Guest mimus Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 A Lloyd's of London syndicate said Tuesday it is insuring the nose of winemaker Ilja Gort for $8 million. The Dutch winemaker and taster took out the policy after hearing about a man who lost his sense of smell in a car accident. "I thought it must be a horror to lose your smell," Gort said. "It would mean that you cannot taste wine anymore. Tasting wine is something you do with your nose, not your mouth." Gort, 47, said his nose is essential for him to produce top quality wines at his Chateau de la Garde vineyard in the Bordeaux region of France. The custom policy covers Gort for the loss of either his nose or his sense of smell and has some conditions for protecting his nose. Among other things, he is barred from riding a motorcycle or working as a knife thrower's assistant or fire-breather. And he can't be a boxer. <more> http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-odd-britain-valuable-nose,0,3603731.story -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You display a hole: admitted, and a fine hole it is. But how does this hole differ from any other? < _Cugel the Clever_ aka _Cugel's Saga_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Cleere Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 On Mar 18, 2:13 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > A Lloyd's of London syndicate said Tuesday it is insuring the nose of > winemaker Ilja Gort for $8 million. > > The Dutch winemaker and taster took out the policy after hearing about a > man who lost his sense of smell in a car accident. > > "I thought it must be a horror to lose your smell," Gort said. "It would > mean that you cannot taste wine anymore. Tasting wine is something you do > with your nose, not your mouth." > > Gort, 47, said his nose is essential for him to produce top quality wines > at his Chateau de la Garde vineyard in the Bordeaux region of France. > > The custom policy covers Gort for the loss of either his nose or his sense > of smell and has some conditions for protecting his nose. Among other > things, he is barred from riding a motorcycle or working as a knife > thrower's assistant or fire-breather. > > And he can't be a boxer. Although I look down on wine nonsense as a poor substitute for genuinely refined aesthetic taste, it is nevertheless encouraging to find a man willing to insure anything other than that other pathetic appendage, which I'm sure, if given the choice of insuring one and only one bodily part, 99.9% of men would choose. Excepting your porn stars, of course. They have a right to protect their livelihood. A Britisher named Frankie Jakeman did his for $1.6 million. If I was British, I might follow his example, and have mine done for one and six. -- Bill Cleere "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mimus Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:15:50 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote: > On Mar 18, 2:13 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> A Lloyd's of London syndicate said Tuesday it is insuring the nose of >> winemaker Ilja Gort for $8 million. >> >> The Dutch winemaker and taster took out the policy after hearing about a >> man who lost his sense of smell in a car accident. >> >> "I thought it must be a horror to lose your smell," Gort said. "It would >> mean that you cannot taste wine anymore. Tasting wine is something you do >> with your nose, not your mouth." >> >> Gort, 47, said his nose is essential for him to produce top quality wines >> at his Chateau de la Garde vineyard in the Bordeaux region of France. >> >> The custom policy covers Gort for the loss of either his nose or his sense >> of smell and has some conditions for protecting his nose. Among other >> things, he is barred from riding a motorcycle or working as a knife >> thrower's assistant or fire-breather. >> >> And he can't be a boxer. > > Although I look down on wine nonsense as a poor > substitute for genuinely refined aesthetic taste, > it is nevertheless encouraging to find a man willing > to insure anything other than that other pathetic > appendage, which I'm sure, if given the choice of > insuring one and only one bodily part, 99.9% of men > would choose. > > Excepting your porn stars, of course. They have > a right to protect their livelihood. A Britisher named > Frankie Jakeman did his for $1.6 million. > > If I was British, I might follow his example, and have mine > done for one and six. I doubt Lloyd's would be interested. Maybe a bookmaker. