Cuba Libre or Nica Libre

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@hubtechagain said:

No no... that is Nacho Libre. Coincidentally I'm sure rum was involved somehow.

[mlnews]

That was a great, but bizarre, movie.

[hubtechagain]

Nachoooooooooooooooooo

[gjacobse]

@scottalanmiller said:

I've noticed that even seasoned travel writers get confused on this point, so I thought that I would clear things up. People are unsure what the difference is between these two drinks.

In America, we simply say "Rum & Coke", which is great if you want to promote the soda company but do not care what rum is used. That's very odd since the Rum is the core of the drink. But to much of the world, this drink is called a Cuba Libre.

Here is the breakdown:

Cube Libre: Dark Rum and Cola
Nica Libre: Light Rum and Cola

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

Huh,... and I thought having better weapons and more personnel was half the battle...

[scottalanmiller]

@gjacobse said:

@scottalanmiller said:

I've noticed that even seasoned travel writers get confused on this point, so I thought that I would clear things up. People are unsure what the difference is between these two drinks.

In America, we simply say "Rum & Coke", which is great if you want to promote the soda company but do not care what rum is used. That's very odd since the Rum is the core of the drink. But to much of the world, this drink is called a Cuba Libre.

Here is the breakdown:

Cube Libre: Dark Rum and Cola
Nica Libre: Light Rum and Cola

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

Huh,... and I thought having better weapons and more personnel was half the battle...

It might be. What makes you assume that we are discussing the same half?

[scottalanmiller]

If I said "I ate half of the apple pie.", would you say "that seems strange, I too ate half of an apple pie?"

It's not weird, it just means we ate an apple pie.

[gjacobse]

@scottalanmiller said:

It might be. What makes you assume that we are discussing the same half?

Ah true.. For the glass can not be just half full or half empty. For truly it is completely full. Only half is liquid, the other gas.

Thus - while knowing is half the battle,.. it is what you knew before that makes it whole...

[scottalanmiller]

@gjacobse said:

@scottalanmiller said:

It might be. What makes you assume that we are discussing the same half?

Ah true.. For the glass can not be just half full or half empty. For truly it is completely full. Only half is liquid, the other gas.

Thus - while knowing is half the battle,.. it is what you knew before that makes it whole...

unless it is full of vacuum, then it is full of empty.

[Dashrender]

@scottalanmiller said:

@gjacobse said:

@scottalanmiller said:

It might be. What makes you assume that we are discussing the same half?

Ah true.. For the glass can not be just half full or half empty. For truly it is completely full. Only half is liquid, the other gas.

Thus - while knowing is half the battle,.. it is what you knew before that makes it whole...

unless it is full of vacuum, then it is full of empty.

I was waiting for that!

[MattSpeller]

@scottalanmiller said:

@gjacobse said:

@scottalanmiller said:

It might be. What makes you assume that we are discussing the same half?

Ah true.. For the glass can not be just half full or half empty. For truly it is completely full. Only half is liquid, the other gas.

Thus - while knowing is half the battle,.. it is what you knew before that makes it whole...

unless it is full of vacuum, then it is full of empty.

Empty space (vacuum of space) still has energy! Don't make me bust out my physics all up in here