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Photograph Contradiction and Swizzle Stick Confusion
It seems the second photo with the swizzle stick contradicts the text which says that the flat end goes into the drink (the picture has the pointed end in the drink)... If they were created to "spear" olives out of the drinks then why do you use the flat end in the drink... you can't spear anything with it? Is there proper ediquette for wiping off the stick and putting the oppisite end in if you want to change from stirring/spearing?
Answers to these questions would make a good edition to the text.
JazzFrog6615:15, 27 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Washington Post article
eehhh, i guess we need to figure out how to reconcile the current article with this
[1] washington post piece. excerpt: "Here is a perfect example of why you shouldn't completely trust Wikipedia. The entry for "swizzle stick" reads: "Swizzle sticks are small sticks placed in cocktails to hold fruit or stir the drink. Commonly made of plastic, the swizzle portion of the swizzle stick name originated from the Caribbean cocktail, Rum Swizzle." It goes on to credit the invention of the swizzle stick to one Jay Sindler, "an engineer" who in 1933 "was looking for a way to get the olive out of his martini without using his fingers." Is that true? A little bit, but mostly no."--
Milowent (
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17:44, 16 June 2010 (UTC)reply
can anyone access this
[2] 2003 article? Its better to find more sources that predate 2005, when this wiki article was created, because journalists appear to have relied on this article many times, oh the horror.--
Milowent (
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18:00, 16 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Note: The WP article says that this wikipedia article "goes on to credit the invention of the swizzle stick to one Jay Sindler, "an engineer" who in 1933 "was looking for a way to get the olive out of his martini without using his fingers." Unfortunately, the WP misrepresents the wikipedia article, which though unclear, says that Sindler "invented a swizzle stick with a spear-point on one end," and that "Sindler was granted a patent on his swizzle stick in 1935." It does not say he invented the swizzle stick altogether, though this should be clarified.--
Milowent (
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18:07, 16 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Sindler's patent
You can see Sindler's patent
here, and it can readily be seen that there's no mention of stirring or anything else that swizzle sticks are used for.
Mangoe (
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12:10, 21 June 2010 (UTC)reply
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Photograph Contradiction and Swizzle Stick Confusion
It seems the second photo with the swizzle stick contradicts the text which says that the flat end goes into the drink (the picture has the pointed end in the drink)... If they were created to "spear" olives out of the drinks then why do you use the flat end in the drink... you can't spear anything with it? Is there proper ediquette for wiping off the stick and putting the oppisite end in if you want to change from stirring/spearing?
Answers to these questions would make a good edition to the text.
JazzFrog6615:15, 27 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Washington Post article
eehhh, i guess we need to figure out how to reconcile the current article with this
[1] washington post piece. excerpt: "Here is a perfect example of why you shouldn't completely trust Wikipedia. The entry for "swizzle stick" reads: "Swizzle sticks are small sticks placed in cocktails to hold fruit or stir the drink. Commonly made of plastic, the swizzle portion of the swizzle stick name originated from the Caribbean cocktail, Rum Swizzle." It goes on to credit the invention of the swizzle stick to one Jay Sindler, "an engineer" who in 1933 "was looking for a way to get the olive out of his martini without using his fingers." Is that true? A little bit, but mostly no."--
Milowent (
talk)
17:44, 16 June 2010 (UTC)reply
can anyone access this
[2] 2003 article? Its better to find more sources that predate 2005, when this wiki article was created, because journalists appear to have relied on this article many times, oh the horror.--
Milowent (
talk)
18:00, 16 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Note: The WP article says that this wikipedia article "goes on to credit the invention of the swizzle stick to one Jay Sindler, "an engineer" who in 1933 "was looking for a way to get the olive out of his martini without using his fingers." Unfortunately, the WP misrepresents the wikipedia article, which though unclear, says that Sindler "invented a swizzle stick with a spear-point on one end," and that "Sindler was granted a patent on his swizzle stick in 1935." It does not say he invented the swizzle stick altogether, though this should be clarified.--
Milowent (
talk)
18:07, 16 June 2010 (UTC)reply
Sindler's patent
You can see Sindler's patent
here, and it can readily be seen that there's no mention of stirring or anything else that swizzle sticks are used for.
Mangoe (
talk)
12:10, 21 June 2010 (UTC)reply