Amos wrote: "Signs of a mis-spent youth!" and signs of a still mis-spending adulthood too!!!

My father gave me three very valuable instructions which have served me extremely well thus far in life:-
1) Never water another man's whisky.
2) If you must add anything to whisky, only add water very sparingly.
3) Nobody adds ice to whisky.

Anyway in the spirit of the Cannes Film Festival the following clerihew is Hors Compétition for the purposes of this Song Challenge.

On the vexed question of mixing ice with whisky

Sir Ernest Shackleton
Intended to conquer both Poles but he only tackled one;
He forgot Papa's advice,
Never, never, ever mix whisky with ice.

Matthew Edwards