Spraying Champagne
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Wilfred Pickles used to ask people on his Radio Programme. (Was it called ‘Have a go.’?), anyway he used to ask people what was their pet hate. He got the usual replies, rudeness, being late, litter etc and nothing wrong with those.
If he had asked me I would say. ‘Wasting Champagne.’ or spraying it as this thread mentions.
Particularly the waste of champagne after the winning of a race, usually cars, motorbikes, lorries, go karts etc where the podium ceremony is followed by squirting champagne. I’m afraid it has now become an invariable custom and it is spreading to other sports. Believe me it will get everywhere, Wimbledon included, and will not be confined to sports. The Nobel Prize, election of a new Pope. It’ll come.
There are a number of reasons why it narks me and not just the waste of a drink. The worst being that it is very impolite to spray other people with anything, being champagne doesn’t make it alright. It is undignified, when the victor is given the cup and the runners up given theirs, there is then an unseemly scrambling about and a running after the prime victim who must crouch while it’s put down his neck. It is deemed excellent if the camera lens is sprayed and the cameramen presumably. The glamour girls who usually accompany the ceremony and who generally look nice and poised have to be sprayed. The fans also have to be sprayed. If they must do it, and for the life of me I can't see why, better to give these drivers each a fire extinguisher, they spray fine without so much waste.
I believe our elite, Henry and Fiona, at parties do the same, sometimes using thousands of pounds worth of champagne.
Why? Is the waste the object? Shame on them if so.
Is it fun? Next time you open a can of coke, shake it up and eject it into your face. It’s not fun to you is it?
I wonder if they now make a special podium brand of champagne? As the habit persists and grows it would be a good idea, but I fear that the better the champagne the more significance and pleasure to the waster.
I bet the little old Frenchman in the caves of Champagne twiddling the bottles from time to time to make it sparkle is not amused, neither am I.
peterperkins said:
Wilfred Pickles used to ask people on his Radio Programme. (Was it called ‘Have a go.’?), anyway he used to ask people what was their pet hate. He got the usual replies, rudeness, being late, litter etc and nothing wrong with those.
If he had asked me I would say. ‘Wasting Champagne.’ or spraying it as this thread mentions.
Particularly the waste of champagne after the winning of a race, usually cars, motorbikes, lorries, go karts etc where the podium ceremony is followed by squirting champagne. I’m afraid it has now become an invariable custom and it is spreading to other sports. Believe me it will get everywhere, Wimbledon included, and will not be confined to sports. The Nobel Prize, election of a new Pope. It’ll come.
There are a number of reasons why it narks me and not just the waste of a drink. The worst being that it is very impolite to spray other people with anything, being champagne doesn’t make it alright. It is undignified, when the victor is given the cup and the runners up given theirs, there is then an unseemly scrambling about and a running after the prime victim who must crouch while it’s put down his neck. It is deemed excellent if the camera lens is sprayed and the cameramen presumably. The glamour girls who usually accompany the ceremony and who generally look nice and poised have to be sprayed. The fans also have to be sprayed. If they must do it, and for the life of me I can't see why, better to give these drivers each a fire extinguisher, they spray fine without so much waste.
I believe our elite, Henry and Fiona, at parties do the same, sometimes using thousands of pounds worth of champagne.
Why? Is the waste the object? Shame on them if so.
Is it fun? Next time you open a can of coke, shake it up and eject it into your face. It’s not fun to you is it?
I wonder if they now make a special podium brand of champagne? As the habit persists and grows it would be a good idea, but I fear that the better the champagne the more significance and pleasure to the waster.
I bet the little old Frenchman in the caves of Champagne twiddling the bottles from time to time to make it sparkle is not amused, neither am I.
It would appear that official supplier of Champagne to F1 is "Mumm".
Not the finest brew in my opinion.
Champagne is a wonderful drink - but its quality varies considerably. If one has tried it and found it to be piss (quite possible) the fault is not with the region and probably not with the drink itself - most likely it is to do with the combination of the style, quality and your tastebuds (i.e. was that particular one to your liking or would you prefer something different).
Fine champagne and the summer: a wonderful combination. Personally I'll stick to the combination of Bollinger Grand Annee and drinking it. But if F1 drivers enjoy pouring the stuff down each others backs - well who am I to argue with their fetishes?
Not the finest brew in my opinion.
Champagne is a wonderful drink - but its quality varies considerably. If one has tried it and found it to be piss (quite possible) the fault is not with the region and probably not with the drink itself - most likely it is to do with the combination of the style, quality and your tastebuds (i.e. was that particular one to your liking or would you prefer something different).
Fine champagne and the summer: a wonderful combination. Personally I'll stick to the combination of Bollinger Grand Annee and drinking it. But if F1 drivers enjoy pouring the stuff down each others backs - well who am I to argue with their fetishes?
Don said:
It would appear that official supplier of Champagne to F1 is "Mumm".
Not the finest brew in my opinion.
Champagne is a wonderful drink - but its quality varies considerably. If one has tried it and found it to be piss (quite possible) the fault is not with the region and probably not with the drink itself - most likely it is to do with the combination of the style, quality and your tastebuds (i.e. was that particular one to your liking or would you prefer something different).
Fine champagne and the summer: a wonderful combination. Personally I'll stick to the combination of Bollinger Grand Annee and drinking it. But if F1 drivers enjoy pouring the stuff down each others backs - well who am I to argue with their fetishes?
I prefer Tattinger, but I agree it is worth spending time to find the right flavour for you.Not the finest brew in my opinion.
Champagne is a wonderful drink - but its quality varies considerably. If one has tried it and found it to be piss (quite possible) the fault is not with the region and probably not with the drink itself - most likely it is to do with the combination of the style, quality and your tastebuds (i.e. was that particular one to your liking or would you prefer something different).
Fine champagne and the summer: a wonderful combination. Personally I'll stick to the combination of Bollinger Grand Annee and drinking it. But if F1 drivers enjoy pouring the stuff down each others backs - well who am I to argue with their fetishes?
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