My friends and I went to the bartender at the Coliseum Bar and told him that I needed a shot. This was after we’d been drinking for about 4 hours already. We said, “We need a shot that we can call the Flaming Monkey Claw. We’ve got three requirements for it:

1. It’s got to be green
2. It’s got to be nasty
3. It’s got to be on fire”

So, it had some kinds of liquors (it truly was nasty) including Creme de Menthe (for the green) and topped with Bacardi 151 (for flamability). I grabbed the shot and did it. I didn’t blow out the flame, and I didn’t get all the 151 into my mouth. There was a trickle of it that went down my chin and was still on fire.

I didn’t get burned badly, but we did have a great laugh, and there was a little bit of redness.

In my mind, it’s well worth the story.