Shamoknee - You can't get this stuff in the states!

**tomw_n** · 02-23-2007, 11:55 PM

this is the best steezefest TR ever

**shmerham** · 02-24-2007, 10:25 AM

The Carlo Rossi pitch was brilliant with overtones of hilarity. They'd be stupid to not sign you. Hell, I'm ready to buy a bunch and start mixing and matching. The challenge of concocting the ultimate Carlo Rossi blend is overtaking me.

**DoctorWhat?** · 02-24-2007, 11:10 PM

Gotta work on day three.

**powstash** · 02-24-2007, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by Tippster

I.... heart you.

You must be a cardiologist.

Most certainly a dentist.

This guy gets the non-JONG award. Doc, where have you been for the last 4 years? Can't imagine how much fun we could have had reading your posts had you began here with the Exodus. Here's to making up for lost time. Keep it coming.

**rideit** · 02-24-2007, 11:44 PM

No Jong is in effect. Kudos.

I now have a temporary mentor-from-afar.

**gamma** · 02-25-2007, 12:02 AM

Last time I was in La Garage, there were A LOT of UNDERAGE Swedish girls on break. It was good.. VERY GOOD. NICE TR DRWHAT?..

**shmerham** · 02-25-2007, 12:12 AM

DoctorWhat? could ask if anyone's skied the gotama or what the best ski area in Utah is and he still wouldn't be a JONG.

**Free Range Lobster** · 02-25-2007, 05:25 PM

DoctorWhat? could ski on markers and skinny skis and he'd still be a legend.

**DoctorWhat?** · 02-26-2007, 03:59 AM

FIRST, BUSINESS:

You will likely recall Carlo Rossi from your youth or from the grocery store or drug store aisle where you got to pick up your margarita mix. Carlo Rossi is a jug wine producer owned by E and J Gallo. They put wine in big 4 liter jugs.

They produce wines like "Paisano", "Rhine", "Chablis", "Sangria" "Burgundy", and "Vin Gris". They have descriptions of all their wines on the web site but for the life of me I can't tell the difference between the wines from their descriptions. But then, that's the point.

The highlight of the site must be the "My Furniture" page. Here we learn how to make stereo speakers, chandeliers, coffee tables and shelves....all out of of empty Carlo Rossi jugs. Every item includes schematics for their construction. Some items require many people to help construct because you need to drink LOTS of Carlo Rossi wines to have the jugs necessary to create these unique...."furniture items".

I was prepared to believe that I wouldn't enjoy Carlo Rossi wines because my palate has evolved since I began stealing these types of Jug wines from my parent's garage when I was 18 and drinking them on a deserted golf course at night with my buddies.

That said, I swear to God I'm tempted to make one of these pieces of furniture. And what gets me is I can't quite lay my finger on the reason why. I do know that Carlo Rossi is pretty brilliant stuff. It does make me smile. And sometimes, when your business doesn't depend at all on offering the best, provoking a smile is a job very well done.

Well then............where was I.......ah yes, sunrise in lovely Shaminomonee - making my way back to Le Morgane from Le Geyrage, I was aided by my keen sense of le direction and the fact that the exit of one and entrance of the other are less than 100 feet apart. I was just dozing off to visions of scantily clad lasses when a rude noise penetrated my chamber. I tried to ignore it, but the fool persisted in thumping on my door. I answered (in the nude ladies

) only to find Gordon fully clad in his ski attire babling something about someone being late and urging me to make haste with my own preparations for get this......another day of skiing

Not wanting to let the young fellow down, I humored him and donning my ski attire, made my way through the lobby and out into the frigid morning from which I had so recently come. I was shoved without so much as an "excuse me" into an awaiting van and sped off to Flevent or Bregere. As we sped through the narrow, curving streets I became sick to my stomach....... I realized that I had left my wine skin in my room - the horror!

Making the best of it, I waited until we decided to picnic on the mountain to sate my thirst. Hoping that I might happen upon some discarded wine or ouzo, I searched the popular picnic area.....

and searched.....

and searched again....

but to no avail. The disappointment in my heart was surpassed only by the aching in my head and the deep thirst for something red that seemed to enslave my very soul, but what to do?............

