Ooooh , Ladyboys!

Ever had a ladyboy? I have! In fact I've had two. I've had ladyboys with a friend. I've even had a double-ladyboy, and I must say they're great! There are things a ladyboy can do you to you that you wouldn't even dream of!

Of course, I'm not talking about transsexual prostitutes from the Far-East, but I am in fact referring to a drink conceived of in the first series of I'm Alan Partridge by Steve Coogan. The story goes thus; in one episode Alan is at the bar of his hotel and orders a gin & tonic. Just then his PA, Lynn appears and Alan offers her a drink, she chooses a Baileys. Next on the scene are two men from the film crew with whom Alan is about to shoot a corporate video for Hamilton's Water Breaks. Eager to impress them, Alan offers them a drink (they select lager) and gets the same for himself. By this point Lynn has wandered off without her Baileys, leaving Alan standing at the bar in front of a pint of lager, a G&T and a Baileys. The two men are perplexed, and quiz Alan on his collection of drinks. The quick-thinking Alan says it's a chaser, but he is then asked what its name is. It is well-known that Alan has a hidden fetish for ladyboys (here I DO refer to Asian transsexual prostitutes) so, being the first thing to come to mind, Alan dubs the drink a ladyboy. The film crew guys guess that this is because gin & tonic and Baileys are a lady's drink whereas lager is a man's drink. By confirming this, Alan ensures the two men do not find out about his disturbing fetish. All that is left is for Alan to drink his ladyboy, which proves very potent. On completion of the chaser he weakly utters the phrase "ooooh, ladyboys!" (click here for the clip of Alan drinking the first ever ladyboy).

Well, inspired by Alan, me and fellow Partridge fan Alex decided to give this a go. Our first ladyboy was at Imperial College Union. The guy behind the bar was a bit confused when Alex asked for a "ladyboy" without explanation, but when the details of the drink were revealed, all was well. The drink actually went down pretty well. It's important you get the order right, or it doesn't have the right effect (it goes lager, Baileys, and then G&T). A union ladyboy will set you back around £6.

Our second was at The Goose in Fulham. After watching the latest footie match (a goalless draw between Holland and Argentina) and seeing in Jess' birthday, our attention turned to ladyboys. One thing to note about The Goose is that it is awesome. More specifically, it is cheap; a pint Greene Kind IPA is £1.50. What's more, their spirits are doubles unless otherwise specified. Your wallet won't notice because doubles are so cheep here, but you'll get mighty drunk! Anyway, I digress. Point is, as we were in a hurry to get in our ladyboys before closing, we forgot about this. Next thing we knew we were each sitting in front of a double-ladyboy with less than a half-hour left until closing. An indication of how cheap The Goose is is that this cost us £6.10 each, pretty much the same as a single-ladyboy in the Union! Now a ladyboy, as you can imagine, is a challenging drink at the best of times, but we bravely saw them away in our allotted time. As I'm sure you can also imagine, a ladyboy will get you drunk; needless to say we finished the evening quite merry, and went home to watch some Alan.