BJI: Scandal Edition
Basic Juice Intelligencer
10 April 2006
Scandal Edition
Wine
The Big DuBoeuf-ski - It seems Mssr. Duboeuf is not the only 'bad boy George' to roam the halls of power. The DuDude "faces a £130,000 fine for allegedly tampering with 300,000 bottles of wine..."Duboeuf appeared in court on Tuesday to deny accusations of 'fraud and
attempted fraud concerning the origin and quality of wines'." [Decanter via Vinosense]
Reader Jameson of Le Wine Blog reports back from his debauche-filled weekend in Sin City: "I was at a restaurant in Vegas and they were offering the Beringer White Zinfandel for 30 bucks a bottle. I think that is the most gougetastic pricing I have ever seen. I think this is a maybe $3 cost wine for a restaurant. Unbelieveable." Let's hope that what happens in Vegas stays in L.V. Eegad.
Errata
The Desert One Debacle - Not necessarily a scandal, per se, but certainly a fascinating, if little known bit of history. Read about it in this month's Atlantic.
Scandalous! Was Mama with a Rolling Stone? Find out at MyHeritage Face Recognition. Or just see which celebrity the magic face matching algorithm thinks you most resemble. The celebrity I most resemble? Forest Whitaker!?? [found via Poplicks]
Tags: MyHeritage, Desert One
Forrest Whitaker? WTF? ;)
I gotta check this thing out..maybe I look like Chris Rock?
Posted by: Lenn | 11 April 2006 at 09:18 AM
I was wrong...it came back with Billy Ocean.
Get out of my dreams....get into my car...
Posted by: Lenn | 11 April 2006 at 09:22 AM
Quincy Jones for me. Can't say I see a resemblence...! (Indeed, given the hat I was wearing in the photo, I thought I would end up with Mike Nesmith, for sure...)
Posted by: Steve-o | 11 April 2006 at 02:08 PM
Yeah but Quincy is just so damn cool. Maybe it was your photo's aura of coolness?
Posted by: beau | 11 April 2006 at 02:26 PM
I got Jesse Jackson on one photo and Bruce Willis on another - could kind of see a bit of facial structure resemblance on both.
Better than my (male) friend who was also in the second photo and was recognised as Christina Ricci!
Posted by: Cam Wheeler | 11 April 2006 at 07:21 PM
It must be the ears....
Posted by: Andrew | 13 April 2006 at 08:00 PM