Drink to forget is wrong, the more you drink, the more you will remember.
It's best to drink with meals, before, and after. Delectable food with wine, each enhance the other.
Drink to remember, drink at leisure, let your soul float on the wings of wine, and conversation explore the meaning of the universe.
Let there be two of you, drink to each other and let the wine take you to lovers' shore.
I like it best to drink my wine in happy company, when friends meet in convivial mood around a table, where we can sit into the night, discuss and solve the questions no one else can answer.
But do not drink alone and do not drink to wash away your sadness; stop before the swarm of bees in your head drowns out the sound of silence and always put down your glass when you are angry or ashamed.
In Vino Veritas,
that is, to speak truth in these days, one has to be drunk first.
i am grateful for the taste of really good beer or wine. i am grateful for the liberating features that good wine encourages in my thinking. i watched my dad move far beyond those salutory results and so i am judicious . . . and grateful. steven
ReplyDeleteexcellent advice! and you made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteGood advice, all of it!
ReplyDeleteRight now I'd love to have a large glass of a really robust red, but am with my son and DIL and they don't drink.
Where did we go wrong?
Very good advice...and of course quite funny at the end. Vb
ReplyDeleteIn Vino Veritas: I raise my glass.
ReplyDeleteFriko~ As usual, very witty, clever, and with an element of truth! I tried my first Magpie Tale this time! Fun! xxox
ReplyDeletenope, never alone...ha and yeah if you want truth you just might...
ReplyDeleteVery good advice!
ReplyDeleteI find a good drink tastes best with company and even a bad drink will taste better with friends.
A good meal, a good wine, a good friend - perfect.
ReplyDeleteGreat advice - especially to drink wine with food, and at least one good friend.
ReplyDeletedas sind schöne und postitive Gedanken dem Weine zu Ehren und ich bin ganz Deiner Meinung, aber ich muss zugeben, dass ich an einem gemütlichen Abend bei einem guten Buch oder einem guten Film auch mal gerne ein Glas Wein alleine trinke, aber ich verstehe recht gut, was Du meinst mit "alleine trinken"... und da kann ich Dir nur zustimmen!
ReplyDeleteDir einen wunderschönen Tag, liebe Friko!
Renée
Oh, to find the where witty end to such endeavors... Excellent post!
ReplyDeleteExcellent post, with small children I don't get much opportunity these days, but a glass of wine with good conversation has to be my top treat.
ReplyDeleteSound advice. Uninhibited at lover's shore, sounds like a fun place to be.
ReplyDeleteI drink to say all the things I'm too timid to say otherwise. I'm then often sorry I said them.
ReplyDeletewise words do you always follow them?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this response to this weeks prompt; and agree that you should never drink alone!
ReplyDeleteLetting one's soul float on the wings of wine sounds quite sophisticated , in a way that getting rat a---d on Red Biddy and punching the next person you see doesn't , somehow .
ReplyDeleteMaybe it depends on the vintage .... and what mixer you've used .
Love your special mix of sober advice and wit. I felt the urge to say "Yes, Mother" with a fond smile, bit of tongue in cheek and full agreement with your wisdom. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGood advice on a controversial, and for some, a compelling argument. I must say I was more impressed with the photo!!
ReplyDeletestop before the swarm of bees in your head drowns out the sound of silence
ReplyDelete"Sound" advice! :)
heh heh heh.....thank goodness for that Friko ending...!!
ReplyDeleteDrink to forget is wr .... oh, flip, can't remember what you said.
ReplyDeleteYour words speak truth, and are lyrical to boot!
ReplyDeleteBut wine I seldom buy.
Meds make my condition quite acute,
If only one cork I dare pry.
Wise .. witty .. wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWell thought out. The family sometimes has a glass of the red kind. There's a smile on Buddy's face on those days :)
ReplyDeleteWisdom passed down gently,
ReplyDeleteyet firmly from Frau Friko,
everyone's favorite auntie.
I am a tee-toddler myself;
gave up alcohol 35 years
ago when my hangovers began
having flu symptoms; and wine
gave me the worst responses.
But this does not diminish my
appreciation for wine, and for
watching others in-vibe.
In vino veritas, too true!
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it, the 1st line is very true too. Suddenly remembering arguments that popped up over old hurts and issues when imbibing.
Good thing I don't drink anymore :p
Excellent advice, I think.
ReplyDelete"I like it best to drink my wine in happy company." I so agree!
ReplyDeleteVery good advice! I lift my glass to you!
ReplyDeleteExcellent advice... To know when to stop, something I didn't know in my write.
ReplyDeleteExcellent advice, Friko dear. Perhaps I would enjoy wine a little more if I took some of your lyricism to heart.
ReplyDeleteEspecially liked the line 'Let there be two of you....' and will definitely keep that in mind a few weeks from now.
I agree, excellent advice... but drinking alone is sometimes okay!
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
Drinking alone is not always bad – as when you sit at an outdoor café in Paris and watch the people go by – not bad at all.
ReplyDeleteVery good advice presented in a fine format. Enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteClearly one does NOT have to be drunk to speak the truth, as you have just demonstrated. Excellent advice, wonderfully expressed. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteVery sound advice, well written.
ReplyDeleteEveryone is thanking you for the advice. May I please thank you for the clear, straightforward writing?
ReplyDeleteLife-smart and direct-interesting. Good piece.
ReplyDeleteI liked the first one especially :) Its so true!
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