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I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I’m under the table,
After four I’m under my host.
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Variant of: I wish I could drink like a lady. “Two or three,” at the most. But two, and I’m under the table— And three, I'm under the host.
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The Harlequin, Volume 2, 1959, University of Virginia (page ?)

 

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