Back Forty

The highest number ever counted to on Sesame Street was 40.

 "Are we ****ing done yet?  Ah, ah, ah..."

The number of spaces on a Monopoly board is 40.

The Great Flood involved rainfall for 40 days and 40 nights.

There are 40 hours in a regular work week.

My 40-yard dash time was never overly impressive.

Malt liquor is available in 40-oz bottles.

"It works EVERY time."

40 is the atomic number for zirconium.
(Don't worry, Katie, nobody knows about your ring.  Well, until now, anyway...) 

Forty is the only number in the English language in which all of the letters are in alphabetical order.

BACK FORTY

2     oz         Bourbon
4     tsp        Maple Syrup
1     oz         Lemon Juice - fresh is best

3     dashes  Bitters

Dilute the syrup with 2 tsps of hot water
Add all 4 ingredients to a martini shaker 1/2 full of ice 
Shake vigorously
Strain over ice into a rocks glass
Garnish with lemon wedge


Why the obsession with the number 40 today?
Uhhh...no reason.