Glitter Ninja wrote:

> >the Christmas tree. I guess the Chivas was too good to offer to me, but the
> >even more expensive Gran Marnier was not too good for him.
>
> Dave, after reading about your European travels and various dinners
> and such in this thread, I have to say -- you have some really crappy
> friends.

What can I say? You get to choose your friends, and there are some people in the
world that I have chosen not to have as much to do with as others. That sort of
stinginess is a good reason to limit my exposure to them.