I was looking at my Wine Spectator magazine a few days ago, and while perusing the advertisements had a thought—scary, huh? I actually thought it pretty good. Instead of using milk cartons to post pictures of missing kids, why not use wine bottles?
I mean after all, not many of my friends drink a lot of milk except with a hunk of chocolate cake or a bowl of cereal. (Barb, if you are reading this, I know you drink a lot of milk, but you do your share of wine as well).
Many of my friends do drink a lot of wine, which means there are different bottles coming in on a regular basis which creates the opportunity for a lot more photos. Additionally, I have often seen some stare at the bottle for long periods of time when it was empty so that is another good sign that this would generate interest.
Now, admittedly, there is a downside to this because after a few glasses of wine, one may think she has seen a certain kid when really she hasn’t or suddenly thinks she recognized the kid on the Pinot Noir bottle from the night before, and goes rummaging through the trash—outside, in the dark, at midnight!
But I think the possibilities are endless, and this could even open the door to other projects like, “GOT WINE?” where celebrities could have their photos made with a red wine mustache and donate the money to the Missing Children Foundation.
And since we are all so into being politically correct these days, it might appease PETA by our milking fewer cows, thus causing less “cow stress.” After all, we haven’t started feeling sorry for the lowly grape yet, or at least I don’t think so, but that might not be too far down the road.
Yes, I am beginning to ramble and sound utterly, or is it udderly, silly. But no, I have not been drinking wine. Not yet, anyway!!