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A few years ago my B-I-L had lunch at an upmarket restaurant not far
from his business.
He noticed a Rolls Royce in the parking lot that was getting a bit
dusty. As he was looking at it, the Maitre D’ came out and told him the reason.
The car’s owner would dine there alone, drink a bottle of Chateau Petrus with his meal, then priced at £1000 per bottle, and finish his meal with
a glass of brandy that cost £100. By then he was certainly not fit to
drive so he would go home in a taxi.
A few days later, he would return by cab to pick up his car, but stay
for lunch when he would have a bottle of Chateau Petrus and the brandy
and then ………….
And so it went on.
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Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:

A few years ago my B-I-L had lunch at an upmarket restaurant not far
from his business.
He noticed a Rolls Royce in the parking lot that was getting a bit
dusty. As he was looking at it, the Maitre D’ came out and told him the reason.
The car’s owner would dine there alone, drink a bottle of Chateau Petrus with his meal, then priced at £1000 per bottle, and finish his meal with
a glass of brandy that cost £100. By then he was certainly not fit to
drive so he would go home in a taxi.
A few days later, he would return by cab to pick up his car, but stay
for lunch when he would have a bottle of Chateau Petrus and the brandy
and then ………….
And so it went on.

Gee, and all I have with my meals is a glass of water and my car is
washed once a week. I do live on the edge each morning and consume
a mug of coffee.

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On Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:55:26 GMT, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> posted:

A few years ago my B-I-L had lunch at an upmarket restaurant not far
from his business.
He noticed a Rolls Royce in the parking lot that was getting a bit
dusty. As he was looking at it, the Maitre D’ came out and told him the >> reason.
The car’s owner would dine there alone, drink a bottle of Chateau Petrus >> with his meal, then priced at £1000 per bottle, and finish his meal with >> a glass of brandy that cost £100. By then he was certainly not fit to
drive so he would go home in a taxi.
A few days later, he would return by cab to pick up his car, but stay
for lunch when he would have a bottle of Chateau Petrus and the brandy
and then ………….
And so it went on.

Gee, and all I have with my meals is a glass of water and my car is
washed once a week. I do live on the edge each morning and consume
a mug of coffee.

I've had my car for 18 years and it has never been washed from the
outside. I think it would rust from fright.
--
Bruce
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On 2026-10-12 3:49 p.m., Graham wrote:

A few years ago my B-I-L had lunch at an upmarket restaurant not far
from his business.
He noticed a Rolls Royce in the parking lot that was getting a bit
dusty. As he was looking at it, the Maitre D’ came out and told him the reason.
The car’s owner would dine there alone, drink a bottle of Chateau Petrus with his meal, then priced at £1000 per bottle, and finish his meal with
a glass of brandy that cost £100. By then he was certainly not fit to
drive so he would go home in a taxi.
A few days later, he would return by cab to pick up his car, but stay
for lunch when he would have a bottle of Chateau Petrus and the brandy
and then ………….
And so it went on.

First world problems eh.

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