Then she should get a coffee maker.
Right now I’m drinking a triple-strength Americano and when I’ve had that I’ll have another. Just right to set me up for the ride in to work.
‘DonDare’ – Does ‘Don’ dare to progress towards the problem that ‘killed’ me in 2006?
The caffeine in coffee can cause fibrillation of the heart. My heart sometimes fibrillates when it is being paced by faulty signals that resemble the sort of electrical noise seen when a switch ‘bounces’ instead of giving
a steady rhythm. That is why I have a pacemaker now that has to shock me to stop the fibrillation signals and get my blood flowing again. It can’t flow when the heart muscles are simply vibrating at a random high frequency.
Anyway – this has been a bit more than I intended at first which was to make a bad joke without the ongoing rambling of a Zombie.
Once again I seem to have two user names. I trust that this is not causing confusion.
Three years ago I was a very heavy drinker. I had to stop and immediately switched to coffee instead. Alcohol is a depressant and caffeine is a stimulant and initially I was very jittery. But now I seem to have fully adjusted to my new addiction. No heart problems at all; in my alcoholic days it would often skip a beat.
Leaving aside the “whydrinkcoffeeatall” question, what I find peculiar from my point of view (or I could say “our”, meaning “central European”) is the custom to drink coffee-to-go in the morning. Around here, most people who drink coffee as their “morning fix” like to prepare it while still AT HOME, drinking it BEFORE they set off into the world outside…
I know people who do both; have a cup or two at home, then get one “to go” on the way to work, then have a few more at the office during the day. But a lot of people don’t want to take the time either to make it or drink it at home. I almost never drink coffee myself, and when I do, it has so much other stuff in it that you can hardly tell it’s coffee any more. An occasional Starbucks hazelnut latte is about the only coffee I ever drink; I haven’t owned a coffeemaker in many years. My son is the opposite. He likes to buy the beans, roast and grind them, then brew it himself. But anyway, I’m one of those who rushes out of the house without taking time for either food or drink, and then I usually grab a soft drink after I get to the office.
As in most things requiring refined tastes, one has to develop an appreciation for subtle variations and differing techniques of preparation. Appreciation of differences in wine, cheeses, or whisky, for example. Given the way you chose to word your comment, we can only assume you are neither refined, nor tasteful.
I for one could not imagine riding a bike without coffee in the morning. Have coffee will travel. You just need a good coffee cup holder and your off. Also there is nothing wrong with coffee in moderation. After all too little and one would shrivel up and die.
Totally off-topic, but hey… quite interesting, I’d say.
A few days ago, the half full / half empty glass of water theme came up.
Well, what if… the glass was LITERALLY half-empty? (meaning one half of it is vaccuum).
The physicist ducks! http://what-if.xkcd.com/6/
I have to say, I’m looking through the rest of the entries on the what-if page, and it is truly an amazing resource of ridiculous scientific hypotheticals and incredibly amusing.
It is by caffeine alone I set my bike in motion. It is by the juice of Java that pedaling acquires speed, the teeth acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my bike in motion.
So is the helmet/no-helmet comments dichotomy going to spread to every issue in the strip? Coffee? Shacking up with the girlfriend? Patch v spare tube? Pump v canister? To be or not to be?
Having worked in a coffee shop for about a year, I gotta say that the morning shift was the most stressful. I was dealing with a lot of people who desperately needed their first cup of coffee, and had not had it yet. This strip reminded me of that.
I love my tassimo. Went to Vegas and all they had was keurig. I’d have been happier with a drip maker than that! You want good home coffee, get the coffee robot Tassi for your kitchen!
Or just learn to make it from scratch and save all that packaging waste (does give me pause)
Where’s Yehuda living these days? I thought he slept at the shop. Wherever it is he should have his own coffee maker.
Didn’t he move to Idle?
Then she should get a coffee maker.
Right now I’m drinking a triple-strength Americano and when I’ve had that I’ll have another. Just right to set me up for the ride in to work.
‘DonDare’ – Does ‘Don’ dare to progress towards the problem that ‘killed’ me in 2006?
The caffeine in coffee can cause fibrillation of the heart. My heart sometimes fibrillates when it is being paced by faulty signals that resemble the sort of electrical noise seen when a switch ‘bounces’ instead of giving
a steady rhythm. That is why I have a pacemaker now that has to shock me to stop the fibrillation signals and get my blood flowing again. It can’t flow when the heart muscles are simply vibrating at a random high frequency.
