On 10/17/2012 16:27 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article ,
Jim G. wrote:
Francis A. Miniter sent the following on Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:29:10
-0400:
No, alcohol and books do not belong together any more than
drinking and driving.

I have a glass of Merlot that's telling me that you're crazy.

--
Jim G. | A fan of good reading, good writing, and fellow bookworms
http://www.goodreads.com/jimgysin/
http://www.librarything.com/home/jimgysin

Surely Francis meant that you shouldn't risk spilling wine on the
pages?


Yes, that. And also the image of a person with martini in
one hand and a half dozen books in the other trying to reach
for the next book. Even if the drink holds steady, the half
dozen books will go flying in all directions. Meanwhile,
another book buyer, seeing the same book, quickly darts out
a hand and grabs it while our imbiber is still picking his
books up off the floor. Our imbiber finally rises again
above table level and wonders what it was that caught his
attention. Finding nothing to remind him, he stumbles along
to the next table.

--
Francis A. Miniter

Mesure is Medicine þauh þou muche ȝeor[n]e.
Al nis not good to þe gost þat þe bodi lykeþ,
Ne lyflode to þe licam þat leof is to þe soule.

William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman
Passus I, lines 33 - 35