Apparently, Oprah does.
Don’t know why, but when I saw those words on one of those insulator cuff things at Starbucks yesterday, the exhortation seemed remarkably goofy.
Like something Bill and Ted, they of the Excellent Adventure, would say. You know, like “Be excellent to each other.” Or “Bogus. Heinous. Most non-triumphant. Ah, Ted, don’t be dead, dude.”
Like that.
Related Posts
Well, Oprah is dealing with your scorn all the way to the bank….
It’s not scorn, really. I enjoyed the way Bill and Ted expressed themselves, and this reminds me of it. The fact that it’s kind of… odd… adds to the appeal.
Since I do not bother to spend the money on Starbuck’s coffee, who really cares one way or the other if Oprah’s pearls of wisdom are printed on the insulator cuffs for overpriced coffee?
The coffee isn’t overpriced. It costs about the same as coffee at Lizard’s Thicket, and it’s better.
I don’t know where this “overpriced” meme came from. Must be from those soda-fountain drinks the people in line in front of me buy. Those ARE expensive. But the coffee is sensible.
Because when Sbux hit the scene, a cup of (terrible) coffee, with unlimited refills was maybe a buck, half what Sbux charged. Fwiw, Mickey D’s stepped up their coffee quality, and it’s only a buck, now.
Wait, you don’t buy that evil McDonald’s coffee, do you?
When I am on the road, I do. We make excellent coffee at home.
I don’t know about a buck being half what Starbucks charges.
I only ever get a short or a tall, and they are both somewhere between $1.50 and $1.90. I think the grande did finally go over $2, but for a long time it was less than that. I’m including tax here.
Anyway, it’s about what I pay elsewhere for coffee, and it’s better…
Lazy-a_ _ that I am, I’m just happy they finally created a Starbucks drive-thru here (Woodhill shops on Garners Ferry).
Sbux lowered their prices on plain coffee a while back. They created the “short,” too. Sbux was around a good decade before it hit Cola.
A really good coffee bean grinder, a great coffee maker, and a few relaxing minutes to enjoy a cup, why bother to take a detour to go to Starbucks? Maybe the price of a regular cup of coffee at Starbucks is no more expensive that McD’s but since my first experience with Starbucks and the fact that for me personally, I do not find it is any better than Caribou and a couple of others, I do not patronize them.
I like Sbux coffee, but I like the fair trade beans I get on Amazon and bring with a burr grinder better.
Yes, I grind my own at home (Starbucks beans, of course… I opened a new bag of Italian roast over the weekend… Ahhh!), but I prefer coffee that I don’t prepare myself. Not least because I think they do it better at Starbucks.
There’s a passage in Catch-22, when Yossarian is enjoying the warmth from the little stove Orr had built in their tent, and he’s feeling particular satisfaction as he reflects that none of the labor that went into it had been his own.
I’m kinda that way about coffee…
I sail to South America on my ecologically-friendly sailboat annually, where I trek to the mountains overland via foot to meet with the Columbian growers cooperative. Once there I select only the finest beans, which I transport back to my sailboat in reusable burlap sacks, on the backs of free-range Peruvian llamas. Upon my return to the states, I roast the beans over a fire powered by methane generated from decomposing landfill waste. I then grind it using a water-powered French burred limestone mill wheel that was transported here from the Marne valley in the 1700’s.
I bought some nondescript Lee pants that after I bought them I realized they had “encouraging words” printed inside them. Things like “you’re special” and “you’re creative”. Sometimes I just laugh while I’m walking down the street, thinking “My pants think I’m special”. What marketing person came up with that?!
I love it! That line, “My pants think I’m special,” is the best thing I’ve read all week!
My dog thinks I’m special. My pants couldn’t care less.
You need to get some new pants, then.
Kohls, $30. So when your dog can’t be there, you can have still have that “special” feeling. (And “confident” and “successful” by the way).
I guess I can use all the affirmation I can get, but that is a bit weird.
My pants say stuff like “You are lazy” and “What a slob” and “Iron Me!” Also, “Help, I’m trapped in these pants!”