Somehow I managed to keep my wits about me and never let on to my skiing comrades about my frenzied internal state. Then, almost as if by magic, Gordon alerted our group to the presence of a nearby mammal:

Waiting for them to ski off and leave me with the red-blooded beast, I slowly approached the Ibex while softling humming an old Patsy Kline tune.

When the time was right I seized the Ibex by the throat, ripping his head from his torso and drinking the tasty red effluence that issued from his exposed carotid artery. When I had drained the beast of his last drop of life elixir, I ceremoniously removed his hooves and stashed them with his head in my rucksack. Rejoining my group a short time later, it appeared that they were none the wiser. I wonder what happened to that torso?.........
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=75715

We finished the day of skiing and I set about preparing myself for another night of vino infused tangos, sambas, rhumba and congas at........

more to come....

**LBSki** · 02-26-2007, 10:22 AM

Ibex bump.

**FrankZappa** · 02-26-2007, 11:05 AM

For some reason I feel that I should have known the Doc's path would somehow cross with that of Brownmonkey and Roo.

Doc, I believe your link is broken and that this is the one you wanted:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=75715

**Hicks** · 02-26-2007, 01:44 PM

I can vouch for this guy being REAL...

**DoctorWhat?** · 02-26-2007, 03:50 PM

Why thank you Mr. Zappa I have replaced the link for all to enjoy. Please give a big hug to Dweezil and Moon Unit for me........but wait, you've passed on or so I thought.........damn this posting alias business!......so confusing......I rarely know who I am and must repeatedly use others to get a sense of self, but now without that most basic refererence I am hopelessly lost again.............cocktails?

**Roo** · 02-26-2007, 03:57 PM

Dr What? amazes the French with the concept of deodorant.

**DoctorWhat?** · 02-26-2007, 04:02 PM

Hes Her Hicks, I am most decidedly REAL. So REAL in fact that my essence cannot be contained by this poor, (yet exceptionally accessible) means of communcation. So REAL that that the Shamonominominee Valley is only now returning to normal. So REAL that countercolor moustaches are sweeping the world as the facial hair statement of the new milenium.

**mr_gyptian** · 02-26-2007, 04:07 PM

someone tell Gordy one the Chamonix Str8liner's went AWOL.

**Tippster** · 02-26-2007, 04:32 PM

My favorite Gordycamp TR ever. One day I will have a glass of Carlo Rossi with the good Dr., I hope.

**MrZach** · 02-26-2007, 04:36 PM

Mogul gophers are down with the moustache, too:

**Free Range Lobster** · 02-26-2007, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by Tippster

My favorite Gordycamp TR ever. One day I will have a glass of Carlo Rossi with the good Dr., I hope.

Glass?

Don't sell yourself short.

**Tippster** · 02-26-2007, 09:02 PM

Well, technically those 4l bottles are made of glass....

**Franz Klammer** · 02-26-2007, 09:21 PM

So funny, ...

... and remarkably I now want to buy one of those Carlo Rossi jugs.

**str8line** · 02-26-2007, 09:38 PM

Brilliant TR Doctor! Thanks for the memories.

So bummed we didn't get video footage of your dance floor moves-would have been a chart topper on YouTube. Elaine's got NOTHING on you.

**Free Range Lobster** · 02-26-2007, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by Tippster

Well, technically those 4l bottles are made of glass....

You are correct my dear friend, you are in fact correct.

**DoctorWhat?** · 02-26-2007, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by str8line

Brilliant TR Doctor! Thanks for the memories.

So bummed we didn't get video footage of your dance floor moves-would have been a chart topper on YouTube. Elaine's got NOTHING on you.

Thank you for the compliment Gourdie. You should have seen me back in my prime, but what do you mean by "your tube", i'm intrigued. PM me.

**Free Range Lobster** · 02-26-2007, 09:52 PM

To hell with str8line camp, I want DrWhat? camp!

I see millions made here.
And your legacy carried on for generations by many many minions.

This is the making of a RELIGION!