In vino veritas

louixo

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Jan, Sue, and Mary haven't seen each other since High School. They rediscover each other via a reunion web site and arrange to meet for lunch in a wine bar.

Jan arrives first wearing beige Versace. She orders bottle of Pinot Grigio. Sue arrives shortly afterward in gray Chanel. After the required ritualized kisses she joins Jan in a glass ofwine. Then Mary walks in wearing a faded old tee-shirt, blue jeans, and boots. She too shares the wine.

Jan explains that after leaving high school and graduating from Princeton in Classics, she met and married Timothy with whom she has a beautiful daughter. Timothy is a partner in one of New York's leading law
firms. They live in a 4000 sq ft co-op on Fifth Avenue where Susanna, the daughter, attends drama
school. They have a second home in Phoenix.

Sue relates that she graduated from Harvard Med School and became a surgeon. Her husband, Clive, is a leading Wall Street investment banker. They live in Southampton on Long Island and have a second home in Naples,Florida.

Mary explains that she left school at seventeen and ran off with her boyfriend, Mark. They run a tropical bird park in Colorado and grow their own vegetables. Mark can stand five parrots side by side on his manhood.

Halfway down the third bottle of wine and several hours later Jan blurts out that her husband is really a cashier at Wal-Mart. They live in a small apartment in Brooklyn and have a travel trailer parked at a nearby storage facility.
Sue somewhat chastened and encouraged by her old friend's
honesty explains that she and Clive are both nurses' aides in a
retirement home. They live in JerseyCity and take vacation camping trips to Alabama.

Mary confesses that the fifth parrot has to stand on one leg.
 
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