Very Important Question
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When somebody (come on, you know who you are) makes you laugh so much in this forum that you spit red wine all over the important documents on your desk, why does it turn blue when it dries out?
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Simples! When you 'eff and blind' to the occasion, the ambient air turns blue and intensifies with monobollocoxidisation. The red wine stain absorbs this monobollocoxidisation and this in turn, affects the high levels of polyphenols and tannins found in red wine. As a result, the monobollocy effect become polybollocy and hey bloomin' presto .... polybollocy purple! Or to some, blue.
Always a pleasure.
Well, there's at least two explanations that spring to mind (as alternatives to Snoop's astute and insightful explanation)...
1) It's the blue in the ink that you're seeing.
2) Oxidation turns some wine constituents brown, and the mix of brown and red pigmentation is seen as blue to the naked eye.
Just guesses!
Probably good guesses though, G-Man!
Aah of course now I get it!
It is the reaction of a chemical in the wine with oxygen in the air, so I think G-man is correct
I like to cook with red wine ... sometimes I'll put it in the food ....
How silly could you be to believe that a cork retriever was a dog from Ireland? .............
How Merlot can you go .....
I squeezed a grape today ... it gave out a little wine ...
And finally .... Did you hear about the new blend of pinot blanc, pinot noir, and pinot grigio that acts as a diuretic? It's called pinot more. I heard that through the grapevine.
I much prefer a lady that swallows and not spits myself!
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Wine that is - I dont mind a bit of gargling either but spitting is a nono.
Dont want my white carpet spoiled!
Sometimes. Omen, you just can't help it when somebody makes you laught ou loud.
If there was something to be laughed at, I'd guess the laughing would happen first and in place of the spit (or swallow)...
Absolutely, G-Man, laughing is a completely involuntary thing and there's nothing you can do to stop it.
I suppose I should just move all of my important documents out of range of laughs on the computer.
Crumbs I thought I'd wandered into a different site for a minute.
Now what is all this talk of spilling the sacred tipple?
Snoopy sounds as if he's put his Bible down again!
Polybollocy whaaat?
Where's the gin, I don't care what colour it is it's going down....ooft that's better...blue, red,spit, swallow, flubbofun.... no I'm still flummoxed.
Pollybollocy? lol, just did it again!
Lol, brilliant, Lillie!
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Effing wonderful, Snoops. lol!
Brilliant, Snoops!
Ever noticed it makes your tongue go blue too, Feline?! :-)
Just a thought here Feline ... did you say 'spit' red wine when you perhaps, perchance, maybe meant 'spilt'? If indeed it was 'spit' it puts a whole new complexion on the matter as the red wine would have contained flobbofungaesputumibits which causes the wine to absorb the blue end of the light spectrum. I understand that the blue can be so vibrant that the Amazonian natives daub it on their cheeks as warpaint. Some even put it on their faces as well. Or do they dip their poison arrows in it? I can never remember.
Personally I hope you meant 'spilt' as there is nothing quite as beautiful as the polybollocy effect!
Sorry, can't respond, fell off chair....aaaaaargh