Status Update

On Facebook, it is always interesting to see what posts people will respond to. Sometimes you may say something shocking and no one will comment, or you may post the most hum-drum idea and your friends go wild. This is an example of the latter, amusing enough to preserve for your enjoyment. 

Red is like a good wine.

• When can I scrutinize the vine?
• Someone stomped on you with barefeet? That wasn't nice of them.
• High alcohol content? Not safe for children? Best when accompanied with a sharp cheese? All bottled up? Reportedly healthy when taken in small portions? Robust? Flammable? Are you flammable?
• You need time to breathe?
• You get better with age?
• You should be kept in a cellar for several years to mature?
• You are to be avoided?
• ...try not to stain my shirt or the carpet.
• You will not spill, even when placed on a Tempur Pedic mattress someone is jumping up and down on!
• It takes at least 20 minutes to fully savor you?
• Deep and red? Intoxicating?

The line is actually from a musical, Jane Eyre. Mrs. Fairfax is singing about Mr. Rochester, "And like a good wine, gets better with age." Though the first one was equally appropo, when later Blanche Ingram sings to Mr. Rochester, "Make no mistake, like the taste of the wine, when it comes to a woman, you must scrutinize the vine."