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Gobs of Pleasure? No Thanks
thepour.blogs.nytimes.com — It’s a response to the gushing critical use of the word “gobs’’ to describe wines of overwhelming power and fruity sweetness, as in the phrase “gobs of hedonistic pleasure,’’ or “explosively rich with gobs of crushed blackberries and raspberries and a texture bordering on syrupy.’’ If you like blockbuster portlike wines formidably endowed...
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- diargasm, on 05/16/2008, -10/+1my balls are musty... going to take a shower. bbl. lates.
- netdroid9, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1TMI! TMI!
- corryface, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2in ordinary mans terms, "mmmm, that wine was quite tasty"
- DeathJux, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Wine? Gobs? I need an adult.
- cygnus2112, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1And here I thought Goblins only dealt in pain, cruelty and mischief.
- Coffeedemon, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3Partridge eye colored? Could you be more pretentious? Why not something more elusive? "You'll struggle to catch all of the flavors as they blend yet stand out like a Snow Leopard stalking its prey across the Himalayas".
- palehorse864, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Gob-less for your goblet?
- superdoofus, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1thank god (gob?) for him pointing this out.
as someone who prefers the quieter and refined wines of france over the self-important faceblasts of italian or latin country or australian offerings, i'm pretty damn glad that someone is panning the xtreme/bubblegum producers. - WilliamDavis, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Oh my gosh... this guy really speaks to me. When someone uses the word gob, it's like a knife piercing through my heart. There are a few other words that really get my goat. I hope this author continues to write more articles about words he doesn't like.
- koft, on 05/16/2008, -6/+1Wtf. I've drunk a lot of wine, it all tastes like *****. I love how people pay 100 dollars for a bottle of wine and it tastes pretty much like what you can get for $10 at the grocery store. I drink wine how it is meant to be drunk, for the buzz.
- jonshipman, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Actually... no
- koft, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Actually... yes
/me breaks out the Wild Irish Rose
- koft, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Actually... yes
- jonshipman, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Actually... no
- |ant|, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3I read Gob's of pleasure, and thought, oh man, an arrested development story, sweet!
- DarthNihilist, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1
"It’s a response to the gushing critical use of the word “gobs’’ to describe wines of overwhelming power and fruity sweetness, as in the phrase “gobs of hedonistic pleasure, "
My Hedonistic pleasure usually ends in gobs. - Trunkhouse, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1Cork-dorks are the absolute worst.
- Humzaseo, on 09/14/2008, -0/+1I think it is not better idea Gobs is not suitable in this manner and can cause the various skin condition like vitiligo as reported in the post http://www.blogscene.co.uk/vitiligo/11979/Herbal+M ... about the thing which resort the vitiligo skin condition
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