6:00 p.m. - 2007-06-28
the dubious benefits of knowing wine snobs
I think I'm addicted to Blogthings. I enjoy quizes and tests which makes me strange, I know. Yesterday I found a quiz which I was sure would amuse my more knowledgable friends--"What kind of wine are you?" I took the quiz and it came up with "Chardonnay" for me. They described chardonnay as being:
Fresh, spirited, and classic - you have many facets to your personality.
You can be sweet and light. Or deep and complex.
You have a little bit of something to offer everyone... no wonder you're so popular.
Approachable and never smug, you are easy to get to know (and love!).
Deep down you are: Dependable and modest
Your partying style: Understated and polite
Your company is enjoyed best with: Cold or wild meat
All but the last sounded perfectly reasonable. The last sounded like a call to the peanut gallery to shower me with double entendres. But I sent it on to the crew anyway.
Sandy followed instructions and took the quiz. (She's a Pinot Noir.) CrushBoy declared that "Clearly this needs to be rewritten by someone knowledgeable in such matters" as chardonnay was... wrong. And the snobs were off to the races! And I was hitting my nose on my ignorance with every reply I opened. Including one that was filled with HTML code and a request to be left out of the exchange. (Can't *imagine* why she didn't want to wade through the code for each line of dubious wit....)
After all of that, I think I'll continue to drink what is put before me. Provided one of the snobs is drinking it, too. I'm ignorant. I'm not an idiot.
