You light up another cigarette and I pour the wine

[venta]

If I recall correctly, in one of the later Hitchhiker books Wonko The Sane built an asylum for the world after he discovered someone thought it necessary to print instructions on toothpicks.

I had a similar moment in Saisnbury's on Monday. You can now buy "ready to drink" wine. That is, a cardboard pack which contains two wine-filled plastic wine glasses, each sealed with a film lid.

Now, OK, if you're going on a picnic and want less than a bottle of wine and don't want to carry glasses, I can just about see that there might be a use. But really... quite apart from any environmental considerations of throwing away two plastic glasses, some film, and some cardboard just for two moderately-sized glasses of wine, I just can't help thinking that somehow the world has gone mad.

Anyone else up for living Outside The Asylum with me ?

Comments

Re: Buh...

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. I can't remember which comedienne I nicked the line from, unfortunately.

(I'm assuming you mean the icecube tray thing and not the single-use wine set, which is clearly barking and outrageously wasteful. I bet it's not even very nice wine.)

Re: Buh...

[venta.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, some inner curiosity is urging me to try it to find out how horrible it is. I suspect very, but also I don't think I should encourage them into thinking people are willing to buy such nonsense.

Re: Buh...

[venta.livejournal.com]

Also, at £1.99 for two reasonable glasses, it wasn't as outrageously expensive as I'd expected. Which probably confirms that it really isn't very nice wine.