http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/01/10/144988133/drink-coffee-off-with-your-head?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160312 (http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/01/10/144988133/drink-coffee-off-with-your-head?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160312)
I heed to brew a pot. [coffee]
"In Germany, a fearful Frederick the Great demanded that Germans switch from coffee to beer. He sent soldiers sniffing through the streets, searching for the slightest whiff of the illegal bean."
You know those Germans. If you don't join the party, they'll come get you.
:D
[coffee]
One of my favorite old ads; in the colonial era, in order to sell coffee, you had to tell customers just what the hell it was & how to prepare it:
(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/690165/thumbs/o-COFFEE-AD-1650S-570.jpg?4)
Quote from: Someone on March 13, 2016, 07:32:29 AM
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/01/10/144988133/drink-coffee-off-with-your-head?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160312 (http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/01/10/144988133/drink-coffee-off-with-your-head?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160312)
I heed to brew a pot. [coffee]
That sultan was onto something.
I like that guy.
Quote from: Monsterlover on March 14, 2016, 03:23:42 PM
That sultan was onto something.
I like that guy.
You thinking of going around in disguise at your Shop and hacking off heads when people are goofing off?
I'd have to cut my own head of as well.
Quote from: Monsterlover on March 14, 2016, 03:32:14 PM
I'd have to cut my own head of as well.
That's perfect. You could disguise yourself as the headless horseman.
No one would ever know
Quote from: triangleforge on March 14, 2016, 03:15:20 PM
One of my favorite old ads; in the colonial era, in order to sell coffee, you had to tell customers just what the hell it was & how to prepare it:
Let me get this straight...
It cures gout and scurvy, prevents miscarriages, and is
not a laxative??
I think maybe their research was a little less than thorough.
Quote from: Rameses on March 21, 2016, 09:41:50 AM
Let me get this straight...
It cures gout and scurvy, prevents miscarriages, and is not a laxative??
I think maybe their research was a little less than thorough.
Research?
Since when have ads told the truth? Lol!