Charming

[msconduct]

Wine charms. Why?

I thought this was going to be some stupid fad that would burn out once a bunch of unfortunate gift recipients had received the wretched things and thrown them away. But another present-giving season looms and here they are again.

What kind of social occasions require the enthusiastic porting about and intermittent abandonment of wine glasses? And if your guests are too drunk or too dim to remember where they put their glasses, remembering which adorable little charm was theirs is likely to be equally challenging.

Just say no.

Comments

[badasstronaut.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, I thought they must be some weird pointless English gift shop item. They're in NZ too then.

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

It seems you can't keep a good idea down.

[isaacfreeman.livejournal.com]

This morning over breakfast I was reading a book of letters to the Times. There was a rather interesting one from 1932, penned by Mr W. McG. Eager, concerning the correct transliteration from Greek of the the word Hydrodactulopsychicharmonica. Or possibly the Hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica, as it was spelt by a so-called Professor in Eagar's youth.

So in answer to the question

What kind of social occasions require the enthusiastic porting about and intermittent abandonment of wine glasses?

I humbly submit that if a group of enthusiasts got together to assemble and play their own Hydrodactulopsychicharmonicas (or should that be Hydrodactulopsychicharmonicata?), this is precisely the species of social occasion that would ensue. But the general confusion would be more than compensated for by the "music of the soul drawn out by fingers dipped in water", in the aforementioned 'Professor's' translation.

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

I can certainly see the abandonment, if nothing else. Once when I was having dinner in the Sydney Opera House, my date insisted on giving just such an impromptu musical performance and nearly took out all the windows. Where's an opera singer when you need one?

[crunchcandy.livejournal.com]

he he, I thought they were a terrible American idea- and then I saw them in all kinds of magazines here- it's just so dumb...

[lapsus-0-calami.livejournal.com]

*waves* I came by your journal while seeking out fellow Susan Howatch devotees, and I just had to comment on your post about wine charms. It was my birthday recently, and my dear cousin very kindly sent me some of these strange items. I had never heard of or seen them before in my life......I still have no idea what they are for or how they are attached, but they looked tacky and cheap and are destined for either eBay if I am feeling mercurial or Help the Aged if I am feeling kind and lazy. Are they intended to cast charms on glasses of Blue Nun or that nasty pink Portuguese stuff to make it tase like wine I wonder?

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

Thanks for dropping in.

I think you may have discovered the only possible use for them. You'd think they'd come accompanied with instructions for spell casting, though - otherwise you might end up actually changing your Blue Nun into Mateus Rose, which would be unfortunate.

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