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KenRagsdale
10-18-2013, 02:22 PM
Pushing Ahead With Classy Makeover, 7-Eleven Sells Fine Wine | Entrepreneur.com (http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/229519#)!

tomokc
10-18-2013, 02:40 PM
Not in Oklahoma they won't.

Achilleslastand
10-18-2013, 03:26 PM
I myself wont step foot into a 7-11 until they start selling crappy 1$ sandwiches and the latest copy of jugs magazine.

RadicalModerate
10-18-2013, 04:14 PM
I myself wont step foot into a 7-11 until they start selling crappy 1$ sandwiches and the latest copy of jugs magazine.

Since they already sell crappy 1$ sandwiches is the key word, in your statement, "and" (in connection with offering Juggs magazine)?
(when i was in high school and college i worked at a newstand/tobacco shop that sold "men's" magazines so that's why i know the proper spelling of Juggs =)

7-Eleven: Home of Crappy $1 Sandwiches, and Juggs of Fine Wine
(They ought to patch together an ad featuring Orson Welles as a spokesperson!)
(I know, I know: He's dead. But they can work miracles with modern video editing.)

Achilleslastand
10-19-2013, 10:23 AM
Since they already sell crappy 1$ sandwiches is the key word, in your statement, "and" (in connection with offering Juggs magazine)?
(when i was in high school and college i worked at a newstand/tobacco shop that sold "men's" magazines so that's why i know the proper spelling of Juggs =)

7-Eleven: Home of Crappy $1 Sandwiches, and Juggs of Fine Wine
(They ought to patch together an ad featuring Orson Welles as a spokesperson!)
(I know, I know: He's dead. But they can work miracles with modern video editing.)

So its double GG instead of single G.......gotcha haha.

RadicalModerate
10-19-2013, 10:41 AM
So its double GG instead of single G.......gotcha haha.

If you wish, in order to remember it, you can think of it as a type of "G-string" . . .

Thinking back about that job, and the magazines on the rack at the store, is like taking a walk down mammary lane . . .

MustangGT
10-20-2013, 10:08 AM
Wine at less that $25 a bottle is by definition crap!

Bunty
10-20-2013, 10:44 AM
Not in Oklahoma they won't.
Yeah, the Republicans at the State Capitol have to stand up for the profit interests of the liquor store owners. Who knows how many millions of their profits would be wiped out of convenience stores could start selling wine. It would already be bad enough for them, if it was just limited to grocery stores.

soonerguru
10-20-2013, 11:24 AM
Yeah, the Republicans at the State Capitol have to stand up for the profit interests of the liquor store owners. Who knows how many millions of their profits would be wiped out of convenience stores could start selling wine. It would already be bad enough for them, if it was just limited to grocery stores.

Too bad, so sad.

Bunty
10-20-2013, 12:33 PM
Too bad, so sad.

Hopefully, we can bypass the legislators, provided some organization can get its act together and launch an adequately financed petition process next year, so we can vote yes on enabling grocery stores to sell wine in grocery stores in Nov. of 2014. I can NOT get http://ww.okmodernlaws.com to come up, so at this point, I tend to have doubts.

OKCisOK4me
10-20-2013, 02:28 PM
Wine at less that $25 a bottle is by definition crap!

Okie Dokie Smokie! Go into any liquor store and there are plenty of bottles of wine under $25 that are highly rated with 97+ ratings. If you know anything about wine then you'll know what that means.

Teo9969
10-20-2013, 03:07 PM
If you wish, in order to remember it, you can think of it as a type of "G-string" . . .

Thinking back about that job, and the magazines on the rack at the store, is like taking a walk down mammary lane . . .

RM has won the internet for today.

Teo9969
10-20-2013, 03:08 PM
Wine at less that $25 a bottle is by definition crap!

Then what does that make wine that is $100/bottle and not half as good as the $20 bottle?

RadicalModerate
10-20-2013, 03:28 PM
Then what does that make wine that is $100/bottle and not half as good as the $20 bottle?

