Would you have liked a comment, a reaction, maybe a little smile? Don't you like your waiters to be like the suggestionboard: fresh and clean every day.

Is Mark's piece online? Here's a humorous take on the nearing elections - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-david/waiting-for-nov-4th_b_137029.html

I am sure, you, as a once professional waiter, you would have reacted in the same way. Discreetly. As a writer, on the contrary, you have another duty (?).

Reading this post I raised both my eyebrowes.
Maybe he tought your godson had some "old" wine yesterday.

Noa

I think we will be able to read Mark's piece in Humo.

Vomit

A silent vomiter, I think, only appears among younger children and -based on my own experience quite some time a go- among youngster with so much beer in their stomach that they cannotg urinate it away, but the excess comes through their mouth, without the stomach contractions.
I know I am not a frequent visitor of your site, but reading all this reminds me of Jan Thys. Has he left the circle of commentators ?

The South

A new wine from the South.
Did the waiter elaborate on that ? And if so, did you give it a try Arnon ?

Indeed, a very polite, courteous and discreet man that waiter.

Ybe

Red wine from Basilicata.

Let me elaborate on Jan Thys. He is still amongst us, be it in another avatar.

@Ybe de Rooij
About JT. For practical reasons he chooses to appear as undersigned,

Dear Dens,

He's just behind you.....

Birthday party

@Arnon
About “Do you want to see him vomit?” Not realy.
But I am convinced now that you love your godson very much. You do not mock about his pain nor do you let others harm him in any way. A love that is tender and, at the same time, ready to protect and fight. (not everybody is accustomed to such feelings).

(There seems to be a problem to add a comment to the last post)

vomiting

There is nothing as honest as vomiting.
Everybody loves honesty, even a waiter.

@Vera M
Then, when I was young, I was a very honest person. Maybe that is why I had so many friends, then. (And what about honest peeing against the bar, honest shitting on a chair, etcetera ?)