I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
After four I'm under my host.

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The Harlequin, Volume 2, 1959, University of Virginia (page 15) | “Martini Madness: Dorothy Parker didn’t write the famous quatrain about martinis that’s always attributed to her.”, Troy Patterson, Slate, April 8, 2013

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of: I wish I could drink like a lady. "Two or three," at the most. But two, and I'm under the table— And three, I'm under the host.

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