tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post983304240818920299..comments2024-02-25T02:50:53.858-08:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: The HoseMaster's Comprehensive Guide to Wine 3Ron Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-54916847405488085432014-04-07T15:30:49.446-07:002014-04-07T15:30:49.446-07:00You make me giggle Ron! Thank you for bringing the...You make me giggle Ron! Thank you for bringing the levity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14219692972118527152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-58577757778235003392014-03-28T00:07:21.553-07:002014-03-28T00:07:21.553-07:00Brilliant! As always.Brilliant! As always.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139805239507647121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-35444699325419470122014-03-25T20:41:34.497-07:002014-03-25T20:41:34.497-07:00Michelle,
It wouldn't help, but thank you, and...Michelle,<br />It wouldn't help, but thank you, and thanks for chiming in.<br /><br />Dan,<br />Yes, "This is called the finish." is referred to as a "time bomb" joke. Though the key word is "bomb." Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-11498710616218928672014-03-25T14:56:45.612-07:002014-03-25T14:56:45.612-07:00It took me a second on "This is called the fi...It took me a second on "This is called the finish" but I think that is my favorite joke in the whole thing. <br /><br />Though not my favorite joke on the hole thing.Dan Fishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06693288530873887597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-22072060333023845582014-03-25T09:30:42.300-07:002014-03-25T09:30:42.300-07:00This should be laminated and placed in tasting roo...This should be laminated and placed in tasting rooms everywhere.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623318264841935320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-12791790162865780352014-03-25T08:51:34.740-07:002014-03-25T08:51:34.740-07:00Bob,
Hey, you're getting the hang of this comm...Bob,<br />Hey, you're getting the hang of this common tater thing.<br /><br />I love the idea of tasting via the gavage technique. Maybe the French Laundry will one day serve Fish foie gras. <br /><br />And you only get carpal tunnel from eating Goldfish underground. Yeah, I know, stupid.<br /><br />Hey EVO,<br />Just make sure and give credit. Maybe give it to Jon Bonne.<br /><br />David,<br />Good question! They must absorb a lot of alcohol through their tongues. And I walk funny because my crotchless panties chafe.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-22545577640450701632014-03-25T08:03:40.560-07:002014-03-25T08:03:40.560-07:00You sure your shoes aren't drunk? Is that why ...You sure your shoes aren't drunk? Is that why you walk funny??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992278224164669829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-69418193654087961952014-03-25T06:23:40.345-07:002014-03-25T06:23:40.345-07:00I'm sooooo going to use this one;
"Peopl...I'm sooooo going to use this one;<br /><br />"People often ask what the legs in a wine measure. This is simple. They measure the stupidity of the person asking."<br /><br />EVOEric V. Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421713709476706024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-58392369624459621272014-03-25T02:00:09.931-07:002014-03-25T02:00:09.931-07:00Ron,
And this statement . . .
". . . rememb...Ron,<br /><br />And this statement . . .<br /><br />". . . remember, if it’s wine from Australia or New Zealand, swirl it in the opposite direction or you’ll totally ruin the wine. Many people think the wines from Australia suck when, really, they’re just swirling them in the wrong direction. There, Australia, problem solved."<br /><br />. . . this unnatural swirling technique leads to debilitating carpal tunnel syndrome -- which no amount of high-octane Shiraz guzzling can mask the pain.<br /><br />~~ Bob<br /><br />Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099196210297757292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-83405489541087275492014-03-25T01:45:26.873-07:002014-03-25T01:45:26.873-07:00Ron,
Regarding this statement . . .
"It can...Ron,<br /><br />Regarding this statement . . .<br /><br />"It can be hard to put wine in your mouth and avoid your tongue, so, fine, use your tongue, but don’t expect to learn anything from it. Try to keep it out of the way, as if you were at the dentist’s office and he’s drilling. This is how professional tasters do it."<br /><br />. . . I always thought that's why wine-guzzling critics and writers "taste" via the gavage force-feeding method:<br /><br />"Over the lips and past the tongue/<br />Look out stomach here it comes!"<br /><br />~~ BobBob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099196210297757292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-50674062959425590862014-03-24T18:33:06.843-07:002014-03-24T18:33:06.843-07:00Thomas,
Oh no, my friend, not a drop of Lo Hai Qu ...Thomas,<br />Oh no, my friend, not a drop of Lo Hai Qu in here. It's sort of Lenny Bruce meets Professor Irwin Corey--well, actually, it's just stupid. And meant to echo the vapidness of all the Wine for Dummies/Idiots/Biblethumpers/Beliebers/WSET Clowns books.<br /><br />I won't tell Lo you called her Ho. <br /><br />Marlene Darling,<br />Oh, well, thank you. I do love to educate the public. As for my greatest hits, that's a Lo bar to get over. Or is that a Ho bar to get over? I'm confused.<br /><br />I love you, too!<br /><br />David,<br />Well, as we say at HoseMaster of Wine™, "I know what I like." Which is what pyromaniacs and pederasts say. <br /><br />I used to love those Australian Shiraz bombs, but I realize now I was swirling them the wrong direction. Dammit. Now they're too much, and I use the ones left in my cellar for curing leather. Of what, I don't know, but all my shoes are healed.<br /><br />My Gorgeous Samantha,<br />Oh, sorry. Well, tell you what, it's my fault, so I'll split those panties.<br /><br />Smooch. I love you!<br /><br />Robert,<br />Yeah, returning them just doesn't pass the sniff test.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-90254560439664708852014-03-24T16:55:57.643-07:002014-03-24T16:55:57.643-07:00I don't think they take returns on those thing...I don't think they take returns on those things. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-1103639365687339172014-03-24T16:36:02.437-07:002014-03-24T16:36:02.437-07:00Kinda glad I kept the receipt on those panties.......Kinda glad I kept the receipt on those panties....Samantha Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214278596698698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-54400964091359856562014-03-24T16:02:17.395-07:002014-03-24T16:02:17.395-07:00Fun stuff Ron.. but I think ya got the order wrong...Fun stuff Ron.. but I think ya got the order wrong.. I like some of those alcohol bomb Shirazes from OZ but then I'm perverse.. it's those insipid wines from NZ that I have no problem spitting..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992278224164669829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-87197925254687791032014-03-24T13:06:51.012-07:002014-03-24T13:06:51.012-07:00How did that L become an H? Lo.How did that L become an H? Lo.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-26655412344970909722014-03-24T12:38:11.410-07:002014-03-24T12:38:11.410-07:00Ronny, where to begin? This was one of you greate...Ronny, where to begin? This was one of you greatest hits.<br /><br />"Stemless wine glasses are stupid. Don’t pick them up. They’re like crotchless panties. It’s a trap to make you put your fingers somewhere you shouldn’t."<br /><br />And my fave, "If I want to volatilize esters I’ll go fart in the Jewish Home for Old Ladies. But, still, to look cool, you have to swirl the wine in your glass." How did you know that my aunt Est(h)er was there?"<br /><br />I love you!The Sommelierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05373623446507975769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-75054636398823198382014-03-24T12:04:57.019-07:002014-03-24T12:04:57.019-07:00I hear a Ho in there somewhere.I hear a Ho in there somewhere.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.com