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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 5:34am

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The link to the body of the article does not work. I think the apostrophe in the author's last name has caused a problem in his Web folder on SOLO.

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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 6:57am

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Grazie, Ciro! I think this is my favourite, though I'm sure it was actually Linz (that non-Latin God of Wine) who penned it:

"It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend; one's present or future thirst; the excellence of the wine; or any other reason."
-Latin saying

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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 7:16am

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Derek that one is my favourite too.
Ciao.

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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 7:22am

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"Quickly bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may whet my mind and say something clever." -Euripedes

I should drink more...

;o)

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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 10:18am

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Hah - 'MadDog's for ye all...

[that's Mogan David 20/20 for you ignorants ]

(Edited by robert malcom on 10/17, 10:20am)

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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 10:18am

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Not exactly about benefits, but here's one from Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, wherein he is explaining the difference between instrumental goods and goods in themselves:

For it would be silly to wish a wine well, but, if anything, one wishes it to be preserved, so that one may have it oneself.

(Edited by Peter Reidy on 10/17, 11:03am)

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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 10:44am

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The link should be fixed now. Luke was right about the apostrophe. I should have known better, but this still gives me occasion to comment: silly Italian surnames!
(Edited by Andrew Bissell on 10/17, 10:45am)

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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 2:36pm

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Andrew Bis- Sell ?:-) lol

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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 6:52pm

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Ciro,

I'm out of the loop, but I thoroughly enjoyed your article. It brought back fond memories...

(A thin goblet of chilled white wine sipped quietly with a dear, precious companion after making wonderfully loud and passionate love...)

Michael

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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 7:00pm

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MSK:It brought back fond memories...
Michael, I don't think you are too old yet to enjoy passionate love?
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Best to you my friend lololololololollllllllloooooooooooool
Ciro

(Edited by Ciro D'Agostino on 10/17, 7:00pm)

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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 9:27pm

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I never got more drunk than in 1978 at the bottom of the Grand Canyon drinking two bottles of cheap wine, one red, the other white. I almost fell off a cliff into the Colorado River after I managed to get to my feet. (It took over an hour before I could get my head off the stony ground.) I also got badly drunk doing the same thing in college 14 years before. I learned my lesson, finally. Now I hardly drink at all, just a little beer in the evening. I gave up the hard stuff 2-3 days ago because I have a better use for my evenings. The moral? Don't drink red and white the same evening.

--Brant

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Monday, October 17, 2005 - 10:29pm

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Brant,

Are you sure your conclusion is correct?

I thought the moral of the story was that you should never drink both red and white wine at the same time at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Michael

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 12:36am

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No, for I wasn't at the bottom of the Grand Canyon when it happened in college. It was a party we had in Sedona, AZ at the end of the school year. Then some SOB tried to take advantage of me and I had to use my knife on his arm--just a little jab. Did the trick. My sister was disapproving of it all, my brother-in-law archeologist gave me a drink (the next day). He was into this macho thing. Unfortunately, his liver gave out some years later.

--Brant

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 2:32pm

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In Vino Veritas!

And never a truer thing said :-)

Ross