More wine please.....
I've just arrived home from taking my daughters out to our favorite Itallian restaurant. As usual, the service was fantastic and the food sublime. But that isn't the funny part of the story.

As we sat down, a discussion began concerning what new dishes we'd like to try or if we should go with old favorites. This is when my youngest opened her menu, pointed to a bottle of wine and announced, "I want some wine for dinner."

Now, we don't really have anyone in our family who is a wine drinker so I'm still not sure where she even learned about wine much less what the bottles look like.

After I stopped laughing, I told my dear daughter, "Sweetie, I know you are 6 years old now, but that is still a bit too young for drinking wine with your dinner."

She then became a bit adamant, "Oh, I don't want anything to eat. I just want the wine."

I had to again tell her no.

Then she came out with, "Well can I just try it to see what it tastes like?" I told her that once she turns 21 she can have all the wine she wants. She wailed, "But I'll be almost an adult by then!"

My response was not in favor of her desires.

Then the waiter arrived for the drinks order. Mandy sat up straight, looked at him with the most serious and grown-up expression she could manage, used the loudest vioce she could muster, and said, "I'd like a bottle of wine please."

People at tables as far away as across the room burst out in laughter.


I don't even drink FFS!

Edit: As I typed, I realized that it has a food link so I could use this story for the QOTW. I'm still leaving it here though for all of my special OT friends)
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Sat 20 Sep 2008, 3:05, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I think your daughter is a B3tan in the making.
My nephew used to want to have wine with us when we drank it. We let him try it and he soon realised he didn't like it very much and never bothered about it again.

When we had beer we would give him a glass of lemonade with a little bit of beer in it and that kept him happy.
( girlinthehole, Sat 20 Sep 2008, 7:02, Reply)

You're probably right BGB
I've got one trying to develop a taste for wine and another that is all about the poo.

b3tans multiplying.......be afraid. be very afraid.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Sat 20 Sep 2008, 7:31, Reply)

Excellent story!
Kids are great, aren't they?




No seriously, that was a question ;)
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Sat 20 Sep 2008, 17:33, Reply)

^
Uh, yeah. They are great.

Most of the time.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Sat 20 Sep 2008, 19:42, Reply)