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Excuse me.  That should read "my colored water that Americans call coffee," according to Migeru.

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by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 10:53:50 AM EST
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That's the only rational explanation for the fact that Americans can drink a dozen cups of coffee a day.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 10:56:23 AM EST
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I usually have four or five per day, but I use espresso (ha!), milk and sugar.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:00:42 AM EST
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That, and our sleeping habits dictate that several cups are necessary in the morning.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:02:29 AM EST
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Several cups of Italian coffee in the morning would kill you.

But you only have 4 or 5 espressos a day, which I suppose is ok. One in your capuccino for breakfast, a mid-morning coffee, one after lunch, one after your (early) dinner. Matches the Spanish pattern (the last one happens at tea-time way before our (late) dinner.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:06:22 AM EST
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Several cups of Italian coffee in the morning would kill you.

Being of British and Irish ancestry, I have little doubt that you're right.  But my ancestors' side of Europe has better beer.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:16:37 AM EST
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Assuming you drink it chilled...

Warm bear, ugh!

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:22:25 AM EST
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Depends on what you're drinking.  I was surprised to find that Guinness was quite enjoyable when served a bit warmer.  But I would certainly never advise you to drink Budweiser or one of the other disgusting American beers at anything higher than 34F or so.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:30:01 AM EST
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That's the only rational explanation for the fact that Americans can drink a dozen cups of coffee a day.

Coming back to this a little late - I suspect this one fact on its own explains a huge amount of US politics and culture.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Jun 23rd, 2006 at 09:35:09 AM EST
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