Talk:Manhattan (cocktail)

Article Checklist for "Manhattan (cocktail)"

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Article status	Developing article: beyond a stub, but incomplete
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Checklist last edited by	Hayford Peirce 14:37, 15 June 2007 (CDT)

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"Drinking Man's Cocktail"

Last I heard, the Manhattan isn't really a "man's" drink. I'm not sure I'd put this claim on there unless one could substiantiate it. --Robert W King 14:42, 15 June 2007 (CDT)

I stuck it in because it's prominently featured in the Wikipedia article and I tried tracking down a source for it. Couldn't find any: it seems to be an Internet thingee that got itself into Wikipedia, from which it has spread like a weed. But you think it ought to be removed? Hayford Peirce 14:52, 15 June 2007 (CDT)

I think it should get the axe, because it's speculation. If there was some written lore or something to indicate this, it would be a different story. But given Wikipedia's history of questionable accuracy I wouldn't rely on it and pull it. Plus, it really seems like opinion. It seems like one of those things where a guy worked it into the article because he was called a sissy for drinking one. I think there's an unwritten drinking rule that the more fruity a drink is, the less "masculine" it is. --Robert W King 14:57, 15 June 2007 (CDT)