On 1/8/2016 12:02 PM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Not really. I only mention cheddar cheese because it figures into the
>> story.
>>
>> A couple of nights ago one of my neighbors, who just arrived in town
>> (he's a seasonal resident) invited me and another neighbor over for a
>> little get together.
>>
>> I get over there and he's got a little bowl of mixed nuts, some sliced
>> cheddar, hummus and crackers sitting on the kitchen table. And a bottle
>> of wine.
>>
>> He's obviously new to entertaining. This despite being at least 60
>> years old. He had a bottle of wine but no way to open it. Gee, how
>> were you planning to open it?
>>
>> The other neighbor hadn't shown up yet so he called her. Do you have a
>> corkscrew?
>>
>> We got the bottle open and she was looking in the cabinets, do you have
>> any glasses? Nope. So I walked back across the street and got three
>> wine glasses.
>>
>> Who invites people over for wine and snacks without having a way to open
>> the bottle or glasses to serve it in?
>>
>> It's sort of like the stone soup legend. I'll provide the stone, you
>> provide everything else. LOL
>>
>> BTW, I ate some of the hummus on a cracker to be polite. I am not a
>> fan. Chickpeas yes, hummus, not really.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Funny story but...hey...he was trying to be neighborly or so.
>
I never said he wasn't friendly. It was just a tad odd. He even put a
thank you card in my mailbox.

Jill