Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Champagne Anyone?

The shallow champagne glass originated with Marie Antoinette, from wax molds made of her breasts.
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7 comments:

  1. That HankSeptember 29, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    And it's just been discovered that most of the flavor in the bubbly is the result of the bubbles themselves.

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  2. JoySeptember 29, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    I never knew that. Interesting!

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  3. That HankSeptember 29, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    Heard it on NPR this morning.

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  4. Mariana SofferSeptember 29, 2009 at 2:47 PM

    Joy, what an interesting anecdote I loved it, I guess this woman was a obsess with sex, was she?

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  5. BethSeptember 29, 2009 at 5:43 PM

    I prefer tulip-shaped champagne glasses. I wonder whose breasts those were modeled after?

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  6. VaklamSeptember 29, 2009 at 10:58 PM

    I prefer tulip-shaped champagne glasses. I wonder whose breasts those were modeled after?

    Madonna's.

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  7. lelocolonSeptember 30, 2009 at 2:58 AM

    Good to know, but that kinds of ruin it the experience for me, LOL.

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