March 16, 2023

Greetings Laff Lovers,

My wife has a 'wine day' planned this Saturday for herself, her mother and several of their friends at a wine bar about a mile and a half down the street from our house. And I know what that means. After they get a little toasty at the wine bar they are going to gravitate to the nearest location where they can get loud and obnoxious. Namely our house.

That means I'm going to have to stock up on cheese and crackers and olives and dip and cucumber slices and whatever other finger foods people usually eat with wine, because believe me, the last thing you want to face is a bunch of buzzed, hungry women with nothing to feed them.

It's either that or just go to a bar myself until 10 at night and let them destroy the house.

Email: joe@gopher-news.com

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