Well. "Large" 250 ml (wine drinking) vessel? My current Red Wine glasses are whatever comes after "large," then. Bit of research was required, having a later obligation I poured a pint of water into one of these suckers and behold, it wasn't much more then a reasonable "working"pour, eg, one that allowed a bit of snobbish twirling to bring out the bo-kay or whatever that's supposed to do. Intrigued, I dug out the box; 22.3 oz is the official. Had I employed your most exemplary christening method to the box of eight in one sitting, I wouldn't be here... not sure where I was going with all this but maybe it was to ask, isn't an Englishman's home still his castle? If so, I'd be glad to post you a couple of these Glasses; I don't any more have anywhere near seven friends with whom I might be sharing red wine simultaneously. The scolds can go to hell in their own handbaskets. Red wine in particular has gone from good for ya to gonna kill ya fer sher at least twice in my lifetime; they can't even figure out which end is up. But (as a previous contributor observed) making shrinkflation good for ya is always going to be a winner.
Mr. Gage, wonderful. Now I prefer beer. Not the canned crap they sell on TV. No, the stuff they brew locally. The other evening after work, I stopped in for a new dark. They served this wonderful beer in a verry small glass. Why? Because they state tells them to. I was informed that any beer over 9% must be served in a 6 oz glass. Also they must tell you that it is strong beer.
Sadly, our western culture has allowed the the dumbest amongst us to mother us to death.
This was a fun read. I was shocked you managed to bring it around so existentially after the deep dive into the merits of meddlesome modern health police.
“Research has found strong links between alcohol and cancer, as well. One bottle of wine per week is associated with an increased absolute lifetime cancer risk for non-smokers of 1% for men and 1.4% for women. This equates one bottle of wine to five cigarettes for men and 10 for women.” May 2022.
Hmmm. ‘strong links’ 1% increase over a lifetime. I’m sure Christopher could write a wonderful
piece on this staggering statistical proof.
It seems to me in the last decades we have completely lost the sense of proportion in our daily decisions. Both institutionally or personally.
Cambridge University Professors of Behavior and Health.... and Stuff:
It's the Gods on Mount Olympus's BIG JOKE: "OK so let's round up all the up-'emself pseudo-intelligentsia characters in the Western world....and make them 'professors' in the institutions of 'higher learning'. Now that'll be a Laugh!"
If only the curtain twitchers would just treat adults like adults....or feck off. That would be even better. I would definitely drown in your wine glasses, being even more vertically challenged than little Rishi 😂 I bought a prosecco bottle stopper off ebay, can't abide those tiny bottles, and being in charge of children and keeping insane hours, I can't drink a whole bottle in a night (yet) - it's revolutionised my life! 🤣😂
Smoking and drinking are not rebellious acts. They are indulgences, and a host of conforming economies depend upon them. But aside from that, one thing that's been a blessing, what with the wall of conformed opinion in the legacy media - the light of all sort of idiosyncratic thinkers is shining through the cracks everywhere. Bless them!
“A tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive…Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” C. S. Lewis
Well. "Large" 250 ml (wine drinking) vessel? My current Red Wine glasses are whatever comes after "large," then. Bit of research was required, having a later obligation I poured a pint of water into one of these suckers and behold, it wasn't much more then a reasonable "working"pour, eg, one that allowed a bit of snobbish twirling to bring out the bo-kay or whatever that's supposed to do. Intrigued, I dug out the box; 22.3 oz is the official. Had I employed your most exemplary christening method to the box of eight in one sitting, I wouldn't be here... not sure where I was going with all this but maybe it was to ask, isn't an Englishman's home still his castle? If so, I'd be glad to post you a couple of these Glasses; I don't any more have anywhere near seven friends with whom I might be sharing red wine simultaneously. The scolds can go to hell in their own handbaskets. Red wine in particular has gone from good for ya to gonna kill ya fer sher at least twice in my lifetime; they can't even figure out which end is up. But (as a previous contributor observed) making shrinkflation good for ya is always going to be a winner.
All the best, sir.
People paying the same for less, sanctioned by a Cambridge prof? I bet her research is extremely well-funded.
you have a therpist...?
Mr. Gage, wonderful. Now I prefer beer. Not the canned crap they sell on TV. No, the stuff they brew locally. The other evening after work, I stopped in for a new dark. They served this wonderful beer in a verry small glass. Why? Because they state tells them to. I was informed that any beer over 9% must be served in a 6 oz glass. Also they must tell you that it is strong beer.
Sadly, our western culture has allowed the the dumbest amongst us to mother us to death.
This was a fun read. I was shocked you managed to bring it around so existentially after the deep dive into the merits of meddlesome modern health police.
Wonderful prose. Many felicitous phrases
"British English—English free of mistakes." Oh, the Empire lives! Let me go burn my Macquarie Dictionary.
Duck cough, fabulous!
Can you please stop enjoying yourself, you are showing the rest of us up.
P.s That cigarette sounds delicious.
Rishi drowning in your wine glass, hahahaha! Funniest thing I've read all day!
excellent
We have the same here in the US.
“Research has found strong links between alcohol and cancer, as well. One bottle of wine per week is associated with an increased absolute lifetime cancer risk for non-smokers of 1% for men and 1.4% for women. This equates one bottle of wine to five cigarettes for men and 10 for women.” May 2022.
Hmmm. ‘strong links’ 1% increase over a lifetime. I’m sure Christopher could write a wonderful
piece on this staggering statistical proof.
It seems to me in the last decades we have completely lost the sense of proportion in our daily decisions. Both institutionally or personally.
Cambridge University Professors of Behavior and Health.... and Stuff:
It's the Gods on Mount Olympus's BIG JOKE: "OK so let's round up all the up-'emself pseudo-intelligentsia characters in the Western world....and make them 'professors' in the institutions of 'higher learning'. Now that'll be a Laugh!"
If only the curtain twitchers would just treat adults like adults....or feck off. That would be even better. I would definitely drown in your wine glasses, being even more vertically challenged than little Rishi 😂 I bought a prosecco bottle stopper off ebay, can't abide those tiny bottles, and being in charge of children and keeping insane hours, I can't drink a whole bottle in a night (yet) - it's revolutionised my life! 🤣😂
Smoking and drinking are not rebellious acts. They are indulgences, and a host of conforming economies depend upon them. But aside from that, one thing that's been a blessing, what with the wall of conformed opinion in the legacy media - the light of all sort of idiosyncratic thinkers is shining through the cracks everywhere. Bless them!
“A tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive…Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” C. S. Lewis