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 I wish to protest most strongly at the scandalous treatment this country's finest policeman, Mr James Anderton, received on your programme last night. To sit a fine Christian gentleman down in close proximity to an unsavoury crowd of prostitutes was bad enough. Even worse was to allow him to be humiliated intellectually by the afore-mentioned rabble . . . . < Henry Root Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Cleere Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 On Mar 18, 4:25 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:15:50 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote: > > On Mar 18, 2:13 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> A Lloyd's of London syndicate said Tuesday it is insuring the nose of > >> winemaker Ilja Gort for $8 million. > > >> The Dutch winemaker and taster took out the policy after hearing about a > >> man who lost his sense of smell in a car accident. > > >> "I thought it must be a horror to lose your smell," Gort said. "It would > >> mean that you cannot taste wine anymore. Tasting wine is something you do > >> with your nose, not your mouth." > > >> Gort, 47, said his nose is essential for him to produce top quality wines > >> at his Chateau de la Garde vineyard in the Bordeaux region of France. > > >> The custom policy covers Gort for the loss of either his nose or his sense > >> of smell and has some conditions for protecting his nose. Among other > >> things, he is barred from riding a motorcycle or working as a knife > >> thrower's assistant or fire-breather. > > >> And he can't be a boxer. > > > Although I look down on wine nonsense as a poor > > substitute for genuinely refined aesthetic taste, > > it is nevertheless encouraging to find a man willing > > to insure anything other than that other pathetic > > appendage, which I'm sure, if given the choice of > > insuring one and only one bodily part, 99.9% of men > > would choose. > > > Excepting your porn stars, of course. They have > > a right to protect their livelihood. A Britisher named > > Frankie Jakeman did his for $1.6 million. > > > If I was British, I might follow his example, and have mine > > done for one and six. > > I doubt Lloyd's would be interested. ....as they were not. One of the Waiters showed me the door. To be precise, quoth he: "If you will be good enough to look over there, sir, you will observe the door. Kindly be the fuck out of it immediately." > Maybe a bookmaker. The best William Hill could do was 10-3 against, which I didn't fancy. The other punters were laughing at me, so I told them, "I'm getting better odds than England, you thick fucks!" That shut them up. -- Bill Cleere "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dave hillstrom Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:37:40 -0700 (PDT), Bill Cleere <bcleere@gmail.com> wrote: >On Mar 18, 4:25 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:15:50 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote: >> > On Mar 18, 2:13 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> A Lloyd's of London syndicate said Tuesday it is insuring the nose of >> >> winemaker Ilja Gort for $8 million. >> >> >> The Dutch winemaker and taster took out the policy after hearing about a >> >> man who lost his sense of smell in a car accident. >> >> >> "I thought it must be a horror to lose your smell," Gort said. "It would >> >> mean that you cannot taste wine anymore. Tasting wine is something you do >> >> with your nose, not your mouth." >> >> >> Gort, 47, said his nose is essential for him to produce top quality wines >> >> at his Chateau de la Garde vineyard in the Bordeaux region of France. >> >> >> The custom policy covers Gort for the loss of either his nose or his sense >> >> of smell and has some conditions for protecting his nose. Among other >> >> things, he is barred from riding a motorcycle or working as a knife >> >> thrower's assistant or fire-breather. >> >> >> And he can't be a boxer. >> >> > Although I look down on wine nonsense as a poor >> > substitute for genuinely refined aesthetic taste, >> > it is nevertheless encouraging to find a man willing >> > to insure anything other than that other pathetic >> > appendage, which I'm sure, if given the choice of >> > insuring one and only one bodily part, 99.9% of men >> > would choose. >> >> > Excepting your porn stars, of course. They have >> > a right to protect their livelihood. A Britisher named >> > Frankie Jakeman did his for $1.6 million. >> >> > If I was British, I might follow his example, and have mine >> > done for one and six. >> >> I doubt Lloyd's would be interested. > >...as they were not. One of the Waiters >showed me the door. To be precise, quoth he: >"If you will be good enough to look over there, sir, >you will observe the door. Kindly be the fuck out >of it immediately." > >> Maybe a bookmaker. > >The best William Hill could do was 10-3 against, >which I didn't fancy. > >The other punters were laughing at me, so I told >them, "I'm getting better odds than England, you >thick fucks!" That shut them up. you know, menjy thinks he can "sic" you on me. did you see that? -- dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj <This space for rent.