Just before we were married 25 years ago we were given three bottles of champagne. The bottles were already 10 years old. We drank two on our wedding day and decided to keep the 3rd for this year. I opened it last week. First of all the cork fell apart, then when I poured it, out came a very dark looking liquid, not at all bubbly – I didn’t taste it as I thought it smelt like paint stripper. We weren’t too disappointed as we half expected it to go wrong.
On Friday night Olivier worked late as there was a function at one of the towers; They asked for an extension until two in the morning and rewarded Olivier and his colleague with – a bottle of champagne. Olivier was horrified when the other person poured Olivier’s share into an empty plastic coke bottle and gave it to him (do you think that this person could have been French?). He doesn’t like champagne so he brought it home and put it into the fridge. When I first saw it, it reminded me of a pee sample. Rob and I drank it yesterday eveing and it was very good – despite the coke bottle.
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Real conasewers!
Caroline xxx
There's probably a moral there... some of my more disreputable colleagues used to take advantage of stormy weather by smashing the tops off bottles in the Duty Free, and decanting the contents into something else for consumption. They could then write off the original bottles as storm damage, presenting the unbroken seals as evidence...
One bottle between two? -a bit cheap, perhaps?
Well, at least you got your champagne. Certainly in an unusual way. I'm glad it was good
Caroline: We just won't tell the neighbours.
Dru: Reminds me of the girl who worked in the cake shop accidentaly squashing cakes.
It was cheap, especially as they asked for extra time and then refused to pay for it.
Cas: Karma works in mysterious ways...
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