Hijexx wrote:
]
] I was listening to the radio this morning. It was a talk
] show. Steve Gill was talking with Charlene, one of the owners
] ( I suppose ) of the Palm downtown. They were talking about a
] fundraiser going on for prostate cancer research. $500 a
] plate. They were talking about how all the doctors and
] lawyers of Nashville will be there, etc.
]
] Then the lady starts to recount the story of one of the
] previous fund raisers. A story about a guy who bought a $1200
] bottle of wine and tried to pour it for his friends at the
] table. Steve said he was there and that the guy missed most
] of the glasses, pouring some of it on the tablecloth. They
] were both laughing about it as they surely played back the
] memory in their heads.
]
] It occured to me, I wonder if the irony is lost on them?
] Drunk rich people sitting around spilling expensive wine on a
] table? All under the guise of helping prostate cancer
] research? The irony being, wouldn't that $1200 surely help
] the cause better than pouring it out on the table and helping
] a handful of people create toxins and stupor for their bodies?
]
]
] I don't think it occured to them at all really.

Irony? Or stupidity?

Who buys a $1200 bottle of ANYTHING?

Even the finest champagnes are no more than $200/bottle at a restaurant (after the 300% markup).