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Two teetotaler virgins and a bottle of champagne. What could possibly go wrong?
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Just bad champagne, I think.
But Fred just whammed the bottle with the sabre in the wrong place. Typical hyena brute force! Proper sabrage, you SLIDE the blade along the bottle until it knocks against the base of the mouth with enough firmness to remove the very top of the bottle. Results in a very clean shear rather than a cut, really, like how you make a blade from obsidian.
And you can actually perform sabrage with a lot of things, if you get the angle and speed right. A sabre is traditional and happens to be well-proportioned for the task but even other bottles can work!
But Fred just whammed the bottle with the sabre in the wrong place. Typical hyena brute force! Proper sabrage, you SLIDE the blade along the bottle until it knocks against the base of the mouth with enough firmness to remove the very top of the bottle. Results in a very clean shear rather than a cut, really, like how you make a blade from obsidian.
And you can actually perform sabrage with a lot of things, if you get the angle and speed right. A sabre is traditional and happens to be well-proportioned for the task but even other bottles can work!
My grandfather used to let me take sips off his beer or whiskey when I was, like, a toddler, so I think I got the desire to drink out of my system at a very early age, which is good, because alcoholism runs in my maternal line.
To me, all alcoholic drinks taste like medicine. And I don't like feeling buzzed, light-headed, or "out of control." So drinking to get drunk is of no interest to me. I've seen drunks. I feel sorry for them, even as I loathe them. As Fred says to the Brigadiers, "Why do you DO this to yourselves?!"
This is not, however, to pass judgement on people who enjoy drinking, are connoisseurs, or whatever. It's just that personally, I don't like drinking, I can't stand the taste of it, and the expense is nothing to sneer at, either. I don't feel the need to bungee-jump or drive a Formula 1 race car, either.
But the thing with the champagne here is meant to be a metaphor for their inexperience.
To me, all alcoholic drinks taste like medicine. And I don't like feeling buzzed, light-headed, or "out of control." So drinking to get drunk is of no interest to me. I've seen drunks. I feel sorry for them, even as I loathe them. As Fred says to the Brigadiers, "Why do you DO this to yourselves?!"
This is not, however, to pass judgement on people who enjoy drinking, are connoisseurs, or whatever. It's just that personally, I don't like drinking, I can't stand the taste of it, and the expense is nothing to sneer at, either. I don't feel the need to bungee-jump or drive a Formula 1 race car, either.
But the thing with the champagne here is meant to be a metaphor for their inexperience.
Agreed, each to their own, but none for me, thanks anyway. (Funny though how many of the drinkers get upset that you won't drink with them. I had to remind a few of them "You know how crazy I can get when in complete control of myself - do you really want a piece of me when I don't give a shit what happens?" Most have been wise enough to back down ... )
One New Years when I was young, perhaps 12, Dad gave about an ounce or so of champagne in a shot glass. It wasn't bad, but as I got older I realized there were other beverages I liked better. And were less expensive! Sparkling wine comes to mind, but it's been years since I drank anything.
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