WIT AND HUMOR – A FUNNY SITE BY BOB WAYNE

I went to grab my shaving cream this morning out of the bottom cabinet in the bathroom. A bolt of pain shot through my back that just about sent me flying over the toilet. I won’t deny that getting older has it’s benefits. However, aches, pains, creaks, groans, and general decrepitness ain’t part of the benefits package.

But I didn’t create this blog to whine. Because I’d rather talk about wine. The Diva Drew brought home a box of wine the other evening…now stop that! I don’t want to hear any of that snobby “wine from a box? Really!” nonsence. I’ve had wine out of an expensive bottle that tasted like licking a dirty diaper. And smelled like one too.

This stuff “out of a box” was quite good and VERY reasonable. Okay, it was stupid cheap. It’s so cheap I could actually afford to change careers to full time alcoholism. But there is such a stigma with being a drunk that I think I’ll stick to just being lazy.

By the way, the wine is called Pinot Evil. It’s a Pinot Noir, of course, and the box is the equivalent of four bottles of wine. And the Diva got it for $13 dollars and change. Like I said, “Stupid cheap!” I found a review of it on some psycho potty mouth video blog. Cork’d has a more legitimate review on their blog. Here’s their label…

  And these are what the grapes look like…

Speaking of stupid cheap wines, we made another discovery. Or rather, the Diva Drew did. She was at Trader Joes and there was a guy in front of her buying a case of wine. Most of my friends don’t buy wine by the case. (Of course, most of them don’t buy it by the box either.)

Anyway, the wine was called Charles Shaw (we have since come to realize this is the famous “Two Buck Chuck”), a 2006 California Shiraz. Okay, we like a good shiraz. And the case was pretty darn reasonable. So as an experiment, she grabbed a bottle. And yes, she paid for it.

Holy Smokies Batgirl! Usually we enjoy a nice groovy little wine buzz from a single bottle of wine. This was like electricity in a bottle! By the time we finished that thing we were falling down drunk. From a single bottle of wine! It’s not going to win any awards for taste (it’s okay but nothing special from that point of view – Cheap Wine Reviews loved it) but my gawd, what a party popper!

Do not buy this stuff if you have friends coming over. Drink and drive on this stuff and somebody’s going to end up in the morgue. But if you and your honey want to get a nice buzz on to watch The Simpsons Movie or any movie by those other icons of good taste, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, this is definitely the way to go.

Especially if you’re on a budget.