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soundofataris
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 Posted - 09/04/2004 : 12:41:48
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I think we should all take a moment to remember what Balzac wrote about coffee:
“The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee”
by Honore de Balzac
translated from the French by Robert Onopa
Coffee is a great power in my life; I have observed its effects on an epic scale. Coffee roasts your insides. Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring. Think about it: although more grocery stores in Paris are staying open until midnight, few writers are actually becoming more spiritual.
But as Brillat-Savarin has correctly observed, coffee sets the blood in motion and stimulates the muscles; it accelerates the digestive processes, chases away sleep, and gives us the capacity to engage a little longer in the exercise of our intellects. It is on this last point, in particular, that I want to add my personal experience to Brillat-Savarin's observations.
Coffee affects the diaphragm and the plexus of the stomach, from which it reaches the brain by barely perceptible radiations that escape complete analysis; that aside, we may surmise that our primary nervous flux conducts an electricity emitted by coffee when we drink it. Coffee's power changes over time. [Italian composer Gioacchino] Rossini has personally experienced some of these effects as, of course, have I. "Coffee," Rossini told me, "is an affair of fifteen or twenty days; just the right amount of time, fortunately, to write an opera." This is true. But the length of time during which one can enjoy the benefits of coffee can be extended.
For a while - for a week or two at most - you can obtain the right amount of stimulation with one, then two cups of coffee brewed from beans that have been crushed with gradually increasing force and infused with hot water.
For another week, by decreasing the amount of water used, by pulverizing the coffee even more finely, and by infusing the grounds with cold water, you can continue to obtain the same cerebral power.
When you have produced the finest grind with the least water possible, you double the dose by drinking two cups at a time; particularly vigorous constitutions can tolerate three cups. In this manner one can continue working for several more days.
Finally, I have discovered a horrible, rather brutal method that I recommend only to men of excessive vigor, men with thick black hair and skin covered with liver spots, men with big square hands and legs shaped like bowling pins. It is a question of using finely pulverized, dense coffee, cold and anhydrous, consumed on an empty stomach. This coffee falls into your stomach, a sack whose velvety interior is lined with tapestries of suckers and papillae. The coffee finds nothing else in the sack, and so it attacks these delicate and voluptuous linings; it acts like a food and demands digestive juices; it wrings and twists the stomach for these juices, appealing as a pythoness appeals to her god; it brutalizes these beautiful stomach linings as a wagon master abuses ponies; the plexus becomes inflamed; sparks shoot all the way up to the brain. From that moment on, everything becomes agitated. Ideas quick-march into motion like battalions of a grand army to its legendary fighting ground, and the battle rages. Memories charge in, bright flags on high; the cavalry of metaphor deploys with a magnificent gallop; the artillery of logic rushes up with clattering wagons and cartridges; on imagination's orders, sharpshooters sight and fire; forms and shapes and characters rear up; the paper is spread with ink - for the nightly labor begins and ends with torrents of this black water, as a battle opens and concludes with black powder.
I recommended this way of drinking coffee to a friend of mine, who absolutely wanted to finish a job promised for the next day: he thoughthe'd been poisoned and took to his bed, which he guarded like a married man. He was tall, blond, slender and had thinning hair; he apparently had a stomach of papier-mache. There has been, on my part, a failure of observation.
When you have reached the point of consuming this kind of coffee, then become exhausted and decide that you really must have more, even though you make it of the finest ingredients and take it perfectly fresh, you will fall into horrible sweats, suffer feebleness of the nerves, and undergo episodes of severe drowsiness. I don't know what would happen if you kept at it then: a sensible nature counseled me to stop at this point, seeing that immediate death was not otherwise my fate. To be restored, one must begin with recipes made with milk and chicken and other white meats: finally the tension on the harp strings eases, and one returns to the relaxed, meandering, simple-minded, and cryptogamous life of the retired bourgeoisie.
