherry Bounce, which dates back centuries, is a delightful cordial made with tart cherries, sugar, and a liquor—often brandy or whiskey. Though vodka is now a popular option. Over several months, cherries are infused into the alcohol and are sweetened with the addition of sugar. Some variations include aromatic whole spices, such as cloves, nutmeg, or cinnamon sticks.

In some parts of the country, such as Virginia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, Cherry Bounce is a common drink, especially around the holidays. It’s prepared in the summer during peak cherry season, and is stored for several months while the flavor deepens and sweetens—resulting in an incredibly strong, somewhat syrupy cherry liqueur. It can be sipped by itself, served over ice, or (most commonly) paired with a lemon-lime soda for a tasty but strong cocktail.

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How To Make Cherry Bounce

Nancy Carter Crump's book, "Dining With the Washingtons," features a vintage Cherry Bounce recipe with some extra add-ins and flair. But for an easy, simplified version, our Door County Cherry Bounce recipe only requires three ingredients: cherries, sugar, and alcohol. Cherry Bounce fan, @innkeepercaroline, recently shared a similar recipe on Instagram with the same measurements. Our recipe calls for vodka while Caroline's uses whiskey.

To make Cherry Bounce, add fresh, pitted cherries to a 1-quart jar or bottle with an air-tight lid. Next, add sugar and then an alcohol of your choice—making sure to cover the cherries entirely.

Seal and set aside in a cool, dark place for at least a couple of weeks—but a couple of months is even better. Occasionally, shake the jar gently.

Serve at room temperature and refrigerate once opened.

Check out the links above to learn more about this liqueur and various uses for it. Small sipper shots available at the bar here in the Club (while supplies last).

In other news, Cherry Bounce will be appearing in the club down the road and across the tracks later this evening. If you have questions how to make Cherry Bounce, she'll happily answer them. However, she may or may not accept Club ONT restroom tokens.

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On the subject of drinking.

The Lost Art of Surviving a Hangover

The number of drinkers in America has reached a record low. And yet, you can learn a lot about yourself after a long night of boozing.

A long time ago, after a friend’s grooms’ dinner, during which we drank kegs of beer, copious amounts of gin, and bottles of cheap wine, I woke up with a hangover so bad the world vibrated. Not in a fun way. I’d drunk too much, had too good a time, and I was paying the price. That next day, the day of my friend’s wedding, was about surviving—not puking, suppressing the headache, staying on my feet. I succeeded and slept nearly the entire day after until the hangover was gone.

You’ve most likely endured a hangover, a “virtually pandemic ailment,” according to the writer Kingsley Amis. Maybe it happened to you decades ago or this morning. You meet a friend for a beer, assuming it’ll be two drinks—max—and hoping you’ll be home by 10 p.m. The music is good, the conversation is even better, and the first two drinks go down easy. So why not a third? A fourth? Sure, it’s Wednesday; tomorrow isn’t too busy. A shot? Fuck it. A cigarette? I haven’t smoked in years—I’d love one! You know this will end badly, and you do it anyway.

You’ve felt the physical discomfort—headache, nausea, lethargy—as well as the anxiety and existential dread it can produce. A few years ago, Esquire published a story about a particularly bad strain of it called Hangxiety: “Apparently it all has to do with the balance of the chemicals in your brain … As your brain re-adjusts after a night of abusing gin to grease the vocal cords for the high notes in ‘Bring Him Home’ at karaoke (you thought Les Mis would be easy?), you may become a real drag to be around.”

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Hangovers suck, and the fewer of them you have the better (and probably longer) your life will be. But that doesn’t mean you should avoid them at all costs. The occasional hangover is neither shameful, nor wrong. (The word occasional is important.) It is the painful remembrance of a good time. For one night, you ignored the annoying emails and crushing responsibilities, enjoyed time with friends, maybe made new ones, possibly got laid. The hangover was worth it.

And remember, you’re not alone in feeling this way. “Hangovers were an honorable, even heroic, ordeal,” Berendt wrote in that July ’91 issue. “All the best people had them.” I imagine the Allies planned and fought World War II with hangovers. David Wells pitched a perfect game for the Yankees while “massively hungover.” Conspiracy theorists have suggested Michael Jordan’s famous flu game was less the result of a bug—or nefarious food poisoning—and more the effects of a long night drinking at the card table. Meanwhile, three of the four U.S. presidents during the 21stcentury—George W. Bush, Trump, and Biden—have been teetotalers. Only one, Obama, may have governed with a hangover. Maybe that explains why we live in such chaotic times.

Check out the whole thing.

Club ONT Shirt of the Week

Club ONT History Department - Saloon History Edition

A salute to our like-minded ancestors

20 Vintage Photos of Old-Timey Saloons

Before Prohibition dried up the taps and made everyone grouchy, saloons were the social heartbeat of towns big and small. These vintage photos capture the rustic charm of these smoky, booze-filled taverns, where cowboys, laborers, and well-dressed gentlemen gathered to swap stories and cut loose over whiskey and beer. In a time before smartphones and streaming, the good ol’ saloon was where news spread and reputations were made or broken over a round of shots.

Just a few from the link:

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Definitely check out all of them at the link!

Club ONT History Department - Amusement Park Edition

Why did the Dreamland amusement park at Coney Island have an attraction called "Hell Gate" in the early 1900s? Mental Floss has the answer.

After paying 10 cents to ticket sellers in red robes and horned hats, they queued up in front of an open-faced building topped with a huge, red, winged figure of Satan. Under his glowering stare, they watched as riders ahead of them crowded into open boats and descended along an ever-narrowing 50-foot whirlpool swirling toward the center until, astonishingly, the boats disappeared - seemingly swallowed up by the waters of the Gate.

Amusement parks like Dreamland made these religious rides, ones that portray the Judeo-Christian values, because New York City would have shut the show down otherwise. In the early 20th century, New York City had very strict laws that only shows of a religious or educational nature could take place on a Sunday. Because Sunday was the only day that people had off, it was the busiest day of the week down in Coney Island. If the owners of the park wanted to turn a profit, they had to have attractions that the city would allow, hence all the shows of a religious nature.

Now you know.

PS. If you see a sign that says "Hell Gate" on the door to a Club ONT restroom, prepare for an experience that may or may not be religious.

Club ONT Department of Solid Advice

One brave man in front of a mob of imbeciles and idiots. pic.twitter.com/XONqlC0Wqk

— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) August 20, 2025

Club ONT Music

Let's honor a few birthday boys tonight!

1946 - The late, great Keith Moon of The Who

1949 - Rick Springfield

Did you know that it wasn't Rick Springfield who wrote that song? This guy did!

1961 - Dean DeLeo, guitarist with Stone Temple Pilots

Top 10ish Comments of the Week. Or thereabout...

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Caution: Club ONT has received word that pumpkin spice beverages could be headed this way. Club ONT data analysts have been scouring the landscape and working to assemble a threat assessment. The best intelligence we have is that they could arrive as early as the end of the month. If past years are an indicator, October is peak season. If you observe pumpkin spice latte or beer or a pumpkin pie milkshake, take cover. Do not directly approach. If you see others that have been infected, use extreme caution. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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