Anyway – this has been a bit more than I intended at first which was to make a bad joke without the ongoing rambling of a Zombie.
Once again I seem to have two user names. I trust that this is not causing confusion.
Three years ago I was a very heavy drinker. I had to stop and immediately switched to coffee instead. Alcohol is a depressant and caffeine is a stimulant and initially I was very jittery. But now I seem to have fully adjusted to my new addiction. No heart problems at all; in my alcoholic days it would often skip a beat.
I wonder what Councilman Turner’s like before his first fix of the day.
Don’t know how people drink coffee – or Satan’s diarrhoea as I call it. It’s just an expensive way to get bad breath.
It’s an acquired taste. Of course, I’ve been told that’s also true of coprophilia.
Leaving aside the “whydrinkcoffeeatall” question, what I find peculiar from my point of view (or I could say “our”, meaning “central European”) is the custom to drink coffee-to-go in the morning. Around here, most people who drink coffee as their “morning fix” like to prepare it while still AT HOME, drinking it BEFORE they set off into the world outside…
I know people who do both; have a cup or two at home, then get one “to go” on the way to work, then have a few more at the office during the day. But a lot of people don’t want to take the time either to make it or drink it at home. I almost never drink coffee myself, and when I do, it has so much other stuff in it that you can hardly tell it’s coffee any more. An occasional Starbucks hazelnut latte is about the only coffee I ever drink; I haven’t owned a coffeemaker in many years. My son is the opposite. He likes to buy the beans, roast and grind them, then brew it himself. But anyway, I’m one of those who rushes out of the house without taking time for either food or drink, and then I usually grab a soft drink after I get to the office.
Coffee in the morning is one of my great joys in life.
How do I drink coffee? Good coffee with great pleasure and the bad stuff with determined distaste.
Given the high availability of really nasty, thin, and sour brew it’s no wonder vexodvoloist wonders about it.
As in most things requiring refined tastes, one has to develop an appreciation for subtle variations and differing techniques of preparation. Appreciation of differences in wine, cheeses, or whisky, for example. Given the way you chose to word your comment, we can only assume you are neither refined, nor tasteful.
Nice one! Maybe more thought/reflection-inspiring than just amusing. Very good. Thanks, R&B.
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Mondays always seem to be packed with things to do before getting to work. I am never early on a Monday. But riding still helps make the day bearable…
I for one could not imagine riding a bike without coffee in the morning. Have coffee will travel. You just need a good coffee cup holder and your off. Also there is nothing wrong with coffee in moderation. After all too little and one would shrivel up and die.
Totally off-topic, but hey… quite interesting, I’d say.
A few days ago, the half full / half empty glass of water theme came up.
Well, what if… the glass was LITERALLY half-empty? (meaning one half of it is vaccuum).
The physicist ducks!
http://what-if.xkcd.com/6/
Awesome!
Love it!
I have to say, I’m looking through the rest of the entries on the what-if page, and it is truly an amazing resource of ridiculous scientific hypotheticals and incredibly amusing.
It is by caffeine alone I set my bike in motion. It is by the juice of Java that pedaling acquires speed, the teeth acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my bike in motion.
Excellent! A fellow cafementat!
So is the helmet/no-helmet comments dichotomy going to spread to every issue in the strip? Coffee? Shacking up with the girlfriend? Patch v spare tube? Pump v canister? To be or not to be?
I guess that is the question.
OBVIOUSLY, Yehuda is running a bit late as he’s slowed down by the drag from his “helmet”…
Having worked in a coffee shop for about a year, I gotta say that the morning shift was the most stressful. I was dealing with a lot of people who desperately needed their first cup of coffee, and had not had it yet. This strip reminded me of that.
I love my tassimo. Went to Vegas and all they had was keurig. I’d have been happier with a drip maker than that! You want good home coffee, get the coffee robot Tassi for your kitchen!
Or just learn to make it from scratch and save all that packaging waste (does give me pause)
Why drink coffee???
This says it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu_LMJCifig
Why is it that coffee smells so good, and tastes to bad? I’ve never really acquired the taste for it.
I used to drink most of 2 pots (10, 5 oz. “cups”) a day when working. Now I’m down to just one.
One pot, or one cup?
I never acquired the taste for coffee, tea, or booze…
“Move along Barista Boy, nothing to see here.”?
~Pizza Boy Quote from 2F2F and Yehuda did get Furious.
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I prefer a cup of tea and a biscuit.