The state coffee puts one in when it is drunk on an empty stomach under these magisterial conditions produces a kind of animation that looks like anger: one's voice rises, one's gestures suggest unhealthy impatience: one wants everything to proceed with the speed of ideas; one becomes brusque, ill-tempered about nothing. One actually becomes that fickle character, The Poet, condemned by grocers and their like. One assumes that everyone is equally lucid. A man of spirit must therefore avoid going out in public. I discovered this singular state through a series of accidents that made me lose, without any effort, the ecstasy I had been feeling. Some friends, with whom I had gone out to the country, witnessed me arguing about everything, haranguing with monumental bad faith. The following day I recognized my wrongdoing and we searched the cause. My friends were wise men of the first rank, and we found the problem soon enough: coffee wanted its victim.
Kerry in a landslide! |
Edited by - soundofataris on 09/04/2004 12:44:45 |
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astrology
= Cult of Ray =
Saint Lucia
252 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2004 : 19:44:25
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ask someone
how do you like coffe? and u will know how he/she/it likes to make love..
in the morning fifty/fifty milk and coffe
after lunch an thereafter coffe with melted chocolate. two ounzes per half mug
when I fleed Portugal way I liked, solo with a cake, i liked one made of coconut, egg and sugar
in Spain we call it "Sultana"
guess how i like to make love..
codes are
sweet, be gallant and chivalreous
bitter, hard sex, suggest bondage
milked, she/he/it likes ejacculation, depending on the percentage, cum as required..
Irish coffee, ask the priest first, he is in the tavern
well guess yourselves...
coffee reflects sex, but it is always onanistic, do not cum in your coffee.. Surgeon General states is too bad for birth rate
I'm a pistolero, i'm not shakin in my boots
I'm the ruler of this moon, if u move I shoots
666 is dead, he did move
i did not do it, nobody saw me
Ride the Tiger on the river Euprhates, Go Irak Go!!!! |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 09/04/2004 : 20:08:13
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Originally posted by astrology
coffee reflects sex,
Yep, both keep me from falling asleep. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 09/04/2004 : 22:29:57
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ask someone
how do you like coffe? and u will know how he/she/it likes to make love..
You mean like how they must be gay if they use java jackets?
Brick is red, and Hitler's dead. Hang me! |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 09/06/2004 : 00:01:58
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Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
Some coffee but mostly yerba matte'
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If you have you will never forget that moment!
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yerba matte rocks. one of my friends from school turned me on to that... he put it in the gourd and had the straw and everything. It's been awhile since I've had it but it is soo good! |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2004 : 02:54:58
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Originally posted by KimStanleyRobinson
Its espresso, Denis. Sorry, one of my pet peeves.
In France we call it expresso for some reason.
Denis
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 09/06/2004 : 02:56:01
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Originally posted by Monsieur
Btw, how can you Americans drink flavored coffee?
Oh, and I don't consider Starbucks "coffee" as coffee but rather as some disgusting medication aimed at getting you a quick diarrhea.
French are right as always!
Denis
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astrology
= Cult of Ray =
Saint Lucia
252 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2004 : 04:16:07
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Those who like Expresso, needn't to be early ejacculators, but the train kept a rollin'
Capuchino is NOT linked to cap-suckin-no!
and Java... will make u run amok
I'm a pistolero, i'm not shakin in my boots
I'm the ruler of this moon, if u move I shoots
Shootin Star Gathers no Mosss |
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Hanoi333
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Netherlands
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Posted - 09/06/2004 : 05:52:27
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At the moment I rarely drink coffee anymore because it really makes me quite nervous. I really like coffee especially for its taste in general.
The best coffee I have ever had is the Ban Me Thuot coffee from the Central Highlands of Vietnam, mixed with ice and condensed milk I like it the best.
By the way Vietnam is the second exporter of coffee in the world. Nr 1 is Brasil, but this fact remains quite unknown, since the West block the Vietnamese coffee export. Most of it is being exported to China and other Asian countries.
You can find more about if you google for the word "Ban me Thuot coffee". |
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astrology
= Cult of Ray =
Saint Lucia
252 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2004 : 07:29:15
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I wanna Vietcong coffee.....
