In the 1959 Peter Sellers movie The Mouse That Roared, an inexpensive California wine devastates the economy of a tiny European country called Grand Fenwick, leading to a comedic series of events that nearly causes global nuclear annihilation.
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I wrote the reply a bit quickly. It was probably a wee bit aggressive because it caused a gut reaction in me to defend California wines before I realized that it was purposefully incendiary which made me feel manipulated.
It was worded poorly. The reason I blamed Boing Boing and not you Rob is because I assume Boing Boing had some kind of guidelines on what is acceptable to post and what isnât. Since I havenât seen posts that read like an actual driving trollies commenter, I assumed (incorrectly I guess), that it was against Boing Boing policy to post that sort of thing. I would also blame the LA Times (or at least their editors) if they decided to publish an opinion piece about say, how much New York sucks or the NYT if they decided to post an opt-ed about the evils of vaccination. They have standards.
Oh gosh, Heaven forbid somebody might enjoy drinking something you donât. What kind of low-class dirtbag could possible disagree with your preferences?
We donât get this shit with soft drinks. I donât understand why people are so quick to get their undies in a bunch about the supposed objective cultural superiority/inferiority of anything designed to get you drunk.
Hey Rob, I think this sucks. The original Gawker post sucks, the comments on the original post suck, your repost sucks, and this comment thread sucks too.
I donât mean to be a dick. Thereâs a lot of stuff I donât like on the internet, and 99% of it I am prepared to let pass without comment since Iâd rather spend time being amused by good stuff than spend time explaining why I donât like bad stuff. Usually even if I comment on something I donât like, Iâd be a little gentler than this.
But seriously, this sucks enough that I feel the need to tell you how much it sucks. Are you trying to get into the Shia LeBoef âperformance artâ racket where the âperformanceâ consists of being a jerk? Is it some kind of meta commentary, like⌠HamNoâs shtick is that he posts poorly written obnoxious garbage and then laughs at the idiots who click and comment without getting his âjokeâ, whereas your shtick is that you post links to other peopleâs poorly written obnoxious garbage and then laugh at the idiots who complain about you posting garbage?
Usually the posts here are illuminating and/or entertaining. Whatâs this one supposed to be?
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I recall my mother deciding that she would see what all the noise about wine coolers was about back in the 80âs â she came home with a bottle of MadDogâŚ
The gawker post was adequate driving trollies, but then the authorâs driving trollies of the comments takes on an almost epic scale. It isnât until
Americans invented the word ârapportâthat he really obviously tips his hand
I think the real noteworthy part of this post is that Mr. Beschizza was allowed to get âplasteredâ as a 12 or 13 year old, and then allowed to make his own âbathtub ginâ a year or two later.
Binge drinking and unlicensed, unregulated, unsafe alcohol production by a minor? For shame.
Yeah⌠maybe it is dependent on what state you are in. California wine here tends to be awful and expensive (for awful anything is expensive), or ok and more expensive. Decent Spanish or Italian wine can be bought for 10-15 dollars, but a 10 dollar wine from California is more often than not going to be get converted into some kind of punch after the first glass, at best. But then we are talking about different things because there are people who just love sweet stuff. Not just sweet, but nauseatingly sweet. And to them what I would call decent is going to be âugh⌠not sweet!â
This right here.
Iâll give props to a technically good/great wine, but that doesnât mean itâs what my preference is. I like sweet easy to drink wine as much as the next person. Iâm pretty sure thatâs why Moscato has taken off the way it has.
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Thatâs British childhood for ya.
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Cheap, sweet, easy to drink alcohol has taken off because people like to get fucking smashed on no money, without having to deal with the taste of traditional hard drinks, and without having to go to the effort of putting rum in their coca-cola.
Itâs like a soda, except it gets you drunk. Itâs not for people who drink casually like a good table wine is, itâs for people who want to be as innebriated as possible on a budget, and want it sweet so it goes down easier and they can get even more out of their gourds on it.
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I havenât seen T-bird for sale in the UK for donkeys years. I remember it well; tasted the same coming back up as it did going downâŚ
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Yeah, I tried to make a still in the kitchen, too.
Sort of. Here in CA, we can get any and all wines easily, and we donât have a mandatory distribution system that most states have.
By the time they get the rights to sell wine there, distribute it, etc⌠itâs not worth it other than for a few of them.
Well, if youâre like me, you still like sweet when it comes to the âclassyâ stuff (as if any of the truly rare and classy would be sold out the side of a grocery store). I like Drambuie or B&B.
Ya know, anyone whoâs been far enough east in Europe knows that Mad Dog has got to be a step up from Kvint.
Half my generation in my locale lost their virginity or their friends virginity to Booneâs Strawberry Hill, $2.25 at your local corner store, $2.75 if you are underage.
Now thatâs good wine.
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Youâve been selling Budweiser to the world for years and now you claim your wine is the scam? Interesting.
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Was it something like this? Oh, the huge (drunk) manatee!!! Also, I need to see this movie you mention, because it seems like a delightful Cold War flick⌠plus, Peter Sellers.
