Giraffes Have Black Tongues

The Plague? I went to the Colorado Springs Zoo a few of years ago with my 2 kids, my Sister Jean, her husband who can be a little annoying but we all like him anyway and their kids, J-Dog and an "Ex-friend". Very cool place. You walk uphill the entire time you are there. Every exhibit is up. How is this possible? It's like the Mystery Spot with animals. The cool thing is that you can feed the giraffes. Their tongues are long and scratchy, like a cat's tongue. And black. So the other day, J-Dog and my daughter went to the liquor store to get some wine to blog, and Nikita, being the wine expert she is at age 12, thought J-Dog should get a bottle of Long Neck, 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon. $7.99. Alcohol 14.0 %. She's 12, so she does know EVERYTHING, no, really. To make a long story short, J-Dog said no way, K, not a chance. So the funny thing is, I didn't even know about the Kiki/ J-Dog fight over the Long Neck, which I'm sure was a doosey knowing my daughter. She and J-Dog fight all the time, unless she wants something from him, like money or a motorcycle ride. Anyway, today I stopped off for a few bottles to taste, when the Long Neck caught my eye. Hmm, wine from South Africa. Didn't even know they grew grapes there. The clerk at the store said it was really good. I decided to try it. Thank goodness I purchased a back up bottle of something I knew I liked. Genesis, the bottle that started this blog. The Long Neck smells a bit musty, but I don't think it's a bad cork smell. I tastes worse. Yuk, Yuk, Yuk Yuk. I tried taking another sip so that I could describe it, but it's just too far past nasty to even begin to explain. I think they let the giraffes compress the grapes with their dungy feet. I don't think giraffes are housebroken. I just can't tell what that flavor is. Even J-dog said, "it had a certain, as the French say, 'Je ne se qua', and whatever that is, it's sh!t." J-Dog doesn't usually use such salty language in the presence of women, but the nasty giraffe pushed him.
The bottle is great though. After I dump this one down the drain, I will let my little know-it-all princess use the bottle for a flower vase. See, not a complete waste.

Giraffe eating Nikita's hand.