one cheese, one drink and one album

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Kippax Street 1880 said:
Water (It's a fucking desert Island trust me you want water over anything else)
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I've always thought that one of civilisation's most major inventions was a way of making drinking water not just necessary to live, but interesting — it's called tea.

As for booze, you could give me my favourite wine, my favourite beer, my favourite whisky, and I'm certain I'd be sick of it before one week was out. Sorry, not having that rule. I'd find some way of topping myself.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
I've always thought that one of civilisation's most major inventions was a way of making drinking water not just necessary to live, but interesting — it's called tea.

As for booze, you could give me my favourite wine, my favourite beer, my favourite whisky, and I'm certain I'd be sick of it before one week was out. Sorry, not having that rule. I'd find some way of topping myself.
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I like the taste of water tbh, I take it over soft drinks. A brew has its merits though aswell.

You could give yourself gout with cheese and wine, worse ways to go
 
An aged hard cheese, hard to choose but a good aged Manchego is hard to beat.

A nice Barolo, or champagne. I’m cheating and taking both.

If I’m only listening to one album it’ll have to be something complex where there’s new things to discover. Some astral jazz, Pharoah or Coltrane, too many to choose from.
 
Kippax Street 1880 said:
You could give yourself gout with cheese and wine
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who told you that nonsense?

in point of fact,
beer is the most likely alcohol to give you gout.
wine is way way down the list.

i am 61,
drink red wine and eat cheese every day,
in large quantities.
i walk a lot and prefer to be standing up than sitting down.
gout my arse.

so there! haha


in addendum,
my friend's greek grandfather died last year aged 95.
he drank no other liquid than red wine and ate a lot of feta.
he did not have gout.
 
It's interesting, I find myself able to go along with a lot of the three choices on here. Including even the records, sometimes.
I like manchego, and I could certainly live with it. It wouldn't be my first choice. A good matured cheddar? Yep. Again, wouldn't be my first choice, but I'd enjoy it. Somebody put Époisses — pouah! No, that I really couldn't. Same with Munster. To me, they smell like socks that have been worn for several weeks. Records? Dark Side of the Moon, yep, I could live with that for quite a long time. Weather Report's Heavy Weather? Now you're talking. Substance — yep, probably. Possibly Meat is Murder (which I think no-one's suggested). Pepper? Well of course, although if you pushed me I might go for Revolver. Etc.

Something I did think about for if I'm ever invited on Desert Island Discs (hell, there's a guy on here who's been on Eggheads, allegedly, so you never know…). I know you're not supposed to take it too seriously, but if I were actually stranded on a desert island, and allowed one luxury object, I would have a radio with the biggest possible choice of short wave bands, and a good aerial, but fitted to be solar powered. Because obviously there'd be a problem of batteries. The biggest single problem on a desert island would certainly be loneliness. Now I like my own company, and I very often hike alone, often travel alone, and spend entire days alone. But it's a whole different ball game spending days, then weeks, then months, then years, without seeing a single soul.
With that radio, I'd always have a human presence, from all over the world (it wouldn't matter at all if I didn't understand the languages, it would be people communicating, it would be the world out there), and I could listen to it as and when I pleased. Powering it up on sunny days from time to time.
 
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