To Your Health
A few more folks on wine and nutrition for all those doubting Thomas' out there:
I have enjoyed great health at a great age because everyday since I can remember I have consumed a bottle of wine except when I have not felt well. Then I have consumed two bottles. -A Bishop of Seville Baron
If penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life. - Sir Alexander Fleming
I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens. - Thomas Jefferson
Wine had such ill effects on Noah’s health that it was all he could do to live 950 years. Show me a total abstainer that ever lived that long. - Will Rogers
Still, even Noah sometimes didn't know when to say when. When he was good and pickled, his kids had to cover his nakedness while he slept. And, with a two bottle-minimum when sick, I imagine the Bishop of Seville also had one or two sodden slips. Reminder: No one wants to invite guests over only to find Drunk Dad curled up in the BarcaLounger in his birthday suit.
Brooke
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Good fun. I think I'll look for a Lambrusco now...! I think one of my comments to you disappeared from a few posts down...???
Cindy
I'm not sure where they went...that's so strange.
Yeah I always thought that the Noah incident was a thorn in the side of that abstinence abologetic that said "oh well it wasn't really wine... it was just like... 1/3 wine and the rest water. May as well have been coke that Jesus was drinking!" Ehh... apparently it wasn't so watered down that you couldn't end up conked out and naked :-p
Brooke,
tried to get a hold of you through your e-mail but for some reason it keeps failing. I'm sure it's a user problem. love the blog. Hope all is well and whenever you get the chance check out my new blog. Next time you're in the ville come throught the 36 Club and have a glass on me.
Nick