Thursday Tidbits

Posted on May 15, 2014 under Thursday Tidbits with 2 comments

Fruit of the Vine

 

 

“Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine;

When ya’ gonna let me get sober;

Leave me alone, let me go home;

Let me go home and start over”

The Fireballs 1968

 

Seems like a good way to start Thursday talking about wine. I suspect a fair bit of the grape will be consumed this long weekend along with some suds and rum. Speaking of rum, I was talking to someone the other day who was having the damdest time shaking a scratchy throat. I have told her on several occasions that gargling with rum ( preferably dark ), would fix her right up. Worked for me back in my rum drinking days. Oh yes, you have to swallow the rum. If it doesn’t work, wait a few minutes and try it again. It may not fix your throat but you’ll still feel better. Any other home remedies?

I wrote a story a few weeks back and almost forgot about it until I saw someone talking about wine on FB. This weekend would be as good a time as any to publish the story called “ Bottoms Up.”  It’s the story about a boozer who hits the jackpot. He made so much money on his “investment” that he was able to buy a brand new truck. Stay tuned.

You will be happy to know that there will be no further stories about gas, gas prices, lineups at the pumps etc. I received a restraining order ( only joking ) from the gasoline dealers association who are tired of me poking fun at them. High gas prices are no laughing matter.

I just saw this and had to add it to this post. Do you absolutely worship the bagpipes? Lots of you do. I like the bagpipes and the three week period surrounding the Highland Games just about gives me my annual quota of bagpipes. Anyways , there are two guys in a bar and one says to the other, “ let’s drink until the bagpipes sound good.” Another classic is the bagpiper standing on the street corner with his case on the ground looking for tips. The sign posted behind him on the wall says , “ Pay or I’ll play.”  “Will ye no come back again” …. to my website, all you hard core bagpipe players?

Nagging leads to shortened life expectancy. So say a recent study out of Denmark. If you are a man and are nagged by your significant other , over a suitably long period of time, you will die sooner than the un-nagged. Not my words. I will interpret the findings of the study in the upcoming story “ Nagged to Death.” My editor changed a few words! Just sayin’!

Hope you have a terrific long weekend.