A Wine Revenue Stamp Description With More Than A Little Irony In It

Yikes, someone turn a light on...

Jim

https://www.ebay.com/itm/U-S-REV/28...UI:rk:1:pf:0




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Everyone knows that you should keep wine away from strong light

After all, it's typical show lighting.

Its good to keep stamps away from harsh lighting.

Looks like it came from a cask of Thunderbird! (Known from my fraternity (TKE: the original animal house!) college days of the 60s!)



If your taste buds are shot, and you need to get trashed with a quickness, then "T-bird" is the drink for you. Or, if you like to smell your hand after pumping gas, look no further than Thunderbird. As you drink on, the bird soars higher while you sink lower. The undisputed leader of the five in foulness of flavor, we highly discourage driking this ghastly mixture of unknown chemicals unless you really are a bum. A convenience store clerk in Show Low, AZ once told me that only the oldest of stumbling indian drunks from the reservation buy Thunderbird. Avaliable in 750 mL and a devastating 50 oz jug.

WARNING: This light yellow liquid turns your lips and mouth black! A mysterious chemical reaction similar to disappearing-reappearing ink makes you look like you've been chewing on hearty clumps of charcoal.

see bumwine.com

Which to have, Thunderbird vs. Night Train. That's like repaired vs. regummed and reperforated.

HINT: Night Train and Thunderbird were both made by Gallo, had the same alcohol content (slightly under 20%) and were basically the same product -- your choice, with or without food coloring. They were guaranteed to perforate ANY stamp, stomach or liver, which ever came first. The fumes of either were good for watermarking. If I recall, you could ignite Thunderbird as easily as you could lighter fluid and it could remove ink from paper. (Only kidding Gallo Legal Dept.) And as for the hangover...you'd better not have classes the next morning...

Fortunately I was born with more demanding taste buds. :-)

I was a more discriminating tippler in my college days. Bali Hai was the choice with my slim budget.

In university, one summer with a buddy the two of us worked out mathematically which was the "cheapest drunk" - basically, highest alcohol content per dollar. Turned out this horrible cheap sake (Japanese rice wine) was the winner at our local liquor store - I forget the name of it now, but man, we drank a lot of that gut-wrenching awfulness that summer. All in the name of science of course!

Boone's Farm or Mad Dog????

]Maybe it's Ripple?