tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post1651644139079195733..comments2024-03-27T19:03:23.094-04:00Comments on The Armchair Squid: On the Coffee Table: New WorldThe Armchair Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-75992454784607835312013-06-16T16:57:37.190-04:002013-06-16T16:57:37.190-04:00I'll admit to being a bit merry afterwards but...I'll admit to being a bit merry afterwards but a good dinner sorted me. In general, I'd say folks were pretty well-behaved.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-23925898041735724902013-06-16T16:38:52.928-04:002013-06-16T16:38:52.928-04:00Thirty wines. Those have gotta be some reeeally sm...Thirty wines. Those have gotta be some reeeally small sips. I had a friend who described wine tastings as well-dressed, upscale drunkfests. He was kind of a superior snot, though.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-35097889591580462302013-06-16T07:56:36.099-04:002013-06-16T07:56:36.099-04:00Small sips, dump the rest, water in between.Small sips, dump the rest, water in between.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-33528901789317200062013-06-16T00:05:20.752-04:002013-06-16T00:05:20.752-04:00How do you taste thirty wines without getting fall...How do you taste thirty wines without getting falling-down drunk? (I've never been to a wine-tasting.)Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-32086519680756938582012-10-18T07:19:07.970-04:002012-10-18T07:19:07.970-04:00Interesting, though, that the publishers assume (n...Interesting, though, that the publishers assume (no doubt, correctly) that the Francophones are more informed about wine in general than the Anglophones - not unlike watching soccer in Spanish.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-23871009659291762982012-10-18T06:40:18.100-04:002012-10-18T06:40:18.100-04:00Don't worry all the detail basically says, &qu...Don't worry all the detail basically says, "these wines are too expensive and rare for you to ever find and drinnk, heh, heh, heh, heh."Wikes!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17323074695336462768noreply@blogger.com