tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post7079969968094925744..comments2024-03-23T08:00:26.020+00:00Comments on THE MONARCHIST: A "Gentlemen's Champagne"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-44035056266764633692008-08-19T20:07:00.000+01:002008-08-19T20:07:00.000+01:00You can tell the quality of the champagne just by ...You can tell the quality of the champagne just by the effervescence of the site. Gorgeous.<br><br>As for drink quotes, wasn't it Churchill that summarised the navy as "rum, sodomy and the lash"? And if Churchill was not fond of cocktails, why are there so many named after him?Palmerstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02823242689788648521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-59055024763713080982008-08-19T23:30:00.000+01:002008-08-19T23:30:00.000+01:00"Rum, sodomy and the lash."Sounds like an evening ..."Rum, sodomy and the lash."<br><br>Sounds like an evening out at Cambridge.<br><br>Surely if one recalls fully, did not dear Winston suffer (some would say benefit) from "the black dog". In more every day "common" parlance the black dog is known as "depression". Perhaps Winston was using this alcohol quite subconsciously for medicinal purposes - rather like today's youths. Remember, back in Winston's day knowledge, understandings and treatments of certain maladies was not as profound as it is today. As somone who went out of his mind years ago, I can confidently assert I would do almost anything, including consuming large quantities of alcohol, never to end up back inside.<br><br>Oh for the days when people accepted their lot in life, their place in a natural social order and read The Good Book. For the big black dog is merely a malady, perhaps a mere symptom, of human life, existence and living (i.e. suffering). As our Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus say - if ye do have the Faith, ye move the mountains.<br><br>Indeed, as the great man Churchill saith - when you are going through hell, just keep on going. I agree. Amen.Neil Weltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136012163614236311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-82839959038128049202008-08-20T01:26:00.000+01:002008-08-20T01:26:00.000+01:00www.HarrietHarmanSucks.Comwww.HarrietHarmanSucks.ComAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-51399555285374211552008-08-20T01:55:00.000+01:002008-08-20T01:55:00.000+01:00Pol Roger is awful. I much prefer Lindauer - it's ...Pol Roger is awful. I much prefer Lindauer - it's also New Zealand made, which is a plus.Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14732618881212335191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-46441949205781599912008-08-20T06:32:00.000+01:002008-08-20T06:32:00.000+01:00My dear Lewis, the British Royal Family disagrees ...My dear Lewis, the British Royal Family disagrees with you (as it relates to Pol Roger, not Lindauer), though I suspect that wouldn't be the first time!<br><br>Palmerston, it is a myth that Churchill invented "rum, sodomy and the lash", though he wish he had. As for cocktails named after Churchill (ie., the Blenheim), Churchill can't help it if others were so inclined, such as the famous head barman at the Savoy Hotel's American Bar, one Joe Gilmore.<br><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Mule#Missouri_MuleBeaverbrooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-86036509879334723722008-08-20T07:23:00.000+01:002008-08-20T07:23:00.000+01:00Reminds me of another Churchill quote:"I may be dr...Reminds me of another Churchill quote:<br><br>"I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly."Splendor Sine Occasunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-2944225631053057542008-08-20T15:03:00.001+01:002008-08-20T15:03:00.001+01:00SWC's drinking has been overstated. He enjoyed...SWC's drinking has been overstated. He enjoyed a light whisky & soda and made it last most of the day. Champagne at supper to be sure, but the PM was not a drunkard. He was ... a man.Aeneas the Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235737108817968315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-49690050539905567142008-08-20T15:03:00.000+01:002008-08-20T15:03:00.000+01:00SWC's drinking has been overstated. He enjoyed...SWC's drinking has been overstated. He enjoyed a light whisky & soda and made it last most of the day. Champagne at supper to be sure, but the PM was not a drunkard. He was ... a man.Aeneas the Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18235737108817968315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-70410481743308814812008-08-20T20:24:00.000+01:002008-08-20T20:24:00.000+01:00Don't worry Beaverbrook, I've pointed it o...Don't worry Beaverbrook, I've pointed it out more than once to a cousin of mine who works for New Zealand Trade & Enterprise that "our" Royal family endorses French products over New Zealand ones.Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14732618881212335191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-66965873957550871322008-08-20T22:30:00.000+01:002008-08-20T22:30:00.000+01:00So Lewis, New Zealand's leading republican, is not...So Lewis, New Zealand's leading republican, is nothing more than a narrow nationalist who joyfully believes in protectionism, closed markets and the cutting off of valued international ties - for no other reason than cheap politics, perceived political advantage and a hatred of "his" Queen. This is no way to lead a proud and great country like New Zealand. However, it is quite a good way to lead a complete basket case of a nation that looks backwards but not forwards - that puts petty prejudice before our common humanity.<br><br>He also appears to believe in placing, for purely political reasons, inferior products before superior products. Is this why he is a republican? Surely all this has come as a shock for all those republicans being led by this man - for only someone who is completely blotto is ever likely to be convinced by any of his arguments.<br><br>God Save Our Queen!Neil Weltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136012163614236311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-85335732607544735552008-08-21T04:34:00.000+01:002008-08-21T04:34:00.000+01:00It is an interesting debate, local produce vs qual...It is an interesting debate, local produce vs quality. I am lucky in that a great many excellent comestibles are produced locally, but for certain things the quality is just not there (cheese, do not bother with Australian cheese, cheese from any other country than enforced absolute pasteurisation). Thins like fois gras and caviar are notoriously difficult to find in Australia as well, even when my students budget allows their consumption.Lord Besthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08505734600505832039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-2521346523775964522008-09-08T11:33:00.000+01:002008-09-08T11:33:00.000+01:00"So Lewis, New Zealand's leading republican is not..."So Lewis, New Zealand's leading republican is nothing more than a narrow nationalist"<br><br>Wrong Neil. I simply said I prefer Lindauer to Pol Roger. I said the fact Lindauer is New Zealand made is a "plus".<br><br>"..who joyfully believes in protectionism, closed markets and the cutting off of valued international ties"<br><br>Wrong again. I'm actually economically neo-liberal, I support free markets, free enterprise, and expanding New Zealand's international ties. In fact, New Zealand has a much better record on all those counts than, say, Britain and France. Hence we're entitled to be annoyed when Prince Charles goes to a French academy and endorses EU subsidies which harm Australian and New Zealand farmers, and we're entitled to be annoyed when "our" Royal family continues to offer patronage to a wine made in a country that spends more on subsidizing its cows than aid for Africa.<br><br>"...for no other reason than cheap politics, perceived political advantage and a hatred of "his" Queen."<br><br>Umm, no. I was merely commenting that I don't like Pol Roger and prefer Lindauer. You're simply reading what you want to into my statements.<br><br>On the same basis I could say your simple acceptance that the Royal family's endorsement of Pol Roger for the fact that it was endorsed by the Royal family harks back to a certain pre-capitalist economic system, feudalism. You only see Pol Roger as being a superior product because it carries the Royal crest. But that would be unfair of me. <br><br>"This is no way to lead a proud and great country like New Zealand."<br><br>Agreed. That won't make me prefer Pol Roger though.<br><br>"However, it is quite a good way to lead a complete basket case of a nation that looks backwards but not forwards - that puts petty prejudice before our common humanity."<br><br>Again, I'm not prejudiced against any other wine making country. I just happen to prefer the wine made in my own.<br><br>"He also appears to believe in placing, for purely political reasons, inferior products before superior products."<br><br>That's a matter of taste. I've consumed two bottles of Pol Roger in my life time and enjoyed neither. Lindauer, on the other hand, I could drink all the time...<br><br>"Is this why he is a republican?"<br><br>No. I'm a republican because I believe New Zealand needs an effective and democratic check on the Prime Minister and Cabinet, which we currently lack under the status quo.<br><br>"Surely all this has come as a shock for all those republicans being led by this man - for only someone who is completely blotto is ever likely to be convinced by any of his arguments."<br><br>I'm not going to dignify such a silly remark with a response.Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14732618881212335191noreply@blogger.com