I love the smell of coffee in the morning
it's the scent of Civilization.........I'm a pistolero, i'm not shakin in my boots
I'm the ruler of this moon, if u move I shoots
Shootin Star Gathers no Mosss,spreads It
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GypsyDeath
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Posted - 09/06/2004 : 07:59:21
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There is a flaw in your coffee reflects sex theory astrology.
I cant stand coffee. or tea. or hot drinks in general really. I dont see the point. they dont quench my thirst, and they hurt to drink. (hot chocolate being an exception,)...
This does nto reflect my attitude towards sex at all.
I drink and smoke
Until I choke
Until I'm broke
Cos' I want too
If We Sleep Together, Will You Like Me Better? |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 09/06/2004 : 09:59:44
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Hmm, true, you're hardly celibate...
Kind regards,
Dr. Simon
Specialist In Broken Hearts |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2004 : 11:09:07
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Originally posted by Hanoi333
By the way Vietnam is the second exporter of coffee in the world. Nr 1 is Brasil, but this fact remains quite unknown, since the West block the Vietnamese coffee export.
Vietnam generally exports the robusta bean which is generally thought to be inferior to the arabica bean. It grows quiker and in less ideal climates. (Source: Uncommon Grounds) |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2004 : 11:49:23
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Originally posted by ramona
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Originally posted by Adam
I'm having some coffee right now. I even put some sugar in it and I usually don't do that.
Free the Heel!
For some reason I read this as "I put some anger in it". Mmm, angry coffee with bitter on the side.
Sorry. I'm weird.
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There is only one food stuff that is angry. And we all know what that is.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 09/06/2004 : 23:46:24
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
There is only one food stuff that is angry. And we all know what that is.
Baked beans? |
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astrology
= Cult of Ray =
Saint Lucia
252 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2004 : 01:23:56
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achilles heel broke loose
Heavens also Do
gypsy, Love is a spring, the thistyer u are, more times u are allowed to drink
I'm a pistolero, i'm not shakin in my boots
I'm the ruler of this moon, if u move I shoots
Shootin Star Gathers no Mosss, spreads It.
 peace |
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Hanoi333
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Netherlands
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Posted - 09/07/2004 : 03:09:36
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Due to Darwin`s reply about the Vietnamese coffee I found some more non-commercial information about Vietnam`s coffee and its quality and position in the world market.
In this article even the goverment officials of Vietnam admit the lower quality of its bean and promise more diversity. This has to do with the problems of the world coffee market as a whole.
On the other hand it is also clear that other countries are suddenly in treat for their coffee market and blame Vietnam for all that. hen the reaction is to try to form a front and block the export of Vietnam as much as possible by giving arguments about the quality and working conditions, environment etc. I am not really sure the situation in Africa and Brasil is already that much better. Anyway it is an interesting (economic)discussion about free-market.
Personally I still like the Vietnamese coffee with its more inferior bean better than the more superior bean, but that is personal taste.
And like I said before I like it the best with ice and condensed milk.
One thing you have to be carefull though is that the Vietnamese bean/coffee has a higher caffeine percentage, especially when you are sensitive to caffeine like I am, it can feel much more uncomfortable afterwards than the coffee you are used to drinking in your office.
here is some more about it (It says non-commercial so I think I can post it): http://www.ineedcoffee.com/02/04/vietnam/ |
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Posted - 09/07/2004 : 04:49:37
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I love coffee it is yummy
yummy yummy yummy
coffee it is lovely
I like to drink it
seven times a day
From a shiny mug
or a matt one
I'm not really fussy
except about my coffee
it has to be black
no yucky milky sugar
or other flavoured crap
strong black coffee
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Starbucks and Nero and the rest of them can fuck off, if I have to order there, I'm orderind a large black coffee from the waiter dude, not a grande americano from the whadjamacallit
And the strawberry it be angry
(although tre no think it look much like a strawberry)
fufu coffee, heh heh, I'm stealing that one
the room smelled like cupids gym
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GypsyDeath
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Posted - 09/07/2004 : 07:27:17
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Originally posted by Tre
And the strawberry it be angry
(although tre no think it look much like a strawberry)
the room smelled like cupids gym
You know I agree, I think it looks like a tomato.
