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WCDT: 2191-2195 (21-25 May 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
iduguphergrave:
--- Quote from: Akima on 23 May 2012, 00:19 ---I don't understand why a well-off urbanite (Northampton MA calls itself a city anyway) would serve wine in Mason Jars. He isn't a backwoods hillbilly, and I doubt he's a keen fruit-bottler or jam-maker. Is this some sort of pretend-to-be-poor pose thing? If so, it is still weird. In Australia, 1 USPint (473ml) Mason Jars cost around A$35 for a dozen, while you can buy a dozen wine glasses at IKEA for around A$12, or a dozen 650ml tumblers for A$22. Perhaps it's beginning to make sense; it's like people who pay extra for brand new jeans or guitars that have been pre-distressed to look old and ratty.
I am beginning to sympathise with Penny.
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They might just be regular jars that he washed out when they were empty and started using them as glasses.
Regional practices are allowed to penetrate other regions; Individual tastes should be accounted for, and as somebody pointed out, Sven does spend quite a bit of time with the country music crowd. Why couldn't an urbanite enjoy "country" things on occasion?
jwhouk:
I think IDUHG is right. The mason jars serve two functions - one, they're generally cheaper than formal glassware (which fits the bachelor lifestyle of Sven), and two, they do fit in with his vocation of writing country songs. I'd have to bet that somewhere in his house he may have received a jug or two of 'shine from an appreciative singer/band for writing one of their big hits.
Bachi-Atari:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 23 May 2012, 06:25 ---I'd have to bet that somewhere in his house he may have received a jug or two of 'shine from an appreciative singer/band for writing one of their big hits.
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Something I'd bet Faye would've loved to dip into several months back.
"Secret moonshine time!"
jwhouk:
He probably hid it from her after her comment about how much she hated country music.
Bachi-Atari:
She might loathe country music, but is she the type of woman to turn down free booze?....honestly?
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