Champagne: A dangerous wine

About glass eyes, wooden legs and virologists drinking from the bottle

Previously:

People used to lend glass eyes and wooden legs to each other.

Everything used to be different, especially the medical and social methods of socialization, and that's a good thing.

In the past, no virologists boasted about only drinking beer from the bottle in the corner pub. Glasses are far too dangerous.

Therefore, champagne is a dangerous wine.

Borrowing glass eyes did not represent a dramatic act for adults, only children shuddered. Borrowing them brought you closer, even if the eye didn't fit properly and popped out. Also, the beneficiary couldn't quite tell when the borrowed eye was out if he was blind on that side.

Nowadays:

Nowadays people share other things at Christmas and New Year's Eve: like stories from the old days or champagne. Therefore, various tips for unusual cuvées for these two days in the coming weeks. They range from Champagne Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires 2007 to Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 2010 to Grand Cellier d'Or 2017 from Champagne Vilmart.

More on this under the headings empty bottle and useful passions. And the new Youtube playlist Subtreasury Champagne - Subtreasury with champagne.

Glass eye and cork:

The story about the medical companionship of glass eyes and wooden legs is well documented. Mark Twain documented it in His Grandfather's Old Ram. It's about the good soul Sile Hawkins and the needy Miss Wagner. And, as Twain observed, “old Miss Wagner was very diligent when it came to lending. Whenever she had a quilting or dorcas party at her house, she borrowed Miss Higgins' wooden leg to hobble about on; it was a lot shorter than her other pen, but she didn't mind. She said she couldn't stand crutches when she had company because they were so slow; when she had company and things to do, she wanted to get up and hump herself. "

I always think of these events when I twist a cork out of a bottle of champagne. And I say, "The cork's loosened." Like good soul Sile Hawkins said, "Your play eye's got loose, Miss Wagner," and then everyone had to wait for her to put it back in place because it was wrong before was around