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| Aug 02, 2007 3:19 pm |
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Leave of Absence |
Aditya Seth
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A man replying to his boss as to why he was absent the previous day -
This is why I didn't show up for work yesterday. I was cleaning out my
wife's grandpa's cellar and found 12 bottles of his home-bottled grape
wine
under the steps. My wife told me to empty the contents of each and
every
bottle down the sink, or else. I agreed to do the unpleasant task.
I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down
the
sink, with the exception of one glass, which I drank. I extracted the
cork
from the second bottle, did likewise, and drank one glass, just to
check the
taste to see if the old fellow knew his wine making. He did.
I then opened the third bottle, and poured it, too, down the sink, but
not
until drinking one full glass to check the purity. It was very good. I
did
this, also with the fourth bottle. One glass for myself, and the rest
down
the sink. I pulled the bottle from the cork of the next, and drank one
sink
out of it and threw the rest down the glass. I pulled the sink out of
the
next glass and poured the cork from the bottle, then corked the sink
with
the glass, bottled the drink and drank the pour.
When I had everything emptied, I steadied the house with one hand,
counted
the bottles, corks, glasses and sinks with the other, which were 29,
and as
the house came by I counted them again, and finally had all the houses
in
one bottle, which I drank. I felt so foolish that I couldn't go
upstairs and
congratulate my wife to tell her what a great winemaker her grandpa
was. I
will do that after climbing the basement steps the next time they come
by.Private Reply to Aditya Seth (new win) |
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