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[jasonlulu_2000]

The following is part of an ad, which i don't know what it means.

Sunday-Thursday offer $1 off drafts and $2.50 for alll well drinks. $2 you-call-it from 3 p.m to 7 p.m
what is "off drafts" and "all well drinks."? What does "you-call-it" mean?

Watch out---you go Baja Tilly's and there is a good chance that you will find yourself hanging upside down getting a shot through a marlin.
What does" hanging upside down getting a shot through a marlin" mean?

Thanks

[CP]

This must be an ad for a wild and crazy bar called Baja Tilly�s. The ad say that you can get $1 off the price of any draft beer (beer on tap, not in a can or bottle) and pay only $2.50 (or maybe get a $2.50 discount) for any other well drinks (straight or mixed drinks made with the house�s standard brands).

A called drink is one made with the specified brand. If the bar usually serves Gilbey�s gin and you ask for a gin and tonic made with Tanqueray, you are calling for a Tanqueray and tonic, because you don�t want the well brand, Gilbey's.

Some bars go to extremes to entertain customers and keep them coming back. Often they have scantily clad girls who go around giving away Jell-o shots or tequila shooters to people willing to be tilted backward to guzzle the booze, with noisy, raucous celebration to keep up the interest. At Baja Tilly�s, I guess they have a stuffed marlin (a big sport fish) that they pour liquor from or through into the mouths of revelers willing to be hung upside down first.

Woo-hoo.
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[jasonlulu_2000]

That's fantastic, a real eye-opener.