They call it "Sucker Juice" in the trade . . .
(just keepin' the "theme du jour" going . . . =)

Oh! If you really want to learn something about The Wine Industry all you have to do is watch the film, "Corked".
It's, like, The Spinal Tap of wine movies.

MustangGT
10-20-2013, 03:59 PM
Okie Dokie Smokie! Go into any liquor store and there are plenty of bottles of wine under $25 that are highly rated with 97+ ratings. If you know anything about wine then you'll know what that means.

I do and I am still not impressed. I have tasted many wines rated that high that tasted like vinegar. Drink what you like not what some rating dolt says.

OKCisOK4me
10-20-2013, 09:38 PM
I do and I am still not impressed. I have tasted many wines rated that high that tasted like vinegar. Drink what you like not what some rating dolt says.

Damn straight, which is why I don't need to buy $25+ bottles of wine to enjoy the sip, lol. Have fun wasting your money though ;-)

ljbab728
10-20-2013, 09:49 PM
Damn straight, which is why I don't need to buy $25+ bottles of wine to enjoy the sip, lol. Have fun wasting your money though ;-)

I absolutely agree with you. It might be fun to splurge occasionally on a very expensive bottle of wine. But there are many very good options for much more reasonable prices.

RadicalModerate
10-21-2013, 06:23 AM
"Neither the "Rating System" nor "The Price" is the True Measure of 'Fine Wine'
The True Measure is how fast it runs through a sieve, as timed with a stopwatch.
The Faster, the Finer. And rest assured that 7-Eleven will sell only The Fastest."
http://www.tvparty.com/bgifs14/welles.jpg

"I will drink no wine before it's timed."

RadicalModerate
10-21-2013, 07:35 AM
♪ ♫ Now when the word was Thunderbird ♫ ♪
♫ ♪ And the price recorded twice ♫ ♪
♫ ♪ Drinkin' wine and lovin' you was fun. ♫ ♪

Yearn no longer for the Halcyon Daze of yesteryear, Billy Joe Shaver fans . . .

http://static.wine-searcher.net/images/labels/15/45/thunderbird-the-american-classic-white-california-usa-10421545.jpg

Coming Soon to an Upscale 7-Eleven near you.
And Cheap at Twice the Price!
Proven by independent testing labs to be some of the Fastest Fine Wine ever.

RadicalModerate
10-21-2013, 07:57 AM
"Hi! I'm Casey Jones . . .

http://lunchwithcasey.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jwCaseyJonesExpressad.jpg
". . . and the fine folks at 7-Eleven have asked me to remind you that no wine is Finer than
http://forums.watchuseek.com/attachments/f73/717024d1337809465-enjoyed-my-first-bottle-wine-nighttrain01.jpg
"Make no mistake. A Night Train is always Faster than a Thunderbird . . . Especially an Express."
"And will be available soon at a Fine 7-Eleven near you."
"The fastest, finest thing is the convenient screwtop bottle at no extra charge!"
"The fine folks at Night Train Express Labs believe in doing their part to save the cork forests."
"It's the only fine red wine that's Green."

"I'm not sure who that Casey Jones poser was . . .
But he sure knows his wine. Especially the fine kind."
http://symonsez.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/caseyjonesskipper.jpg

RadicalModerate
10-21-2013, 08:39 AM
"Hi, I'm what's left of Neil Diamond."
http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/D/Neil-Diamond-9273707-1-402.jpg
"You may remember me from hits such as Red, Red Wine and Cracklin' Rosé . . .

"Yes, obviously, I know my wines. And when it comes down to Fine Wine
it should be obvious that nothing is faster than . . .
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o177/2EC837/4964d7dc.jpg

"Don't be a Solitary Man. Set your 20/20 Vision on making your way
to the nearest 7-Eleven which is now selling this Fine product in the entire rainbow
of designer colors! Buy some, phone your friends and have a party!"
http://25.media.tumblr.com/326dc90ab2a370699474e19d4171d06e/tumblr_mlmwkuxxgc1qdl9hwo1_500.jpg
"I don't care if You Don't Send Me Flowers Anymore . . .
as long as you send me some MD 20/20 from 7-Eleven."