I went to a party at an old friend’s house on New Year’s Day.
We were standing in the kitchen catching up when a loose merrymaker staggered in drinking peach lambic straight from the bottle. Â Nanda (my friend) said “What is that?”
The merrymaker turned the bottle label side out and gaily proclaimed “Good stuff.”
Nanda with her most serious face on said “Should that be in a glass.” with a falling tone that made it sound more like a statement than a question?
“I dunno, should it?”  The merrymaker was getting defensive.
“I can get you a glass, I have a cabinet of glasses right here.”  She presented with delicate Vanna White hands that made me expect to see the letter M behind the cabinet door.
“Do I look too much like a drunk?” The merrymaker slackened her knees and jokingly assumed a bent posture as she tipped the bottle up “Glug, glug, glug, smack, ahhh.”  The last time I heard onomatopoeia that challenging, I was standing naked on a diving board in January being bock bocked at by a bunch of my peers.  Things were getting intense.
I interjected. “No! No, no no, that’s not it at all. Nanda’s a Capricorn.  She’s just terrified that you’ll think she’s a bad hostess if she doesn’t offer you a proper glass.  Especially since she has that hoard, er, um, nice collection of fine glassware that she’s gathered for just such an occasion.  The is the fancy glass emergency that she has been waiting for! Living for! She’s got you covered.”
Nanda laughed because it was true and she was thrilled that someone understood the utility of her glass collection. Â The Merrymaker laughed because she was drunk.
“Oh, no this things almost empty anyway. Wanna sip?”
Classic cap stone cold “No.”
The Merrymaker staggered off.
This exchange reminded me of another incident with a different Capricorn in which I was the saucy merrymaker.
15 Responses to “A Tale of Two Capricorns by Nota”
Those two have been battling it out inside me forever:)
haha
Nota you are the only person who can incorporate onomatopoeia in such an entertaining way. Love the post very enlightening as usual.
I have Saturn tied up with a couple of planets, a Cap Moon and a packed 10th house… I also have a cupboard full of fancy glasses that I never use… maybe I’m waiting for an emergency 
I have a couple of Cap friends who put plastic covers on their couches ‘to keep them nice’ and I don’t get that at all.
hahaha….I had a similar situation happen to me….and I am the Capricorn and nobody came to my rescue….I wish I had had a Nota nearby to curtail my stone, cold sober comebacks!!! Yikes…I may have gone overboard with my harshness…..
With Cap rising (late bloomer) and a full 10th house, I WILL have my own kitchen cupboard loaded for bear (someday). Supplying the guest suites is a priority (my business, after all) and they reflect such finery upon their shelves. Personally, I can still use a mason jar to get the job done, mismatched pottery or the occasional left behind glass.
@Nota, I haven’t seen onomatopoeia in a sentence since seventh grade! Great fun!
@Elsa, do you relate to the character with the bottle, the glasses, the peacemaker or all of the above? Just curious . . . 
Nota, can’t wait for Part II . . .
Hahaha I can soooo relate too! I was admiring my glass cupboard only today – and thinking it’s time I had a few people round to use them. But one might get broken, yanno? – and that would break my heart… quite a few are antiques after all! And others are in sets…
I used to give dinner parties in London and was much teased for snatching glasses out of people’s hands – “Nooo no no no you can’t use that glass for the burgundy – that’s a WHITE wine glass!” – and champagne, beer, whisky, martini etc all had to be in the right glass too… If you’ve got it, flaunt it (and I’ve probably got it lol)
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I love your writing!
Waitin’ for part II, thanks for the story Nota! (I have been in a similiar situation as hostess too!)
If this was a Virgo or a Libra the motive would have been completely different and I think she would not have been invited again. The girl sounds like she has Sun opposition Uranus and is obnoxious like me or Jupiter entitlement. “You don’t want me to drink from the glass? Well, you didn’t have to tell me twice! Here’s some threatening onomatopoeia to go with it!” Still, that’s gross and rude.
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“This is the fancy glass emergency that she has been waiting for! Living for!” -hahahaha! Oh, thanks for this. (I’m one with the proper array of fancy glasses, but I sooo prefer drinking out of the bottle.) Cap sun, Aries rising?