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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:31 PM Original message |
Beverly Tan: Why I F**cking Hate Starbucks |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yawn |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Then why read it? The subject line made it pretty obvious what Tan's feelings were. |
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bigscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. they might be a good company to work for |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. Agreed! Though I always note their location, |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. Amen, Brother |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
54. A lot of people disagree with you, apparently |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I'm not sure I agree about the "fair wage," |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
56. It's comparable to any other major coffee chain |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
87. their union busting is right up there with Wal Mart |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. true. nt |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. She admits to going to Starbucks 3 or more times per week. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. It could have been 7x week. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. sounds more like a mere loathing rather than a hate. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Exactly, Quantessd |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. I go to Starbucks an average of once a month, maybe less than that. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Hey, I said below |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Starbucks IS pretentious, but...I think their coffee tastes pretty good. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. I really like their lattes... just brewed coffee of the day, often not |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I agee--for that price, they'd better deliver! |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. hilarious and spot on! k&r. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Right on.. But I hate it for a simpler reason |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah, she's one to call someone out for pretentiousness... n/t |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Bingo. Starbucks has been out-pretensed! nt |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. She gets paid to write lousy, uninspired rants like that? |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Spot on. |
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vireo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
77. You mean, "Man, I'm in the wrong f**cking business" |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ah haa, haa! |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. OK: so go to Dunkin Donuts. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Dunkin Donuts coffee w/cream & sugar, assorted munchkins = small slice of nirvana. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Yummmmmmmmy! nt |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. BLEH....I despise their coffee |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. As a traveller |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. I work in the Evil Empire City |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Egad. So tell us how you feel about Merlot. |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Sounds like you know your coffee. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. $1,489.00 retail for the cheapest Vibiemme |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
72. food is my one luxury |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #72 |
89. I'm fine with that, just don't pretend you aren't a food snob. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. It's not "soymilk" it's SOY JUICE! |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
57. Lewis Black RULES! |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Ummm.... wow. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. We must both be weird then |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. hmm |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
74. "...pressing a button is not pulling a shot." Indeed. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. Someone needs to lay off the double shots of espresso, no? -eom |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. She lost me the moment she said |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. May I make a seasonal recommendation? Try the Peppermint Hot Chocolate (not mocha). |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. How can any drink be too mocha? |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. All I can say about Starbucks is I hate them because |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. have you tried Panera? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Love, love, love Panera. So much better than fast-food crap. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. I like Panera even though around the small company I work for... |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. Eh. I won't drink the coffee, but I sure would like to nail that Barista. n/t |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. 7-11 has the BEST coffee, evah!! |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Plus a burrito to go! |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
85. LOL, ain't that the truth. When I go back to Jersey it's the first place I hit... |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
41. I cosign that rant. CharBucks Sucks. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. They are the only place in my little town that sells fair trade coffee |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. Anyone who drinks the tea offered by Starbucks is an idiot... |
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ThePowerofWill (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
44. I have never even been in a Starbucks. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
48. She's just mad because they've turned pretensiousness into a billion dollar industry |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. I've never understood why people consider Starbucks to be pretentious |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I aint gonna argue with a Fellow Dodd supporter. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. Coffee from lowly hawker stalls in Singapore sucks |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
50. Per #2 - Reminds me of a Simpsons scene |
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Pyrzqxgl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. I was in a Starbucks once. The coffee was lousy. |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
55. I can walk to 8 different starbucks in less than 5 minutes here in NYC.. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
58. Starbucks is desperately trying to break into our little college community |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
59. I need to make friends with this woman immediately. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
60. ttt n/t |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
63. I wonder what small minority of the adult American population... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. I never used to drink it either, but my parents were addicts, and |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Drinking terrible coffe is like having sex with someone you find unnattractive. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. Pardon the mixed metaphor... |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Masterbation is like tea. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. I know it's common with a lot of guys... |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
65. She blows the whole thing by admitting that she goes there 3 times a week. n/t |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
66. Starbucks has only two flavours of coffee....burned and ashtray. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I agree 100%. It is horrible. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. McDonalds coffee is too hot, and maybe a little bit too weak. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
92. "burned and ashtray" |
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Prefer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
67. Who cares why she hates starbucks? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Which begs the question---who cares if anyone likes anything? |
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Prefer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. liking things is OK |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. It might not 'suck'. But McDonald's coffee beats it in a blind taste test. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #67 |
79. The only issue is that people with shitty tastes always bankrupt the good restaurants/coffe houses |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
75. If she hates it so much, why does she go there three times a week? |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
76. it's a bit too expensive for me |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
78. I treat myself to a mocha once maybe twice a month in the fall & winter months... |
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RevolutionStartsNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
80. I can make the coffee better and cheaper at home, but their BIGGEST problem is... |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
84. They're like Walmart...a good place to take a leak in an emergency. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
88. Did she write this 10 years ago, misplace it, and then find it last week? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
93. Buy local. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
94. Miss Thing doesn't tip? |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
95. i must admit, i laughed. :D |
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