.. never tried it - but now I'll have to! :-) Patrick
> -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 5:20 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Beaujolais Nouveau scam? > > > If you like Beaujolais, you really should try the Louis Jadot > Beaujolais-Villages. I currently have some from the 2000 > season, and I've > always been afraid to admit that it's my favorite young wine. > I've had > nightmares that go like this: > > --- > French Person: Do you like wine, Messieur? > > Adam: Yes, I do. > > French Person: What kind of wine do you like? > > Adam: You know, I really like Louis Jadot > Beaujolais-Villages. It has a > bright presence, and a spr-- > > French Person: I'm afraid you will have to come with me, Messieur. > > Adam: --ightly finish. Huh? Come with you? By whose authority? > > French Person: By the authority vested in me for being French > and having a > well developed knowledge of wine, Messieur, which as you know > are mostly one > and the same! > > Adam: What am I being charged with? > > French Person: You are charged with the most despicable crime > in all of > France: being a typical American! > > Adam: But I'm not! I'm not! Look, I didn't buy any kitchy > postcards of the > Eiffel Tower, I'm not doing any Maurice Chevalier imitations, > and I'm not > even trying to speak French! > > French Person: Perhaps these things will save your life, > Messieur, but you > must come in for questioning... > > (later that evening, after being strapped to a chair in a > cool, dark earthen > dungeon, a bright light shining in my eyes...) > > Different French Person: So... you are American, no? > > Adam: Yes. > > Different French Person: And you claim to savor a Beaujolias. > I suppose it > is because it is the only wine you can pronounce? > > Adam: No, I can also pronounce "Chateau Lafite Rothschild" > and "Chateau > Margeaux--" > > French people in the room, grasping their ears in severe > pain: No! Stop! > Stop! Do not try to speak French! > > Adam: Sorry. > > Different French Person: Tell me, Messieur: do you choose a > wine based on > how "pretty" the label is, like most Americans? Are you > attracted to the > bright watercolor prints on coated white paper labels with > their stylish > fontography and plain English names like "Autumn Blush?" > > Adam: No! That stuff is mass-market Californian swill! I > would never stoop > that low! > > Yet another French Person, standing beside a curtain: Perhaps > no, Messieur. > But... SHE would! (throws aside the curtain) > > Adam: Lisa!!! > > French Person: Yes, Messieur! Your wife! Our agents caught her on > videotape back in your United States, purchasing THIS! (hands > me a bottle of > wine with a holographic 3D label that shows bright flowers > blossoming as you > rotate the bottle) > > Adam: "Berry Blossom Zinfandel?" Lisa, how could you?! > > French Person: At this point, Messieur, your only chance of > making it out of > this wine cellar alive is for your wife to answer the > following questions > accurately. Francois, bring the cheeses. > > Adam: No!!! She's just a novice! Don't! > > French Person: Mrs. Churvis, before you are three soft > cheeses. Identify > which one is the Brie, which is the Boursault, and which is the > Brillat-Savarin... > > Adam: NOOOOO!!!!!!! > > (wakes up in a cold sweat, panting) > --- > > Something like that. Anyone out there also like the Louis Jadot? > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Advanced Intensive ColdFusion MX Training > http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 770-446-8866 > Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion > http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Braver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 5:46 PM > Subject: Beaujolais Nouveau scam? > > > > Amusing article about marketing super-hype: > > > > http://slate.msn.com/?id=2074387 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
