On 2002-10-11 09:38, Martin Milner wrote:
The kitchen is definitely being kept tidier today!
But who will be lurking for you around the corner when you go to run some copies?
On 2002-10-10 19:18, Kaolin wrote:
Hi Folks,I have been lurking for a while but for some reason haven’t introduced myself
Welcome to the Board, Kaolin! 
The slobs are lurking
hiding behind the printer
waiting for Martin
Mark V
On 2002-10-10 19:52, Anna Martinez wrote:
acoma
coffee grounds
on sticky
counter
not in
Martin’s cup
Actually, I think Martin is more of a tea drinker, aren’t you, Martin?
Yeah, Cees knows I’m a tea drinker, never touch that filthy coffee myself, and I don’t even take sugar, my interest in keeping the sugar coffee-free is purely in the interests of the community at large.
For an Englishman, tea is the universal healer. Lost your job? Bad journey home? Broken leg? Broken heart? Broken (dare I suggest it) whistle? Car ran over NickT’s Rose? A cup of tea cures all ills. We really are an easy Nation to please.
Martin’s Comic Tea Song
(pick your own tune)
While going home from work today I dropped some of my shopping,
A cup of tea and before long I really felt quite topping.
My doctor told me I had gout, I said “Well goodness me,
What is the cure?” He said to me “A nice hot cup of tea.”
While waiting at the altar, the Vicar said to me,
Your bride has stood you up, my son, let’s have a cup of Tea.
My brand new BMW was wrapped around a post,
I brewed a pot, I know that that would cheer me up the most.
The coffee slobs had been at work, the kitchen was a state.
I braved the mess, I needed tea before it was too late.
While watching the Grand National my horse fell at the first,
A cuppa soon provided my with means to quench my thirst.
(stop me someone, before it’s too late!!)
Sherlock was in hot pursuit and Watson was all ears,
Holmes turned and said “The game’s afoot! and I need the cup that cheers!”
Bertie Wooster making tea, it really was quite fun.
He turned and asked “Now tell me Jeeves, why does the pot get one?”
MCM Transatlantic Whistle Detective Agency - no case too small.
Branches in London and Salt Lake City
[ This Message was edited by: Martin Milner on 2002-10-11 12:25 ]
Short rolls I did rehearse,
Cup of Tea just made it worse.
On 2002-10-11 16:40, Kim in Tulsa wrote:
Haiku?</a](http://starbulletin.com/2002/10/10/news/story11.html">Haiku?</a)> >
Here’s an old one:
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket
But his daughter named Nan
Ran away with a man
And, as for the bucket, Nan took it.
Sorry, can’t get the chief
issue out of my head (I’m
a coffee drinker):
What stains the bright
radiance of eternity?
Spilled coffee granules…
Haiku help, Coffee
brews by aroma in pot
Whilst I play whistle.
Will that help?
The thing that upsets me the most is that Martin only has the option of instant coffee. Is there no Tim Horton’s nearby?
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B flat or begone!
[ This Message was edited by: jim_mc on 2002-10-12 21:05 ]
(I had noted that too, Jim, but hadn’t said anything…) 'Tis a great shame what the world has come to, when an office has only paltry instant coffee to offer its workers. Coffee bean consumers of the world unite!! Perhaps we should begin writing Haikus on the merits of real coffee!
Andrea ~*~
With me ring dum a doodle um a dah,
Whack fol the daddy o, whack fol the daddy o.
There’s whiskey in the jar.
[ This Message was edited by: aderyn_cyrdd on 2002-10-12 21:48 ]
Well, he could always go out:
My personal favorite.
Canadian, but now sneaking over the border into the northern U.S.A.
I call it “Charbucks” because of their proclivity for over-roasting the beans, or just “bucks” because of the prices, but lots of folks swear by them.
Makes Starbucks prices look reasonable, but has a franchise on Bill Ochs’ block.
Very good stuff. They sell it at Mobil gas stations, of all places.
Not bad. In a lot of malls.
For buying beans and brewing your own, though, this is my number one choice:
It’s grown in Puerto Rico, and when properly roasted has a nice chocolatey flavor. MMMMMMmmmmmmm…
Too much caffiene makes me crazy, guy!
I like the stuff in Mobil stations.
On 2002-10-12 23:16, jim stone wrote:
I like the stuff in Mobil stations.
You know, I love the Columbian Supremo that they sell in the local Quik Trip convenience stores here in Tulsa!
My absolute favorite coffee is Gloria Jean’s Hawaiian Kona.
Hey Kim! I love it too; I get it all the time here in Atlanta. People always laugh when I say I love QuikTrip coffee… glad to know I’m not alone. 
Hwyl,
Andrea
Coffee, Stand by me
in my hour of need today-
theobromine buzz
Martin–
just wondering if the coffee area is still tidy under the influence of haiku or have they gone back to spilling granules?
Cara
Hi Cara,
Sad to relate, the Haiku inspired tidiness lasted about 3 weeks, and then things started to drift again.
The current crisis is the number of helf full milk cartons left out. People come along and get a new carton from the fridge, open it, and then realise there’s one already open but LEFT OUT. So they use then new one ('cos the milk is cool & fresh) and then leave it out. So by the end of the day we have a dozen half used cartons full of warm and slighly going off milk all stinking up the kitchen surfaces.
I’m going to put up a new poster with the words “Cool Milk, Happy Fridge” arranged in as many ways as possible. Kind of modern art I guess. Or maybe that’s what all the milk cartons are, and I just think it people being slobs.
Cool Martin, Happy Fringe