The Readings
Crossing the Bar
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The good talk that is
inseparable from a wine dinner is more important than the wines that are being
served.
Never bring up your better bottles if you are entertaining a man who cannot
talk.
Keep your treasures for a night when those few who are nearest to your heart
can gather round your table,
free from care, with latchkeys in their pockets and no last train to catch
Maurice Healy
It is wrong to do what
everyone else does, namely to hold the wine list just out of sight,
look for the second cheapest Claret on the list and say, number 22 please
Stephen Potter
A martini is like a womans
breast, One ain't enough and three is too many
'Cocktail waitress' , The Parallax View
May you be in Heaven half
an hour before the Devil knows you're dead
Irish toast
Men are like a fine wine,
they all start out like grapes,
and it's our job to stomp on them until they mature into something
which you'd like to have dinner with.
Anon
happy birthday John