That and $5 Will Get You a Cup of Coffee...
Coffee prices giving you the jitters? Caffeine addicts are breaking open their piggy banks right now: coffee prices are at a 20-year high, having tripled in price this year alone, and stockpiles of the bean remain low. Current prices: Starbucks is up 5 to 10 cents per cup, and whole beans are up 40 cents a pound. In Brazil, the world's largest producer, the current winter threat of frost-damage to the coffee bean crop boosted prices last week another 15%. Maybe it's time to switch to tea?
"You have three choices now: regular, decaf and investment grade." - Bob Mills
- "It used to be you could pay for your Starbucks check with cash or a credit card. Now they want to pink slip your car." - Jerry Perisho
A report in 'Neurology' says Swiss doctors have identified a new disorder they call 'Gourmand Syndrome'...."That explains the ease with which some people pay $4.25 for a cup of coffee with steamed milk."—Mark Wheeler
(From the LA Times' Laugh Lines)
That's not what she said, but a judge thought that's what she may have meant. A Swedish actress was arrested for endangering the welfare of a minor when she left her 14- month old girl unattended in a stroller outside a NYC restaurant. A common custom in Sweden, she told the judge, who sentenced her to two nights in jail as a reminder that this ain't Sweden, especially the East Village of New York. (Her Swedish husband, a NYC resident, was also arrested.)
"CAN" You Believe This?
You know those fake beer and soda cans that are actually safes? You open the lid and put your valuables inside them, to fool a would-be thief? Well, someone is a bigger fool than the thief it seems. A temporarily unemployed woman in Virginia was working to unload boxes at a food bank, in exchange for some canned goods. When she got home, she tried to open one of the cans but found it impossible. Then, suddenly, she managed to pop the top open and out spilled some real jewels—honestly: gold, silver, gems, jewelry and a Rolex. The woman called it an answer from God. One wonders what the previous owner called it. (from Nation's Restaurant News)