1511: Khair Beg, the corrupt governor of Mecca, tries to ban coffee for fear that its influence might foster opposition to his rule. The sultan sends word that coffee is sacred and has the governor executed.
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
Wash ,'Serenity'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Jessica - Apr 04, 2006 9:04:35 am PDT #9232 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Calli - Apr 04, 2006 9:06:42 am PDT #9233 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
With all respect to people who can quit it, caffeine is the finest drug EVER. It's cheap! It's on every street corner! They put it in lots of tasty items! It wakes you up and makes you feel better and the only side effect is withdrawal!
Indeed. I love coffee. Given enough coffee, I love everyone else, too. It's a better mood enhancer than booze, and I can drive safely after three cups of coffee. (Safer than without three cups of it, some mornings.)
Jessica - Apr 04, 2006 9:08:40 am PDT #9234 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Coffee history's finest moment:
1453: Coffee is introduced to Constantinople by Ottoman Turks. The world's first coffee shop, Kiva Han, open there in 1475. Turkish law makes it legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he fails to provide her with her daily quota of coffee.
WindSparrow - Apr 04, 2006 9:24:53 am PDT #9235 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
There's a quota?
Strega - Apr 04, 2006 9:33:54 am PDT #9236 of 10001
Our in-house nutritionist, who is a sweet if optimistic girl, put up displays outside all the company cafeterias on the Evils of Caffeine
Pfah! I would go on the counterattack. How dare she malign my poor innocent little coffee beans, who selflessly give their lives that I might stay up reading till 3 AM and still put in something like a day's work. Why, the history of caffeine is the history of civilization! Liberty, equality, Darjeeling tea! Semper filter! Free Java!
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 04, 2006 9:40:13 am PDT #9237 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
1511: Khair Beg, the corrupt governor of Mecca, tries to ban coffee for fear that its influence might foster opposition to his rule. The sultan sends word that coffee is sacred and has the governor executed.
Sounds like it woulda paid to find out if the Sultan was a coffee drinker (not to mention a morning person) before giving that a try.
Betsy HP - Apr 04, 2006 10:34:03 am PDT #9238 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
We are now well into the realm of Too Much Sharing. Today our nutritionist featured asparagus outside the cafeteria. She included a poll -- we were to fold up preprinted pieces of paper labelled either "Asparagus makes my pee smell funny" or "Asparagus does not make my pee smell funny" and place them into the provided bowl. At least they weren't signed...
What next? "I had oysters last night and my boyfriend's still sore"?
Frankenbuddha - Apr 04, 2006 10:55:10 am PDT #9239 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Was that supposed to be in Natter, Betsy? If not, it's another funny buffista coincidence.
Kristen - Apr 04, 2006 11:03:04 am PDT #9240 of 10001
Our in-house nutritionist, who is a sweet if optimistic girl, put up displays outside all the company cafeterias on the Evils of Caffeine
See, they keep changing their mind on this. For a while, it was all Caffeine = EVIL. But I've seen things recently where scientists are saying that 1 or 2 cups of coffee a day aren't really harmful and, in fact, might have some health benefits.
Okay, I just went and looked it up and this is my favorite part:
Coffee even offsets some of the damage caused by other vices, some research indicates. "People who smoke and are heavy drinkers have less heart disease and liver damage when they regularly consume large amounts of coffee compared to those who don't," says DePaulis.
Betsy HP - Apr 04, 2006 11:07:09 am PDT #9241 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Frankenbuddha, that was a follow-up to my last crazy nutritionist story.