18 April 2006

Bonanza! (Or Not)

Bloody Ern and Bezley have sold The Ponderosa and moved to suburbia. To show his humble gratitude for his monster commission, the real estate agent left them with a bottle of red wine from a mysterious winery.

They brought it with them when they came up the other night for dinner with us and Abacus and donnahay. Abacus is something of a wine afficionado, a buff if you will (oh, and I think you will), and this unknown wine was offered forth somewhat apologetically.

Everyone had a sip.

"So, what is it?" asked Abacus.
"What?" cried Grumpy. "I thought you'd just have a sniff and you'd be telling us all about the winery and the quality of its soil."
"Perhaps," said Ern. "But Abacus usually identifies a wine by its aroma, not its stench."

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