Jones Soda? It's pretty good, for people who like soda.

Joan: If that was "bad", then most of the people responsible for leaving comments here should be subjected to something much more offensive than a mere malodorous man-pit!

Ugh. Jodi, that was bad. You should be subjected to smelly hairy armpit man for that one.

Such calamity over clams! Everyone, calm down and clam up! Clamato is clamtastic!

OK you clam people are strange. Liquid clam foodstuff?! Yucky.

you're welcome.

Okay, see, now you're reminding me of this waste of life who used to come into my bar and order Bloody Caesars. He never smiled. He never said thank you. He never tipped. Once I threw about a gallon of Sweet 'n' Low in his drink, and he didn't even give me the satisfaction of noticing. He would hang out for my entire eleven-hour shift and stare at his napkin. I sincerely and truly wish physical misfortune upon him.

Oh, yeah, iced coffee. Uh, never liked the stuff.

Nothing like a Bloody Caesar (a Bloody Mary, using Clamato) to perk ya up. I'm with Aaron on this - 100%. Go clams!

Always one for experimentation and alchemy, my new beverage of choice is now the Clamato Fizzy. It combines the fishy goodness of clams with the palate-tickling thrill of carbonation.

Here's the recipe:

1 cup Clamato
3 cups plain seltzer (or club soda)
8 Vivarin tablets, pulverized
Combine liquids in 2-quart pitcher. Stir in Vivarin. Add ice. Pour into pretty glass (prettiness is essential). Smile for the camera, and enjoy!

I've felt clammy hands, and they're not pleasant.

I've felt cold and clammy; That too wasn't pleasant.

I've tasted clams. I don't like them.

I've tasted tomatoes. I don't like them either.

There's only one type of "clam" that I like, but it's not polite to mention such things in the presence of a lady. Besides, if you marketed THAT with tomato juice you'd either be a millionaire or on the FBI's most wanted list. (>cracking open a bottle and smelling

Clamato is what they serve in the inner rings of Hell, complete with a sprig of parsley... PARSLEY OF THE DAMNED!!

Give me carbonated caffine any day.

Now Diet "Code Red" Mountain Dew may be a fine carbonated beverage in its own right, but surely you can't be suggesting that it would be more refreshing than Clamato, can you? You want to talk "Code Red?"

TOMATOES!! What's redder than that?

And when you add to those tomatoes the exquisite taste of CLAMS...You get two great tastes that taste greaet together, and the perfect "cool-down" summer drink.

OR...toss some Clamato in a blender with some crushed ice and a few potatoes...top with crushed oyster crackers...you've got yourself a tasty Clam Chowder Smoothie!!

Seriously, I don't know why you people insist on messing around with teas and coffees and the like. The real taste of summer is here, and it's CLAM!!

I could never get into iced coffee, myself. Something about it just doesn't translate for me.

Kim's tea suggestions are always good (and no, I'm not a big iced tea drinker, either, but hers is good when I sip it).

Try Diet Code Red Mountain Dew. It doesn't taste like a diet pop, er, soda.

(Sorry I forgot the rest of the country says "Soda" instead of "Pop" like we do in the Midwest)

Or you could finally make the switch to the ALL-TIME GREATEST BEVERAGE OF ALL-TIME!!!

Got Bivalve?

Iced tea is your solution! You can made it in endless ways to satisfy those tired taste buds. Green tea with spearmint (throw in the tiniest pinch of saffron, too). Black tea with mint and lemon balm. Chai Spice (www.stashtea.com) tea with the sweetener of your choice. Chamomile and mint. That lemon-ginseng iced tea I had yesterday was fantastic. Abudanza! (sp?)

No, say it isn't so.

the thought of it makes me a bit queasy.

I am, however, on quite the chocolate milk rampage.