O THE HUMANITY

France to spend €200m on destroying excess wine as demand falls

(Thanks to B&C)

Comments

[Florida Man]

They should save it and use it for reparations in case of an unplanned surrender.

[Steverino]

I'll destroy it for them.

[wanderer2575]

€200m would buy a Noah's-40-day-and-40-night flood of Boone's Farm.

[Elaine Benes]

Can we just do a "happy hour" for brunch?

[Meanie the Blue]

Sommeliers of the world, unite! You're not gonna take this falling down, are you?

[Meanie the Blue]

Sommeliers of the world, unite! You're not gonna take this falling down, are you?

[Pullet Surprise]

To Florida man - wouldn't your assertion be more appropriate if they created a national strategic reserve of wine, much like the US has a strategic reserve of petroleum, in anticipation of future (certain) surrenders? And you could not exactly describe the future as an 'unplanned' surrender - the surrender is already a given but it would be more like an 'unexpected' surrender? Such as keeping a stock of refreshments on hand should guests unexpectedly drop in. And it would seem that neighboring countries could adopt the same thinking, such as Italy, with a glut of wine - "With the hint of torture the people readily confessed where the wine was hidden." And it would do a lot toward national relations, as the Visigoths might say, "Wow, those French sure are neighborly - lets invade them again next week?"