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wine + snack
On 2/20/2021 8:56 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/20/2021 11:42 AM, Graham wrote:
>> On 2021-02-20 8:36 a.m., Janet wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>>
>>>> Assuming there a few winos in this group...
>>>>
>>>> You visit someone you haven't seen in a while,
>>>> and bring a bottle of wine, as a gift, or to share.
>>>> However, you don't know their tastes.
>>>
>>> Â*Â* I only take wine if I'm sure the hosts drink/serve alcohol.
>>> Â*Â* If I don't know what sort of alcohol they serve or like, I take one I
>>> like.
>>>
>>> Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Janet UK
>>>
>>>
>> I never take really good wine to people who won't appreciate it. Did
>> that once. Never again.
>
> Someone somewhere in this thread made a point and even the OP mentioned
> it: as a gift. Doesn't mean they have to open it or even share. I was
> given a "surprise" (it wasn't really) birthday party when I was 22.
> Some co-workers arrived and one of them brought me a bottle of wine. I
> set it aside, not intending it to be opened and served to everyone. I
> walked into the kitchen later and found it had been opened and consumed
> by some neighbors I barely knew who lived across the hall (it was an
> apartment complex). They basically crashed the party, opened and drank
> that gift of wine. I have no idea if it would have been good wine.
>
> Jill
>
You set it aside, but out in the open.
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