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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 9:11 am
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Kagehitokiri
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Originally Posted by Showbizguru
Wine is the ultimate bollocks.
You've only got to read some of the cobblers on here to understand that it's a gigantic con trick to suck in the emotionally retarded.
A bottle of wine is just six glasses of crushed grapes fermented.
Some are better than others but rather like one car is more comfortable than another ultimately they're just a means of getting you to a certain place.
The rest is just hype, marketing and BS.
huh >
Originally Posted by Showbizguru
Cheese on Toast as been my default late-night drunken snack for decades.
Originally Posted by BiziBB
Perfectly chosen to complement some high-alcohol, booming Aussie reds. ^
Originally Posted by Showbizguru
Spot on .
If I bring anything less than a 13% Shiraz into the house my wife starts to question my sexuality !
for context, they also said no restaurant meal is worth more than $100pp. (presumably incl cheap alcohol)

Originally Posted by Showbizguru
I'm a multi-millionaire who has owned a number of restaurants
Originally Posted by Showbizguru
As a fellow cheapskate
Originally Posted by Showbizguru
back-packing in Thailand for the first time with your family which included a couple of young teenage boys

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