1.) DParker - 12/03/2015

...that many parodies of the news are are more interesting and more intelligently written than most examples of the real thing. This just helped remind me of that:

[URL="http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/starbucks-ditches-cups-altogether-now-throwing-coffee-directly-into-customers-faces/Content?oid=4672941"]Starbucks Ditches Cups Altogether, Now Throwing Coffee Directly Into Customers’ Faces[/URL]

I must say that having them just throw it in my face [i]would[/i] save us both a great deal of money, time and effort.

2.) Wild Bob - 12/04/2015

Truly an issue and concern of epic proportions... :re:

So how many of you guys have time and energy to perseverate over what type of cup you get your coffee in?

(Come on now, fess up and be open...I know Swampy can't be the only one...:-))

3.) DParker - 12/04/2015

[QUOTE=Wild Bob;36865]Truly an issue and concern of epic proportions... :re:

So how many of you guys have time and energy to [B][SIZE=5][COLOR="#FF0000"]perseverate[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] over what type of cup you get your coffee in?

(Come on now, fess up and be open...I know Swampy can't be the only one...:-))[/QUOTE]

Well, what I *will* fess up to is the fact that I actually had to look that one up. Well done, Sir. Well done.

As far as the whole "OMG! Starbucks hates Christmas!!!" tempest in a paper coffee cup...the really funny part is that Starbucks has a metric ton of Christmas-themed stuff in their stores this time of year, not the least of which is....



And ironically, we have a group of people who are generally pro-capitalism fiscal conservatives whining because a business undertook a measure almost certainly designed to do nothing other than cut a little bit of cost from its budget.

4.) Swamp Fox - 12/04/2015

I'm going to have to defend myself here. I never said [B]anything[/B] about the coffee cups, one way or the other. My thought when this thing started was exactly what DP is pointing out, but--in a highly unusual development---I refrained from commenting. :wink

5.) DParker - 12/04/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;36879]...but--in a highly unusual development---I refrained from commenting. :wink[/QUOTE]

Yeah, what's up with [I]that[/I]?

6.) Wild Bob - 12/04/2015

Yeah, what's up with that?

2X

:pop:

7.) Swamp Fox - 12/04/2015

Possibly because the whole "War on Christmas" outrage machine makes my eyes roll up into the back of my head...It's hard to type like that, LOL.

8.) DParker - 12/04/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;36887]Possibly because the whole "War on Christmas" outrage machine makes my eyes roll up into the back of my head...It's hard to type like that, LOL.[/QUOTE]

People typing with their eyes rolled up into the backs of their sockets certainly would go a long way toward explaining most of what I read on the internet.

9.) Swamp Fox - 12/04/2015

And not just the misspellings and typos...LOL



I saw an hysterical misspelling/malapropism the other day in a twiiter screen grab...The kind that tells you the author has no idea what he's talking about, but I didn't think to memorialize it. If I remember what it was, I'll try to recreate it. Gotta love the low information voters.



This is good if you'd like some giggles:


[url]http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/05/21/the-25-worst-best-spelling-mistakes-on-twitter/[/url]

10.) DParker - 12/04/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;36892]This is good if you'd like some giggles:


[url]http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/05/21/the-25-worst-best-spelling-mistakes-on-twitter/[/url][/QUOTE]

I don't know whether to :laugh: or :buds:

11.) Wild Bob - 12/04/2015

Barry...who's Barry???

12.) DParker - 12/04/2015

[QUOTE=Wild Bob;36903]Barry...who's Barry???[/QUOTE]

He's your first, your last...your everything.