On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 01:10:05 -0400, Mark Lipton wrote:

> Emery Davis wrote:
>> here's a little incident that happened to me today.
>>
> Too funny, Emery. Was this out by your farm, or at your pied-Ã*-terre?
> Equally incomprehensible either way...
>

Heh, in Paris, in the heart of Passy! I don't think I'll ever figure this
one out...

Wait, one time when I had a stomach bug someone talked me into the "cure
d'Alsacienne" which consists (apparently) of drinking an entire bottle of
Riesling solo early in the morning. In my defense, he provided the
bottle... Unfortunately it didn't work. But maybe this guy was after a
variation of "la cure".