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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:19:12 -0500
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- From: "Ruth M. Hanschka" <ap290@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Thunderbird
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- In a previous article, ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM () says:
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- >> 3) Thunderbird == is a really *cheap* wine, was about 50 cents a
- >
- >Well, none of us <admit> to it anyway.... Thunderbird was part of the
- >pantheon of rotgut wines that included Gypsy Rose (drink a bottle and
- >take off your clothes) and Night Train. The best way to appreciate
-
- The worst of it is, I was in a liquor store the other day [buying real
- wine] and they still sold all three of them. Room temperature and chilled
- both. I suppose even some winos can't drink the stuff warm....
-
- >them was to smoke some weed first, and only then drink the wine.
- >Drinking that stuff in a previously unaltered state was ruinous. It
- >could make Mogen David Extra Heavy Malaga taste drinkable by
- >comparison.
- >
- Or heck, Maneschevitz, any flavor.:-) Actually, the blackberry and concord
- grape do fairly well over ice cream, and have been known to replace Nyquil
- on occasion. Even Mogen David must taste better than that stuff.... <ECCCCH!>
-
-
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