Fringey's taut-abbed painter - Page 245

Replaced_Texan · 01-06-2005, 01:08 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
This should be helpful to every never-had-an-opinion-about-wine-no-wine-drinking-know-nothing motherfucker on the FB who does not want to appear to be such.

Right. They should order merlot.

Hank Chinaski · 01-06-2005, 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by ironweed
Apropos of nothing, now that "Sideways" is all the rage every never-had-an-opinion-about-wine-no-wine-drinking-know-nothing motherfucker I go to dinner with wants to order a bottle of pinot noir. Pinot noir sucks.

I was talking to the wine guy (I've no time to look up the spelling of the s. word) at a fine restaurant near here, and he tells me the pinot sales are way up and merlot very very down. It is a shame if the guy didn't get product placement $$$ from the Pinot growers.

Oliver_Wendell_Ramone · 01-06-2005, 01:16 PM

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Originally posted by ironweed
Apropos of nothing, now that "Sideways" is all the rage every never-had-an-opinion-about-wine-no-wine-drinking-know-nothing motherfucker I go to dinner with wants to order a bottle of pinot noir. Pinot noir sucks.

Them's fightin' words in my little corner of the patch. The pinot patch, thank you very much.

Yeah, it's no wonder Burgundy's got such a shitty reputation.

01-06-2005, 01:16 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
i was talking to the wine guy (I've no time to look up the spelling of the s. word) at a fine restaurant near here, and he tells me the pinot sales are way up and merlot very very down. It is a shame if the guy didn't get product placement $$$ from the Pinot growers.

Maybe he did and they passed. "I've got this guy, see, he's a balding, middle-aged loser who steals money from his mom, a pedantic wine freak who can't hold his liquor, and he sells out his only friend in the sad hope of getting laid on a regular basis for the first time in years. His drink of choice? Pinot Noir! Whaddaya say?"

Pretty Little Flower · 01-06-2005, 01:18 PM

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Originally posted by ironweed
There is nothing more boring than old-skool posters who won't stay retired. And Penske peed in the pool, just so you know.

Listen, newber, don't make me skool you on proper netiquette. I suggest you go back to lurking for a bit. An internet-style chatting board is like a cocktail party. Or a Dungeons & Dragons game. You just don't go jumping in like that.

Tyrone Slothrop · 01-06-2005, 01:19 PM

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Originally posted by ironweed
Apropos of nothing, now that "Sideways" is all the rage every never-had-an-opinion-about-wine-no-wine-drinking-know-nothing motherfucker I go to dinner with wants to order a bottle of pinot noir. Pinot noir sucks.

My friends* tell me that sales of merlot have suffered since the movie came out.

* By "my friends" I mean Hank.

eta: I could add "STP" here, but we all know that I posted this just to establish that Hank told me something by PM before he posted it on the board. Woo hoo!

ltl/fb · 01-06-2005, 01:24 PM

Information about getting non-group health insurance coverage (yeah, I know, the biglaw people don't need it, but self-employed might, family members might, friends might . . .) -- state-by-state publications from Georgetown, not marketing crap.

http://www.healthinsuranceinfo.net/

Pretty Little Flower · 01-06-2005, 01:25 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Information about getting non-group health insurance coverage (yeah, I know, the biglaw people don't need it, but self-employed might, family members might, friends might . . .) -- state-by-state publications from Georgetown, not marketing crap.

http://www.healthinsuranceinfo.net/

AFLAC!

Gattigap · 01-06-2005, 01:25 PM

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Originally posted by ironweed
Maybe he did and they passed. "I've got this guy, see, he's a balding, middle-aged loser who steals money from his mom, a pedantic wine freak who can't hold his liquor, and he sells out his only friend in the sad hope of getting laid on a regular basis for the first time in years. His drink of choice? Pinot Noir! Whaddaya say?"

Paul Giamatti's visit to TDS earlier this week included the admission that he personally knows jack shit about wine, so we can safely assume that the window for product endorsements just slammed shut.

Hank Chinaski · 01-06-2005, 01:26 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
My friends* tell me that sales of merlot have suffered since the movie came out.

* By "my friends" I mean Hank.

eta: I could add "STP" here, but we all know that I posted this just to establish that Hank told me something by PM before he posted it on the board. Woo hoo!

Ty, you know I will always give you 24 hours advance notice on all tips.

01-06-2005, 01:28 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
AFLAC!

For this you stick around? Give Coltrane the watch back, you fraud.

Hank Chinaski · 01-06-2005, 01:29 PM

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Originally posted by ironweed
For this you stick around? Give Coltrane the watch back, you fraud.

No. Flower has a lot more going on. Quick, someone make some grammar errors.

sebastian_dangerfield · 01-06-2005, 01:31 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
This should be helpful to every never-had-an-opinion-about-wine-no-wine-drinking-know-nothing motherfucker on the FB who does not want to appear to be such.

Unless its turpentine, it all tastes the same after the fourth glass.

And let me remind you, I happen to have an opinion about wine.

Tyrone Slothrop · 01-06-2005, 01:33 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Unless its turpentine, it all tastes the same after the fourth glass.

And you don't like Napa, you say? Shocking.

01-06-2005, 01:34 PM

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Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Them's fightin' words in my little corner of the patch. The pinot patch, thank you very much.

Yeah, it's no wonder Burgundy's got such a shitty reputation.

Don't be cranky. Every day is Ollie Day as far as I'm concerned.

But perhaps you don't fully understand my nuanced and elaborate rating system for wines:

Things I Like: Great
Things I Don't Like: Sucks

YMMV, as the cool kids say.