Dammit! I followed a friend's suggestion for the mixture of vodka and Cherry Dr. Pepper... doesn't work! 
Dammit! That reminds me of my favorite teenage drugstore soda fountain order: Hambuger, fries, and a cherry Dr Pepper....78 cents. 3 cents of that was tax. That was 1967 when a dollar bill was the gateway to Heaven. You would actually get change back from a one.