Well my God... talking about ruining your pallete.

either walk up to that bar and say, Jack and coke, or you look that bartender in the face and say, Makers and water, And DON'T drown me! aka no water

Maybe it's a southern thing, but bourbon, and bourbon mixed is just about the only thing I've ever ordered. Now I love vodka, but after a night of black out drinking and my friends saying I was too personal with a friend's dog, (I didn't do anything illegal!) I've not looked at it since. But I can drink vodka like it's water... oh wait... I have...