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Yeah, They Went There: Franklin Village Bar Serves Up Casey Anthony-Themed Drinks

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Um, can anyone say "tacky"? Birds, a longstanding watering hole in Franklin Village gets our vote for the crassest cocktails in town: Two boozy bevs named "in honor" of acquitted Florida mom Casey Anthony.

The Jury dredges up the oft-used comparison to the OJ Simpson verdict (and, hey, look, OJ is an ingredient!). The Chloroform is basically a bunch of the gross stuff you haven't put together in a drink since college. Both are touted as being likely to "impair your judgement" [sic] and "render you incapable of using your common sense."

Frankly, it seems like whoever is in charge at Birds had a few too many drinks themselves and lost their sense of decorum. What do you think of these "ripped from the headlines" libations?

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  • bobbcat

    Only three words come to mind: Ticky, ticky, tacky.

  • S_grant

    Please, kids get murdered in America all the time. It is disingenuous to be upset about  a publicized murder of a kid by her insane and partying mother, and not care about the hundreds of other kids who are killed every year.  This little girls life was no more important than any other kid who lost their life. The media showed you cute pictures and portrayed the story in a compelling manner. In that respect, you fell for their trick. You tuned in, and made their advertisers happy.  You were led like sheep to the slaughter.  Now sit back and have a drink. You can't do a damn thing about the justice system or the politicians who are funded by the rich corporations. So just get drunk.

  • (never) too soon 

  • I was there last night. It was packed to the gills. It's a joke people. Stop being so serious. Have a drink for Christsake.

  • I hope you never have a friend killed and stuffed into the trunk of her car, only to be found weeks later. But if you do, you might begin to understand why jokes about murders aren't really funny.

  • I venture to guess that the joke is not about the murder itself, but about the trial. The jury was a joke. The reason that "Cindy" Googled chloroform was a joke. If you ask any of the employees at this establishment, it's doubtful that any of them find the murder or the acquittal humorous. But the facts are that it is a timely topic (for naming drink specials) and some people just have a different sense of humor than you.

    For the record, I find the whole murder/acquittal/flagrant perjury despicable, but the drinks specials names are funny. Does that mean one of my friends will end up murdered in a trunk?

  • My point is murder shouldn't be a pop culture joke.
    Don't feed the beast.

  • "The Chloroform is basically a bunch of the gross stuff you haven't put together in a drink since college"     Fine, more midori sours for me, then.

  • jenon

    This is gross. Whether or not Casey did it, this case was about a little girl who died. Not funny and drink specials don't make it any funnier. And seriously, how much money are they going to make off of this? I would be embarrassed to order these drinks.

  • mollyshoelace

    i think it's hilarious.

  • Tacky and tasteless. Inconsiderate and immature. Fail fail fail.

  • well it's not like they can attract people based on the quality of their food anymore

  • Everybody wants to capitalize on this: media, local bar, etc..  It's a shame. Really poor taste.

  • i think they missed a lot more totally disgusting opportunities of cobbled trial facts and black humor.

  • Damn, birds... Fail.

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