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Cleere Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 On Mar 20, 12:44 am, dave hillstrom <D...@MeOw.OrG> wrote: > you know, menjy thinks he can "sic" you on me. did you see that? No. Where's it at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mimus Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:39:01 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote: > On Mar 20, 12:44 am, dave hillstrom <D...@MeOw.OrG> wrote: > >> you know, menjy thinks he can "sic" you on me. did you see that? > > No. Where's it at? Just try not to look like a trout. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Cleere Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 On Mar 20, 3:24 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:39:01 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote: > > On Mar 20, 12:44 am, dave hillstrom <D...@MeOw.OrG> wrote: > > >> you know, menjy thinks he can "sic" you on me. did you see that? > > > No. Where's it at? > > Just try not to look like a trout. Why not? Is Menjy having those species-identity issues again? Last time it was fucking insects nobody could look like, if I'm remembering right. OK, I'll have a shot at not looking like a trout.... [tries] There...I went for something in a goodish haddock. Did it work? Yes? Splendid! -- Bill Cleere "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dave hillstrom Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:39:01 -0700 (PDT), Bill Cleere <bcleere@gmail.com> wrote: >On Mar 20, 12:44 am, dave hillstrom <D...@MeOw.OrG> wrote: > >> you know, menjy thinks he can "sic" you on me. did you see that? > >No. Where's it at? > <td24u39s4ntq9o1npj8rku01sknvqfl9r5@4ax.com> mheh. <stirs pot> -- dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj <This space for rent.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Cleere Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 On Mar 20, 10:56 pm, dave hillstrom <D...@MeOw.OrG> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:39:01 -0700 (PDT), Bill Cleere > > <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Mar 20, 12:44 am, dave hillstrom <D...@MeOw.OrG> wrote: > > >> you know, menjy thinks he can "sic" you on me. did you see that? > > >No. Where's it at? > > <td24u39s4ntq9o1npj8rku01sknvqfl...@4ax.com> > > mheh. > > <stirs pot> I'm not biting your damn trousers, so you can both forget it. -- Bill Cleere "I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of wearing an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendhal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dave hillstrom Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:21:20 -0700 (PDT), Bill Cleere <bcleere@gmail.com> wrote: >On Mar 20, 10:56 pm, dave hillstrom <D...@MeOw.OrG> wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:39:01 -0700 (PDT), Bill Cleere >> >> <bcle...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >On Mar 20, 12:44 am, dave hillstrom <D...@MeOw.OrG> wrote: >> >> >> you know, menjy thinks he can "sic" you on me. did you see that? >> >> >No. Where's it at? >> >> <td24u39s4ntq9o1npj8rku01sknvqfl...@4ax.com> >> >> mheh. >> >> <stirs pot> > >I'm not biting your damn trousers, so you can both forget it. damnit. -- dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj <This space for rent.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dave hillstrom Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:51:36 -0700 (PDT), Bill Cleere <bcleere@gmail.com> wrote: >On Mar 20, 3:24 pm, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:39:01 -0700, Bill Cleere wrote: >> > On Mar 20, 12:44 am, dave hillstrom <D...@MeOw.OrG> wrote: >> >> >> you know, menjy thinks he can "sic" you on me. did you see that? >> >> > No. Where's it at? >> >> Just try not to look like a trout. > >Why not? Is Menjy having those species-identity issues again? > >Last time it was fucking insects nobody could look like, >if I'm remembering right. > >OK, I'll have a shot at not looking like a trout.... > >[tries] > >There...I went for something in a goodish haddock. >Did it work? Yes? Splendid! trout. <drool> -- dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj <This space for rent.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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