How To Order Wine Without Looking Like An Asshole
Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.
Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Dec 30, 2005 7:33:47 am PST #6145 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Kate P. - Dec 30, 2005 7:35:09 am PST #6146 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I've done some kind of online dating/personal ad/whatever thing every few years. The first couple of dates SUCK, but then they're fine.
Ugh. I'll be over in the corner, hyperventilating. Why couldn't I have just met some nice boy in college and been done with it??
But in other news, I now have a major craving for crystallized ginger. Fortunately, that one is easily fulfilled!
Calli - Dec 30, 2005 7:35:17 am PST #6147 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm one of 5 people in the office--possibly in the whole building. And that includes the former head honcho who is officially in retirement and just came by to finish cleaning out his office. Still, my office chair's comfy, and if I'm here that means I'm not at the mechanic's waiting for them to find further problems with my car. (Yesterday's problems were resolved for 3 hours of my life and $220. Coulda been worse.)
From back in the quirkyalone discussion: I got a 109. They really do need something beyond 2 years since the last date. And what's this going to a bar to meet people thing? Am I the only one who usually goes into a bar to drink?
flea - Dec 30, 2005 7:38:08 am PST #6148 of 10002
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Casper: "I'm not silly - I'm a manager."
brenda m - Dec 30, 2005 7:38:42 am PST #6149 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Now we just need the companion piece, "how to tell people how to order wine without looking like an asshole."
Steph L. - Dec 30, 2005 7:40:31 am PST #6150 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
How To Order Wine Without Looking Like An Asshole
13. Sending the wine back – If the wine’s bad send it back! It’s no skin off our nose. Usually we get a credit from the distributor. In most cases, however, people refuse a perfectly good bottle of wine just because they don’t like it. Whose problem is that? Mine? I don’t think so.
I have more arguments about this one. I agree with the waiter -- if you just don't like how it tastes, you don't get to send it back. Sorry, but you made a bad choice. If I tried to return a bottle of wine to my local wine store because I didn't like how it tasted, I'd get laughed out of the store.
Many people don't agree with me, however. They think that "wine which doesn't taste the way I want it to" always = "bad wine" and is therefore okay to send back. I try to never go out to dinner with these people.
Steph L. - Dec 30, 2005 7:41:42 am PST #6151 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
From back in the quirkyalone discussion: I got a 109.
I got a 119, which I think might be the highest anyone here has reported, other than ita, who also got a 119. Color me totally unsurprised at my score.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 30, 2005 7:43:04 am PST #6152 of 10002
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I suspect I only scored lower because there was not an answer to the "when you go to bars..." question that read d) I would rather stay at home and watch Buffy with my cat.
Jessica - Dec 30, 2005 7:43:18 am PST #6153 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's generally considered acceptable to send back food you don't like -- why should wine be treated differently?
lisah - Dec 30, 2005 7:44:56 am PST #6154 of 10002
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I got a 119, which I think might be the highest anyone here has reported, other than ita, who also got a 119. Color me totally unsurprised at my score.
I got a 126. Whatever that means. I'm not THAT quirky or THAT alone I don't think. I wonder what questions made my score so high.