Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

Happy New Year, everybody! I know I’m a couple days early,
but soon the champagne will flow more freely than water I
thought I’d relate a little champagne trivia I came across
recently. Maybe you can make your fellow party-goers feel
stupid by whipping a little of this on them.

First…the subtle difference between sparkling wine and
champagne. There is none. The only difference is that
authentic ‘champagne’ comes from the Champagne region of
France. But as far as alcohol content, production, etc…
it’s the exact same stuff.

Here’s the important part. Do you want a champagne that is
more dry or sweet? That all depends on your preference, of
course. But after you’ve polished off a few dozen bottles
and you know what you like… this is a list of the common
names you will find on Champagne labels, from driest to
sweetest:

*Extra Brut, Brut Sauvage, Ultra Brut, Brut Integral, Brut
Zero
*Brut
*Extra Dry, Extra Sec
*Sec
*Demi-Sec
*Doux

Brut is the most popular style, and often, the best grapes
are reserved for Bruts.

And finally…Bottle size!: Because sparkling wine should be
consumed when it is opened, size matters. Champagne comes in
“splits” — perfect for one or two — all the way to the
enormous Nebuchadnezzar (508 fluid ounces). If you want more
volume than just a single bottle will afford you can get the
showy magnums (nearly 51 ounces, or two bottles) Jeroboams
(4 bottles) or even a Balthazar (16 bottles). Plus those
huge empty bottles make great souvenirs!

You know, I’d love to be hosting a dinner party in some fancy
restaurant and order a Nebuchadnezzar. I would be so cool.

Cheers!

Bizarrely,

Lewis

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+————— Bizarre January Holidays —————-+

January 1 is First Foot Day and Z Day

January 2 is Run Up the Flagpole & See if Anybody Salutes
It Day

January 3 is Festival of Sleep Day

January 4 is Trivia Day and Humiliation Day

January 5 is Bird Day

January 6 is Bean Day

January 7 is Old Rock Day

January 8 is National JoyGerm Day and Man Watcher’s Day

January 9 is Play God Day

January 10 is Peculiar People Day

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————– Scientist: Angels can’t fly —————–

LONDON – A London scientist has authored a paper arguing
angels as classically depicted, mostly-human forms with
wings, would be unable to fly. Professor Roger Wotton of
University College London wrote in his paper, which was
published by the school’s Opticon magazine, that human-
appearing angels with feathered bird-like wings would not
be able to use the wings for flight, The Daily Telegraph
reported. “Even a cursory examination of the evidence in
representational arts shows that angels and cherubs cannot
take off and cannot use powered flight,” Wotton wrote.
“And even if they used gliding flight, they would need to
be exposed to very high wind velocities at take off —
such high winds that they would be blown away and have no
need for wings.” Wotton’s paper also took aim at fantasy
depictions of fairies with the wings of butterflies. “The
distortion of the thorax needed for flight in fairies with
butterfly wings would be exceedingly uncomfortable,” the
paper read. “For sure, fairies don’t fly.”

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———— Mom calls 911 to enforce bed time ————-

BOSTON – A Boston mother said her frustration at her
14-year-old son’s late night video game playing led her to
call police emergency for help in speaking to him. Angela
Mejia, 49, said she has been concerned about the amount of
time her son spends playing games in the violent “Grand
Theft Auto” series and her frustration reached a head when
she found him playing at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, hours after
he had been instructed to go to bed, the Boston Herald
reported. “I woke up in the middle of the night and saw
the light on in his bedroom,” she said. Mejia said she and
her son engaged in an argument that culminated with her
unplugging his PlayStation and calling 911. “I called
(police) because if you don’t respect your mother, what
are you going to do in your life?” she said. The mother
said police officers responded and were able to convince
her son to call it a night. “They (police) were just like,
‘Chill out. Go to bed,’” the boy said.

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January the 6th… or so.

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