You know you're a port head when...
You know you're a port head when...
when you are reading the ny times and get to the story titled "Somalia: Rebels Clash Over Port Control" and wonder to yourself "when did somalians start drinking so much port???"...
you've got a friend in cheeses
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Re: You know you're a port head when...
Or when there's a news piece about Trinidad, and they mention the capital: Port of Spain
..and you think, 'that ain't right..'
Tom
..and you think, 'that ain't right..'
Tom
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Re: You know you're a port head when...
the sheer awfulness of human existence and dread of the future is overcome by a determination to live until those lovingly cellared wines reach maturity.
It may be drivel, but it's not meaningless.
Re: You know you're a port head when...
When Obama won the nobel peace prize, you thought, "Oh he musta given everyone a bottle of Fonseca 66"
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Re: You know you're a port head when...
...when every time you drive to Felixstowe you smile when you go past the sign which says "Britain's Favourite Port"
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Re: You know you're a port head when...
... when you are sitting in a ski-lift with all the small lift cabins are passing by and the only thing you think about it if the two digit number corresponds to a decent port year or not.
Axel
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Re: You know you're a port head when...
Surely you are not skiing already this year? I would be very jealous if so!Axel P wrote:... when you are sitting in a ski-lift with all the small lift cabins are passing by and the only thing you think about it if the two digit number corresponds to a decent port year or not.
Axel
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
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Re: You know you're a port head when...
Nope, but I will do some tomorrow in a Ski-resort indoor.
Axel
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Re: You know you're a port head when...
So here's the next thing that made me smile and realise I was a port-head.AHB wrote:...when every time you drive to Felixstowe you smile when you go past the sign which says "Britain's Favourite Port"
"Britain's favourite port" (Felixstowe) is run by a company called ... Hutchison Ports!
Is it just me who finds that amusing?
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Re: You know you're a port head when...
Surely that makes it the worst Port in history?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Re: You know you're a port head when...
I here the word 'tongs' i visualize port tongs.
news story has dow in its headline I think its about port not stocks
you add a splash of port to eggs (i have done this for years)
you visit more than 1 website dedicated to port
you read the phrase 'port head' and know exactly what it means
news story has dow in its headline I think its about port not stocks
you add a splash of port to eggs (i have done this for years)
you visit more than 1 website dedicated to port
you read the phrase 'port head' and know exactly what it means