Hairbands

[jdaw1]

At a recent occasion, chez moi, one mousseux, one red, and one Sauternes were served. Each person’s glass was identified by a coloured hairband belonging to SCP-DFF. The hairband identifying my glass, shown, was coloured cream, though others were red, blue, green, black, etc.


Unstretched the hairbands are conveniently small, but they can stretch around the foot of my largest glasses. They do that job well.

Perhaps similar could be used for a walk-about port tasting with many people and only a few different ports. Each glass might have two hairbands, one to identify the port (black, grey, or white hairbands, not port), and one to identify the person (red, blue, green, yellow, etc, and many variations of stripe).

My instinct is that this is good technology in need of a purpose.

[DRT]

These would be ideal at tastings where the dinner table does not have space to accommodate a placemat. Six colours with two bands of each colour per person would give plenty of variables to cope.

The bands could also be double-wound on the neck of each bottle to provide a reference.

[jdaw1]

And they are cheap in New York. I will try to acquire.

[uncle tom]

And probably even cheaper here - although I might get some funny looks if I went shopping for them!

- Neat idea!

Tom

[jdaw1]

Preliminary investigation (Claire’s, Broadway and 81st) has revealed multiple classes of hair bands. For example, some are smooth, such as that pictured above, and some wrapped in fabric and so very crinkly. One plan might be that the smooth identifies the liquid, the crinkly identifies the person. Expert female advice is that Duane Reade will be better.

[Andy Velebil]

although I might get some funny looks if I went shopping for them!

That's what I was thinking

[jdaw1]

Two sets purchased from Essentials, 2259 Broadway at 81st Street, Manhattan, +1 212 721 2818.

And I did get some funny looks.

Unless people think otherwise I propose sending one set to each of DRT and JacobH.

[jdaw1]

One set includes two of each of these packs of small hairbands.

[jdaw1]

A set also includes one of these packets, which will have to be double-looped.

[jdaw1]

Earlier I forgot to give credit for this idea to SCP-DFF. Consider it done.

[jdaw1]

These were not bought, as, even by the standards of this mini-project, they were just too glitzy. Nonetheless, FYI, available from Duane Reade.

[DRT]

Unless people think otherwise I propose sending one set to each of DRT and JacobH.

I am more than happy to become the custodian of one set of hairbands. My commrades can rest easy in the certain knowledge that I have no use for them other than to bring them to port tastings.

[Andy Velebil]

Unless people think otherwise I propose sending one set to each of DRT and JacobH.

I am more than happy to become the custodian of one set of hairbands. My commrades can rest easy in the certain knowledge that I have no use for them other than to bring them to port tastings.

Oh how I wish I could be there to see the look on Jo's face when DRT opens that package

[Glenn E.]

Every time I see this thread I think you're talking about Poison, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, etc...

[JacobH]

Unless people think otherwise I propose sending one set to each of DRT and JacobH.

I am more than happy to become the custodian of one set of hairbands. My commrades can rest easy in the certain knowledge that I have no use for them other than to bring them to port tastings.

I am equally happy to become another custodian of a set of hairbands. Though I may take the opportunity book an appointment at the hairdressers tomorrow, to avoid any doubt that they are solely for tasting purposes...

[jdaw1]

Yesterday a set posted to each of DRT and JacobH. Please, in this thread, acknowledge receipt.

[JacobH]

Yesterday a set posted to each of DRT and JacobH. Please, in this thread, acknowledge receipt.

Thank you. Now to work out where I can store them where wives, mistresses and male relatives with too much hair won't be able to find them...

[jdaw1]

Or we could road-test these?

Yesterday a set posted to each of DRT and JacobH. Please, in this thread, acknowledge receipt.

Receipt not yet acknowledged, so a placemat backup advisable.

Receipt hereby acknowledged. It could perhaps have been acknowledged sooner. Sorry.

[JacobH]

Yesterday a set posted to each of DRT and JacobH. Please, in this thread, acknowledge receipt.

Apologies: a mail mix-up means that I am only just in a position to acknowledge receipt.

[JacobH]

For future reference, against my better judgement I entered into a Primark yesterday, where large multi-coloured bundles of these bands of these can be purchased for £1 each (+ a 50% chance of non-survival).