Why is a Singapore Sling so called? I mean you order it to drink?

Question

You don't order it to sling it at somebody, do you? Well I suppose some people do, but other than the few, why?

I hate gin. Although a good Vodka martini would go down right smooth about now!

Answer 1

If ya kin slam em, you kin sling em.

Answer 2

Well it was concocted in Singapore. Singapore Sling sounds exotic. This was my favorite drink when I was in my twenties. My dad sure made a good one. I swear I never slung one at anyone. I drank the whole thing.

Thanks for reminding me. Next time I have a drink I'll order one. I had forgotten all about these. I've already had a drink this year and two glasses of wine. Maybe next year.

Answer 3

I remember having a sip of one of those way back in the 60's.
A bunch of girls were out for something to drink, following a
play we'd been in. How we were able to pass without ID back
then, I haven't a clue. But we all tried a bar drink. And one of
the girls said she loved those, and ordered one. I took a sip
and thought it was delicious. She told us that those, really had
a 'kick' to them. She explained when they go down so smoothe and tasty as the 'Sling' did, they would give you a
kick back or 'sling' back around to hit you hard later. And you
could get drunk so easy, and it would hit you before you knew
it. So it was a drink you should sip, or 'nurse' instead of
drinking it down fast, as you might want to do. I never agreed
with the word, "sling", but apparently someone liked that word
instead of something more correct in describing it. But that
was her explanation as it was explained to her when she got
drunk on them the first time she'd tried them.
If there is another explanation to the origin of this drink, I'd
sure like to hear it, Wally. Maybe you have one, and are
waiting for someone to come up with it besides you? LOL.

Answer 4

Well it can knock you for a loop, that one I know. Maybe you need a sling to pick one up, with all the booze they have in them. Used to be my drink of choice when I was a puppy. Back in the early 60's at Pea Soup Anderson's in Buellton the bartender would take 15 minutes making me a sling.

Answer 5

sling NOUN

an alcoholic drink made with gin, rum, brandy, whiskey, etc., water or soda water, sugar, and, usually, lemon juice

Slings go back as far as 1675 and until the Singapore version eclipsed all others, they seemed to contain not much more than liquor, ice, a lemon slice and perhaps some soda water. No pineapple juice, no maraschino cherries, and certainly no paper umbrellas.

Answer 6

I've slung a few Singapore Slings in my younger days. This is what a person drinks before going on to scotch and soda, whiskey and rye. My, oh my.

Answer 7

When you break your arm, you go to Singapore & they put it in a sling for you, thus "Singapore Sling." Hope you don't mind being in all that pain as you board the plane for Singapore. Now, that's my story & I'm sticking to it. LOL

Answer 8

It was invented in Singapore and I think they just slung some ingredients in a class and began to sling it around and wala! there was the Singapore Sling.---Luvs

Answer 9

A british invention. It means as a member of the superior british empire you may stumble drunkenly around with great abandon whilst the natives sing while trying to pour you into a sling. Hence sing a pore sling. I kid you not!!

Would I lie to you Wally dear!!!

Answer 10

You know I've always wondered about this one too... who would have thought gin would be big in Singapore! Gin by the way is the worst for your skin just in case you didn't know!

Answer 11

Maybe because after drinking it you fall down and break your collar bone and have to go to the doctor and he puts you in a sling.