I have to say that when I see "luminous" combined with an alcoholic drink, I think of the "luminous toxin" that was put into the main character's drink in D.O.A.:
I have a UV torch. It's amazing the things that fluoresce. Anything that's been washed in detergent glows brilliantly because of the optical brighteners (they downshift UV to blue). The ink from highlighter pens, which use the same idea, is eerie.
Quinine is naturally fluorescent? Tonight I’m doing science!
Posted by: Anna | July 06, 2011 at 10:07
Thank you, David.
Mankind will soon take another great step.
I'm hoping for next weekend, provided I get the bulbs...
-S
Posted by: Simen Thoresen | July 06, 2011 at 13:25
But will it still be fizzy?
Posted by: mlrosty | July 06, 2011 at 13:29
I have to say that when I see "luminous" combined with an alcoholic drink, I think of the "luminous toxin" that was put into the main character's drink in D.O.A.:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042369/
Posted by: Ted S., Catskills, NY | July 06, 2011 at 20:37
I have a UV torch. It's amazing the things that fluoresce. Anything that's been washed in detergent glows brilliantly because of the optical brighteners (they downshift UV to blue). The ink from highlighter pens, which use the same idea, is eerie.
Posted by: David Gillies | July 15, 2011 at 18:25