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| Wine for the Whiners |
| 2003-12-15 |
| It was not too much of a shock when National Public Radio this month decided to branch out beyond tote bags and T-shirts. What was surprising was the business: alcohol, namely NPR wine. Before this, cheese-eating surrender monkeys had to do all kinds of research to ensure the wine they guzzle was not tainted by any association with the Right. If listeners tire of placing repeated orders, they can join the new NPR Wine Club and receive monthly packages of one NPR-labeled wine and one non-NPR wine. Too drunk or hungover to leave the house? Don’t worry about it. Lie there and listen to Moaning [sic] Edition and the UPS guy will bring the booze to you. And don’t worry -- the non-NPR wine is just as good as everything else we shove down your throat. Ken Stern, executive vice president at NPR in Washington, said the wine idea came about to offer listeners a new way to help. "There’s NPR tote bags, NPR CD’s, clothing, T-shirts, mugs by the millions," Mr. Stern said. "Millions of people give support through donations. This is a way they can show their support in a fun way." Read: So drunk they don’t even remember pledging It is too soon to measure the public demand for the NPR wines, Mr. Stern said. "People suspected that the NPR audience was a wine-sipping audience before. Now we’ll find out." And that’s the news from NPR. Where we serve all our whines all the time. |
| Posted by:growler |
| #8 Do they sell earplugs? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-15 7:36:03 PM |
| #7 Don’t worry about it. Lie there and listen to Moaning [sic] Edition LOL! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-15 6:29:43 PM |
| #6 Ann Garros (sp?) was in rare shrieking shrew form on Sunday. If I didn't like Car Talk I'd have to take it off my presets. |
| Posted by: Brainiac 2003-12-15 6:01:09 PM |
| #5 Raj I'd use NPR toilet paper, All Things Considered... |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-12-15 5:17:51 PM |
| #4 No, it won't be French. The company that is doing this for NPR -- and outfit named Signature Wines -- seems to use only wineries from California and Washington State. |
| Posted by: growler 2003-12-15 4:40:57 PM |
| #3 The Boston GlobeTM - as close as I'll ever get to NPR toilet paper. |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-12-15 4:38:54 PM |
| #2 Any bets that it's FRENCH wine? They must have zillions of cases lying around since our grass roots boycott started and of course, they're happy to help some of their enablers at NPR. |
| Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro 2003-12-15 4:29:20 PM |
| #1 NPR wine... not just for listening anymore. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-12-15 4:16:58 PM |