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When your G&T loving neighbor shows up around the cocktail hour, hand him his drink with a swizzle stick embedded with ice-formed letters, reading...GIN! 

Same goes for Scotch, Vodka and Rum.  A totally ingenious flourish.  Just fill the tray and freeze, to create 8 different choices of ice lettering, each firmly surrounding its swizzling companion.

Which reminds me of a story..

A man walks into a bar with his octopus. He sits the octopus down on a stool and tells everyone in the bar that this is a very talented octopus and "He can play any musical instrument in the world."  Everyone in the bar laughs derisively. At that the guy announces that he will wager $50 that the octopus can play any instrument provided.

Immediately a challenger walks up with a guitar and sets it beside the octopus who picks it up and starts playing better than Jimi Hendrix. In amazement the guitar man pays up his $50. Another man walks up with a trumpet. This time the octopus plays the trumpet better than Miles Davis. This guy also pays up his $50.

At this point a Scotsman walks up with some bagpipes. He sits them down and the octopus fumbles with the instrument for a minute and then sits down with a confused look. "Ha!" the Scot says. "Can ye nae plae it?" The octopus looks up at him and says, "Plae it?  A'm gaun tae mak' love tae it if I kin git its pajammas aff!