Electric Ice(d) Tea; Sex on the Beach

[Bob Haas]

Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> SEX ON THE BEACH
>
>     The above citation seems to imply both "Electric Ice(d) Tea" and "Sex on
> the Beach" in the 1970s.  This is the first Dow Jones hit for "Sex on the
> Beach," from the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 1 September 1987, pg. D1:

I remember the Sex on the Beach cocktail being served as early as 1984 at the
Four Corners restaurant in Chapel Hill, but I cannot verify it.  I mean, I don't
have a menu on me.

>  "Screaming Orgasm" is _not_ next!
>     I WILL NOT DO "SCREAMING ORGASM"!!

Then you won't be very popular, Barry.

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Bob Haas
Department of English
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

                        "Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!"