I just had this conversation with a guy that gave me a hitch off the Colorado Trail. He was driving a beat-up Geo Metro. It had no handles inside and when he stopped on the side of the road he climbed out of the car all Dukes of Hazzard style. The tires were bald and one window was taped. However, he was wearing a $65 Underarmour shirt and a back hatch full of top shelf gear. My opinion, a real hiker has more money tied-up in gear than in a car. The way it should be.
I'd still be more than happy to buy (and drink) a $5K bottle of booze. This assumes I can afford to light my Cuben cigars with $100 bills, but hey, a boy can dream.
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Me either. I used to guide canoe trips in Ely, MN back in the 70s. Had one client who was bringing fancy booze in glass bottles, and told him to put them in plastic or they would bust. He said that would wreck the "bouquet" or whatever and went with glass.
I knew they would bust and he would be out of booze, so I picked up a bottle of rotgut brandy @$4/qt. and put it in a strong plastic jug.
By day two his bottles were smashed and he was all bummed out. So, I pulled out the jug of cheap stuff and told him it was actually really fancy stuff given to me by a previous client. But, I said the "bouquet" was probably shot because it had been in plastic for a while.
He took one whiff and said: "No, I can still tell this is very fine cognac." That cheap jug sure kept him happy, and I never told him the truth.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
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5 grand for one bottle of Cognac? Thats for bums!
you aint a high roller until youve had this small dent in your bank account: ya better raise your credit limit
I beg to differ. They are selling the bottle. Admittedly the bottle may have a dead worm in it. But the bottle is focus of the ad. With the HH cognac they are selling the booze. The bottle will live on after you water the trees with the tequila contents. The cognac is just gone.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
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agave worms dont come in tequila, youre thinking of Mescal. (from Oaxaca)
but yes, the bottle is the $$ pit.
But I bet they won't sell you an empty bottle, no matter how much you want to pay for it. So it's a package deal. 2 for the price of 1. What a deal.
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