I'm never sure if it is my dulcet tones that the audience like or if it is just my natural charisma. Probably it is a bit of both. Whatever it is I've got, I wish it could be bottled, and sold in shops. I would make an absolute fortune. Which naturally I would donate to charitable causes. I can't do that though, I am far to humble a man.
Now then, I know you love it when I write about the wonderful talents that God has gifted to me, but I have to disappoint you. Because I want to write about alcoholic drinks.
Tonight as usual I bought a pint of bitter. I bet you are surprised by that. Me, having to buy my own drink. Lots of people wanted to buy me one, but I can't have favourites. It would be unfair. As usual I did not enjoy it. I bought the one with the lowest alcoholic content. I do this because I have to drive home afterwards, and I would hate to have an accident, and be done for drink driving. Oh what an absolute paragon of virtue I am.Since I only have the one pint I am forced to forgo the pleasant buzz which a second pint would impart to my brain. So therefore, what is the point of me having the first pint? It is certainly not the taste. Perhaps I am just stupid. To be honest I don't even like beer. Yes definitely stupid. Glad I cleared that up. As it says on the pump, it is bitter. I derive no pleasure from bitter tastes.
What is the fascination with wine? It is awful vinegary stuff. I have never found the taste of wine appealing. I love grapes, they taste delicious. But then they get fermented and, yuk! People sometimes complain about wine being corked, meaning it has gone off I presume. Well corked or not, it all tastes vile to me. Those things that the so called wine experts say when describing it's bouquet. What a load of codswallop that is.
Sometimes I might be heard to say that I like a good whisky. Not strictly true. I don't like the taste of whisky either. What I do like is the inner glow it imparts when imbibed. I'll put up with the burning throat, but only because I like the buzz.
The same sort of things apply to all alcoholic drinks. As I say, for me it is not the taste, but the effect, and even that is beginning to lose its appeal. I have not the slightest interest in drinking to get drunk. I went through that phase when I was a lot younger, and, as the saying goes. Never again!
I know what you are thinking, and yes you are quite right. I can be a miserable old b-----d sometimes.
A good trick is ti try either a clear soda pop in a glass with ice and a large slice of lemon or lime floating in it. It is refreshing and nobody keeps pushing something more potent at you.
ReplyDeleteAgree about the various tastes ... the first is horrible ... until the second one. I think it's the buzz with most people. At the moment nothing tastes good to me.
ReplyDeleteYes, tall glass of tonic with ice and a slice of lemon adds a spurious air of glamour!
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I agree Beer is bitter and so is coffee but red wine is the nectar of the Gods.
ReplyDeleteNice to hear a bloke say he doesn't like to drink too much.
As we get older we get wiser, though I do enjoy a nice cold beer on a hot day. Yes I like cold beer now, I went over to the dark side, especially when I discovered the hot, sticky climate here in Virginia ;) And I do enjoy a glass of wine occasionally but I am no connoisseur by any stretch of the imagination. I just know what I like.
ReplyDeleteShould quickly add that my favorite drink at the moment is a Pellegrino with the juice of a lime squeezed into it. Now that's what I reach for first when I need a long tall drink after spending an hour or two out in this humid weather.
ReplyDeleteNot being a drinker myself I agree with all your opinions on the taste. With beer, not only does it taste horrid but the smell is awful too.
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