Thursday, April 29, 2010

Good Morning Coffee


Coffee: Is it healthier than you think?
Hurray! Coffee is good for you! Where would the world be without coffee? Here are some interesting quotes from some famous, and some not so famous people.

"It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity. I bet this kind of thing does not happen to heroin addicts. I bet that when serious heroin addicts go to purchase their heroin, they do not tolerate waiting in line while some dilettante in front of them orders a hazelnut smack-a-cino with cinnamon sprinkles". ~Dave Barry

This one cracks me up. Prohibition thoughts did not begin with Alcohol.

"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674

"Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze.
It maketh me to wake in green pastures:
It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.
It restoreth my buzz:
It leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of addiction,
I will fear no Equal™:
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me.
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of The Starbucks:
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over.
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the House of Mochas forever".
~Author Unknown

"I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee". ~Carly Simon

Here's one for you Trekkies:

"Coffee, the finest organic suspension ever devised". ~Star Trek: Voyager

No, this next one is Not by a General or Military guy, but you would think so.

This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the Grand Army of the battlefield, and the battle takes place. Things remembered arrive at full gallop, ensuing to the wind. The light cavalry of comparisons deliver a magnificent deploying charge, the artillery of logic hurry up with their train and ammunition, the shafts of with start up like sharpshooters. Similes arise, the paper is covered with ink; for the struggle commences and is concluded with torrents of black water, just as a battle with powder. ~Honore de Balzac, "The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee"

Anyway. I am done with my coffee now so it is time to wrap this up and greet the day! ;-)

ciao

1 comment:

  1. Good stuff to know seeing as I'm good for six cups a day.

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