... I've swallowed the wisdom. (Maybe I am a dog... a drunk puppy...?)
I bought it, I drunk it* and I have just understood it.
*the drinking section refers to the per-Prohibition times, which (which means the Prohibition) is coming to an end soon; we're talking about a delayed understanding then, after allowing the necessary time to get sober. However, all the elements were already in place, floating on the surface of my mind, nearly a year ago, while I was still holding - oh! those sweet (but nearly exclusively dry - and continental - in character; with a frequent exception of port**, a much rarer one of Sauternes and a very rare one of Trockenbeerenauslese, not least due to the price; sweet sherry I regard as a waste of sherry, as anyone should. Just by the way - when I caught some droplets of a local debate regarding excessive alcohol consumption, it struck me that instead of focusing on idiotic price manipulation the local government should focus on the main problem connected with the dizzying stuff: the excessive consumption - or actually even the mere existence of - that cheap sweetened liquid horror, that offence to good taste, that youth depraver, that shame-deprived underminer of morality, that fiendish enemy of humane, pub-based community spirit, that Satan-inspired caricature of the good God-approved stuff, that disgusting omnipresent WKD-kind of abomination! Coming back to continental - I find Chilean, Australian, Californian and South African wines short on complexity, mystery and history that continental wines are long on; and complexity is wine's key ingredient; if some of the complexity's aspects are cultural or historical, it's all the more appealing) times! - a glass of wine in my hand.
**when you see a half-price bottle of LBV, or similar, smiling to you from a Sainsbury's shelf, you know that there is still some goodness left in this world (in front of you); so you grab it by the neck and take it home!
PS I hope you forgive me this dose of highly personal stuff, but I thought it may be reinvigorating for you to see me a little exposed after that recent universal & sexual (philosophical) spree.