Nothing to see, nothing to hear,
Nothing to be, nothing to fear,
Nothing to prove, nothing to say,
Nothing to lose, nothing to gain,
Nothing to feel nothing to hate
Nothing is real, It's all too late
What do you do when nothing's wrong?
Aint got a clue, Aint got no song |
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
3575 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2004 : 07:28:50
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quote:
Originally posted by astrology
gypsy, Love is a spring, the thistyer u are, more times u are allowed to drink
So basically im allowed to have as much sex as i like, because i dont like coffee?! I like your thinking!
Nothing to see, nothing to hear,
Nothing to be, nothing to fear,
Nothing to prove, nothing to say,
Nothing to lose, nothing to gain,
Nothing to feel nothing to hate
Nothing is real, It's all too late
What do you do when nothing's wrong?
Aint got a clue, Aint got no song |
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astrology
= Cult of Ray =
Saint Lucia
252 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2004 : 08:00:56
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GOD BLESSES ALL GYPSIES..
SPECIALLY EL CAMARON DE LA ISLA
AND PACO DE LUCIA-LIVING GOD OF THE GUITAR..
BIRDS DONT FLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE WINGS..
THEY HAVE WINGS BECAUSE THEY FLY
PLS. DO NOT BE DO-DOS- REPENT AND REBEL..
FOR BARRABAS IT WAS BLACK IS BLACK
FOR THE STRAY CATS BLACK IS NIGGER
GOD BLESS ALL U2!! ITS BONOS' SAINT
BUT
QUID BONO
SQUIDS BONUS?
I'm a pistolero, i'm not shakin in my boots
I'm the ruler of this moon, if u move I shoots
Shootin Star Gathers no Mosss, spreads It. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2004 : 10:36:17
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quote:
Originally posted by GypsyDeath
quote:
Originally posted by Tre
And the strawberry it be angry
(although tre no think it look much like a strawberry)
the room smelled like cupids gym
You know I agree, I think it looks like a tomato.
Nothing to see, nothing to hear,
Nothing to be, nothing to fear,
Nothing to prove, nothing to say,
Nothing to lose, nothing to gain,
Nothing to feel nothing to hate
Nothing is real, It's all too late
What do you do when nothing's wrong?
Aint got a clue, Aint got no song
He is gonna be even more angry now. He hates tomatos, ever since they defected over to the vegetables.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2004 : 12:20:03
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Originally posted by Hanoi333
On the other hand it is also clear that other countries are suddenly in treat for their coffee market and blame Vietnam for all that. hen the reaction is to try to form a front and block the export of Vietnam as much as possible by giving arguments about the quality and working conditions, environment etc. I am not really sure the situation in Africa and Brasil is already that much better. Anyway it is an interesting (economic)discussion about free-market.
There is a long history of coffee-producing countries having bad relations, particularly due to some flooding the markets while other try to stabilize the price. I think in the past Brazil in particular produced too much coffee from the perspective of other coffee-producing countries. I believe that other countries have a problem with Vietnam because they have flooded the market with the robusta bean and driven down the price of coffee.
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Personally I still like the Vietnamese coffee with its more inferior bean better than the more superior bean, but that is personal taste.
You're right and the robusta bean is suppose to be better for espresso than the arabica bean. |
Edited by - darwin on 09/07/2004 12:21:16 |
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astrology
= Cult of Ray =
Saint Lucia
252 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2004 : 14:04:31
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KAMIKAZE..
by VIETCONG Guest on 07.09.2004 [12:03 ]
Some records state than amitsubishi AM06 Zero was stolen from Baghdad History Museum, in perfect condition and fueled up..
Wonder if the battlecry will be Banzaii or Torah!torah!torah!
SHEIK DJIBOUTII
THEY WERE SO AMOK, THOUGH TOSHIRO NIFUME, AI NO CORRIDA
DE TOROS..
