The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for December 08, 2024

Brilliant! Go for it, Brutus!

Do it yourself rose (I don’t know how to put an accent mark over the e).

When in doubt Brutus – go with the Red.

Oh, the horror!

Yeah…that sounds like it could work itself out !

Might as well just bring out the Boones farm

This is when you bring out the Rose! Or just a whiskey and call it a day.

I can’t wait until Rancid gets the bill for this little expense!

Try a Rosé

That’s hilarious. Way to go Brutus.

When I was a valuable employee (haha) the company would fly me back to California once a month. My expense report always had dinners at In-N-Out Hamburgers. I did get a call once from accounting reminding me my per diem was like 5X my actual expense. I replied “But there was no In-N-Out at my home office.”

Any chance I can watch you unscrew the caps or are they boxed?

Has Brutus never heard of Rosé? I hear that a Caruso e Minini Frappato Organic Rosé is popular with Surf and Turf.

And leave the bottles.

You know that Veeblefester is going to reject that expense report. His version of ‘surf and turf’ (for employees) maxes out at a McD’s burger and Filet-O-Fish.

If I were the customer if I stayed that waiter would’ve recent one penny**Leaving a penny is better than no tip because you’re telling the person exactly what you think of their service.

make it a mixed wine slushie!

Merlot, Brutus! Merlot!

Snarky waiter is suggesting Brutus will have his wine overfloweth! Should he order both wines……☺️☺️

Expense account? Vintage Krug, please!

Is this payback for the fast-food lunch the other day?

finding one wine to go with that combination is just as difficult as finding a wine that pairs with asperagus.

Okay … why don’t you? Unless you have a pink wine?

Sounds like a plan, Brutus!

that would make it pink wine… I’m sure that would taste interesting. :j

Give him a good tip Brutus. Rancid won’t mind I’m sure /s

To me it would depend on how the steak was cooked. Rare, go with red wine, Medium, a rosé. Well done, go with a white wine. At that point the steak has all the flavor cooked out of it, the wine might as well enhance the taste of something.

Johnnie Walker Black is what I would get. Neat.

“I’m not drinking and d*mn merlot”

One of each would be appropriate for those who can’t choose, especially if cost is not a concern. However, that pairing is more a suggestion than a rule. It is what you like that counts. In any event, since that raise thing didn’t work out quite the way you had hoped, don’t forget to order a very large and expensive dessert, maybe even two with a brandied coffee of course or maybe even two……

Brutus’s look tells me he’s tempted to just get both! The waiter is lucky that Brutus is his customer and not Veeblefester. That crack would have cost him a tip.

So the waiter doesn’t know which wine would be appropriate, and disguises his ignorance with sarcasm…

They did that (with paint) in Operation Petticoat and got a pink submarine.

He’s going to need something stronger when he finds out the expense account has a 50 dollar limit, the wine is a 100 dollars a glass.

Live it up for a change, Brutus! Don’t forget the desert!

That should make the boss happy.

The waiter is very condescending and treating Brutus like an idiot

Sounds like a solution to me.

Don’t mix them together, then the red wine will conflict with the lobster and white will conflict with the steak.

Pinot Noir, Riesling, Chardonnay, or Champagne all pair well with both meat and seafood. Most servers who are trained well will know this. I’m absolutely shocked and delighted that Brutus has such a generous expense account. ☺️

For me Red wine is good for everything.

Why not just bring him a blush wine? Don’t red and white mixed together make pink?

Ooh. Crabby waiter.

Not being fond of wine, I’d probably just order iced tea. But I can’t wait to see what happens when he tries to get that expense report past one of Veeblefester’s minions in accounting.

I would expect him to think of that, but not to have the waiter suggest it.