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Yes, yes, it's a spirituous drink without fruit juices that best shows its crystalline beauty when stirred rather than shaken. However, it's the one Martini...
So, as usual, the Brits used someone who was useful to their imperial ambitions and when she was no longer useful flushed her down the toilet. Why would anyone be surprised? All of this "shaken, not stirred" 007 nonsense is pathetic cover for the fact that Mr Bond was a ruthless killer in service to the Crown. End of sermon...can we please now get back to discussing cocktails?