CRY US A RIVER EUPHRATES, WE ALMOST GET AS A FLAT
GOD BLESSES ALL U2
THIS WAS THE PREVIOUS
SAVE CHUCK YEAGER!!!
by VIETCONG Guest on 07.09.2004 [05:31 ]
sure he's been movilized, and was inside..
WHISPERING VIETCONG COFFEE WEEDS, GOT ON MY NERVES..
I'm a pistolero, i'm not shakin in my boots
I'm the ruler of this moon, if u move I shoots
Shootin Star Gathers no Mosss, spreads It. |
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astrology
= Cult of Ray =
Saint Lucia
252 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2004 : 14:23:49
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WE VE BEEN ..SO NEAR,I SWEAR..
IN THE NOIR CAFE, THE JO-SANS ARE KNIFING USMC..
SURFING CCCP..
DROPING THE CHOPPERS OVERBOARD
ASSUMING CARRIERS LEFT
I'm a pistolero, i'm not shakin in my boots
I'm the ruler of this moon, if u move I shoots
Shootin Star Gathers no Mosss, spreads It. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2004 : 17:21:47
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quote:
quote:
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
There is only one food stuff that is angry. And we all know what that is.
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Baked beans?
Pecans?
Nah, they're not angry. They're just nuts.
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BIRDS DONT FLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE WINGS..
THEY HAVE WINGS BECAUSE THEY FLY
But fish don't swim. Fish FLY.
Brick is red, and Hitler's dead. Hang me! |
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ModernFix
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USA
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Posted - 09/09/2004 : 08:26:12
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Coffee is coffee is coffee to me. I never understood why anyone would go into a Starbucks and pay four or five dollars for a coffee that tastes just as good and is a fraction of the cost at a Wawa gas station.
Only snooty wankers will pay five bucks for a stinkin' cup of beano. But hey, who am I to judge? |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2004 : 10:50:57
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I agree to a degree. I don't see the point in spending so much money on a coffee from one of those trendy coffee shops. What the hell happened to going to pubs and getting plastered eh?
Just kidding, milkshakes on the other hand. Now I would pay a lot of money for a quality milkshake.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2004 : 11:57:24
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| Just for the record, in the US coffee at Starbucks (and similar stores) is less than $2. It's the fufu mochas and the ilk that will cost you around $4. |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 09/09/2004 : 12:15:25
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Yeah, you big moaners. An espresso in Caffe Nero (which is much better than Starbucks btw) is £1.25
 So, I finally got my X-Wing |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2004 : 12:42:15
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You can get a large milkshake for less than that.
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astrology
= Cult of Ray =
Saint Lucia
252 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2004 : 13:07:40
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STAR-FUCKSS. U CAN GET A NICE CUP OF COFFE AND A NATURAL CAKE ANYWHERE IN PORTUGAL FOR 1.00 EURO..
ASK FOR A "COCO", THOSE IN THE LOW COUNTRIES, FREE TO CHOSE ANYTHING ELSE..
I'm a pistolero, i'm not shakin in my boots
I'm the ruler of this moon, if u move I shoots
Truth is out There, but Mulder cannot find G-Gal's G-point.
erection is no poltergeist, even if its Majestic |
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Adam
= Cult of Ray =
USA
505 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2004 : 13:22:48
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Sheetz gasoline stores have some pretty good coffee. Anyway good for Brazil for flooding the market. Some coffee is way to expensive $6-$8 a pound is plenty. Anything above that is price gouging.
Free the Heel! |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2004 : 13:59:15
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Do you lot go for Fair Trade coffee? I make a point of asking for it in Starbucks or wherever, I don't resent paying a little extra for that. I'm not convinced its everything it makes itself out to be, but I think its still probably better than your standard.
So, I finally got my X-Wing |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2004 : 14:30:01
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I don't drink coffee very often.
Mostly plain old water.
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I buy fair-trade organic teas, though.
Somehow I feel I'm betraying myself in saying that. Dunno why.
 Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. |
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