Wall Street protesters: We're in for the long haul

[DGuller]

you can have champagne, but stay away from port

Staying away from port is always a good idea.

[Malthus]

you can have champagne, but stay away from port

Staying away from port is always a good idea.

Always turn to starboard!  :

[Martinus]

I'm drinking a glass of port as we speak. 

[garbon]

Also, the best part about fighting over champagne is that until better glass was discover "sparkling wine" was a huge fault that everyone was trying to avoid.

Well that's what I'm saying. They are trying to protect the historical definition of a particular moment.

[DGuller]

I'm drinking a glass of port as we speak. 

Exhibit A.

[crazy canuck]

I wonder how port tastes after being watered down with icecubes?

[Ideologue]

Its also an advantage to consumers who might otherwise be fooled into thinking that what they are buying is Champagne when it isnt.

Who are these consumers that are so tricked? The most common person (at least here in America) is already going to use champagne interchangeably with sparking wine (I don't really think they will actually use sparking wine as a term...but that's neither here nor there)...and they are likely to know that French champagnes are held of special regard.  Not really sure where'd they get lost as they don't really care that much about the difference - and may as some people I know - have less of an affinity for "real" Champagne.

Then you also have the connoisseurs and I'd be hard pressed to believe that said individuals would get tricked by Korbel if it started selling its product under the name champagne.

I've used the term sparkling wine to avoid this kind of conversation, which while fine enough for Languish, is entirely tedious in person.

[Josephus]

Can we go back to talking about the revolution?

[garbon]

Can we go back to talking about the revolution?

Won't be televised, ergo this isn't the revolution.   

[Admiral Yi]

Can we go back to talking about the revolution?

I have noticed it's been a while since Seedy posted. 

[MadImmortalMan]

EUOT occupy thread degenerates into flamewar about the best way to re-distribute rich peoples' money. Languish occupy thread degenerates into flamewar about commercial use of the word "champagne" and the relative merits of high-quality sparkling wines.

[crazy canuck]

Those of us who still can should go to EUOT and set them straight on what is important in life.

[DGuller]

Those of us who still can should go to EUOT and set them straight on what is important in life.

Ugh.   I'd rather not.

[Josephus]

And that, in a nutshell, is the difference between Languish and Paradox.

Of course if we did start talking about wine in a thread about Wall Street, we would be warned for going off topic and subsequently banned.

[crazy canuck]

Those of us who still can should go to EUOT and set them straight on what is important in life.

Ugh.   I'd rather not.

Actually you are correct, I quickly scanned that last page of posts and promptly left ie -   MiM did not exaggerate.