Of the conflict between the flatliner and the threadnodist

I believe it was I who said: ...gorilla in Lincoln Park Zoo...

AnnaS, in what appears to a threadnodist (despite the complete change of Subject) to be a Reply to that post, said I enjoy Shiraz, a red wine from Australia.

Is there some mysterious, flatliner connection here that I, a poor threadnodist, just don't get?