A puzzlement.

[Andrew D]

Long, long ago, I composed a one-handed piano accompaniment to Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne".

Lately, when playing it, I have had a vision.

Jim, Meade, my wife, and I are sitting around a table enjoying a nice dinner. I walk to the piano and play that accompaniment while singing the song. Jim and Meade are, with one of each of their hands, clinking glasses of fine wine in a friendly toast. With the other of each of their hands, they are stabbing forks into each other's eyes. I, somehow managing simultaneously to be playing the piano and standing at the table, am holding an unidentified fruit high in my right hand and clutching my gut with my left hand. I squeeze the fruit, and Jim and Meade lean forward and drink its juice while sill clinking and stabbing. Through it all, my wife is half-smiling at me, clearly knowing something which escapes me.

So the question is: Should I have them both over for dinner on the same evening?

[Sue U]

Only if you promise to post pix.

[Joe Guy]

Yes, but you should only serve finger foods.

[The Hen]

I would suggest putting corks on the forks.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Long, long ago, I composed a one-handed piano accompaniment to Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne".

I'm so glad you put the word "piano" in there.

Meade

[TPFKA@W]

Given the topic of this thread and the other with a similar theme, I suggest you talk to your doc about medication interactions. I am not suggesting this in jest either.

[Roo]

So the question is: Should I have them both over for dinner on the same evening?

MY Mother asks that same question every Christmas about my brothers and me, for much the same reason.

Bet you didn't know how much damage you can do to your brother using nothing but a prawn head?

[Lord Jim]

they are stabbing forks into each other's eyes.

That's not so weird...

I frequently imagine myself stabbing Meade in the eye with a fork....

Usually after he's mocked some trivial grammatical mistake I've made...

[MajGenl.Meade]

I note that "trivial grammatical mistake" is a tautology.

I must know more detail before deciding either to accept your invitation or to politely decline.

Are you playing badly, it being a crime to maul The Master's music?

Is Jim angry because you are playing well and he recognized the song? If so, why didn't he immediately fall asleep?

What kind of wine are you serving?

What kind of people drink unidentified fruit juice and wine at the same time - is it a dessert wine then?

Is Jim's fork in his right hand (being an uncouth Yank I suppose so) and does he use his left to hold the wine glass?

Why is Jim rubbing your wife's ankle with his toe?

No you shouldn't have them both over for dinner at the same time - who needs an LJ and a wife to ruin an evening?

Meade

[rubato]

One word: "sporks"



yrs,
rubato

[oldr_n_wsr]

Invite me, I'll bring venison if my hunt is successful.

[Jarlaxle]

Given the topic of this thread and the other with a similar theme, I suggest you talk to your doc about medication interactions. I am not suggesting this in jest either.

That!

[Andrew D]

Given the topic of this thread and the other with a similar theme, I suggest you talk to your doc about medication interactions. I am not suggesting this in jest either.

This thread is a joke; the other is not.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Native American giver!

[Andrew D]

I must know more detail before deciding either to accept your invitation or to politely decline.

Are you playing badly, it being a crime to maul The Master's music?

I am playing it expertly. (I should know; I composed it.)

Is Jim angry because you are playing well and he recognized the song? If so, why didn't he immediately fall asleep?

His blood pressure was too high.

What kind of wine are you serving?

If I am pulling stuff from what I have at home now, then probably a Cabernet Sauvignon: either an Arrowood 2006 Sonoma Valley Reserve Speciale or a B.R. Cohn 2008 Sonoma Valley Olive Hill Estate Special Selection. But depending on what the entree is, an Arrowood 2008 Sonoma Valley Merlot, an Arrowood 2006 Sonoma Valley "Le Beau Melange" Syrah, or a B.R. Cohn 2009 Sonoma Valley Olive Hill Estate Zinfandel. If I have made a foray to my off-site storage place, then any of at least a hundred different wines.

Is Jim's fork in his right hand (being an uncouth Yank I suppose so) and does he use his left to hold the wine glass?

Left hand for fork; right hand for toasting. Of course.

What kind of people drink unidentified fruit juice and wine at the same time - is it a dessert wine then?

If it is, and if I am pulling from home, then it is either a B.R. Cohn 2005 Sonoma Valley Olive Hill Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Port or a Renwood 1993 Amador County "Amador Ice" (late harvest) Zinfandel. If I have gone off-site, then who knows?

[Andrew D]

Native American giver!

Not at all. Seriously, you and Lord Jim are both welcome at my home.

Jocularly, the operative question is whether you, he, Mr. Cohen, my wife, and I can peaceably occupy the same house at the same time. (Or whether she will kill the rest of us as the most peaceable solution to the problem.)

[MajGenl.Meade]

B R Cohn... I may have met him (at an intimate gathering of several scores of people) at a wine tasting in Twinsburg in the late 80s. There was some talk about music. I may be in error and it wasn't him at all - just strikes a chord.

Several smaller production California vintners attended - not from the big houses. There was another cab sauv I remember labelled under the first names of the winemaker's two sons. Perhaps I should say "don't remember" since the name bloody well escapes me.

Well OK on the wine selections but if your wife is going to start killing people what would you select to accompany that?

Meade

[Joe Guy]

There was another cab sauv I remember labelled under the first names of the winemaker's two sons.

Tom & Dick?

[MajGenl.Meade]

Aha! I just recalled the name and (boy!) was I out on my guess at the year. The winery making its first appearances was (and is) Andrew Geoffrey Vineyards. It must have been around 2001/2 and not at all the late 80's (the restaurant that hosted it wasn't even there until after 2000). At my age the thingie is the first thing to go... or maybe that's the second. Anyway, they've both gone, both thingies.

Andrew Geoffrey Vineyards’ 13 acres of red wine grapes are situated within a 60 acre parcel of prime hillside vineyard property on the highest slopes of the Diamond Mountain District sub-appellation of the Napa Valley. Diamond Mountain is located along the Mayacamas mountain range between St. Helena and Calistoga. Diamond Mountain is well known and recognized for its diversity of volcanic soils, varied micro-climates, and generous amounts of winter rainfall. Red wine grapes grown on Diamond Mountain have an outstanding reputation and Diamond Mountain red wines possess a strong consumer recognition

http://www.andrewgeoffrey.com/

So it may not have been B R Cohn who was also there Andrew. But I can certainly recommend the first two years vintage of Andrew Geoffrey Cab

Meade

[dales]

Well OK on the wine selections but if your wife is going to start killing people what would you select to accompany that?

Meade

Fava beans and a fine chianti.