tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21350603.post115550440405735824..comments2023-10-28T10:52:56.568+00:00Comments on The Grappa Diaries: The curse strikes againginkershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16346019297504649488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21350603.post-1155743294477018512006-08-16T15:48:00.000+00:002006-08-16T15:48:00.000+00:00hehe it is rather dangerousunfortunately there is ...hehe it is rather dangerous<BR/><BR/>unfortunately there is a widespread assumption that you can sit around til midnight swigging expensive spirits at cost price and then be teaching undergrads at 9am the next day. <BR/><BR/>not that the quality of my teaching ever suffers, I can assure you. Oh no. ahem.Spangly Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298207390810348915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21350603.post-1155637058530223252006-08-15T10:17:00.000+00:002006-08-15T10:17:00.000+00:00My god, if they had grappa in my place of work I w...My god, if they had grappa in my place of work I would get even less done than I do now! Although I think it is fair to say there are a few establishments where I walk through the door and the reaction is the same...ginkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346019297504649488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21350603.post-1155579847927979562006-08-14T18:24:00.000+00:002006-08-14T18:24:00.000+00:00one of the perks of my job (not that I'm here in o...one of the perks of my job (not that I'm here in oxford very often to enjoy it) is extremely drinkable grappa (Ornellaia - http://www.italianwineshop.it/schedadistillato.asp?idcat=3&idd=1&iddist=7&foto=1) at £1.60 a single, in, er, my place of employment. I'm possibly the only person here who drinks it as well, the butler saw me the other day and said 'oh I'd best get some more grappa in.'<BR/><BR/>deosn't compensate for not being in rome, mind.Spangly Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298207390810348915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21350603.post-1155568718562280492006-08-14T15:18:00.000+00:002006-08-14T15:18:00.000+00:00There speaks a man who has studied widely...There speaks a man who has studied widely...ginkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346019297504649488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21350603.post-1155560295255292612006-08-14T12:58:00.000+00:002006-08-14T12:58:00.000+00:00Vittoria and La Favorita, both on Leith Walk so ve...Vittoria and La Favorita, both on Leith Walk so very near my flat, £2.50 for a grappa.martinobhoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03522543551929277906noreply@blogger.com