Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for December 16, 2019

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    !!ǝlɐ⅁ Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Opus, just order a herring wallbanger and be done with it!

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    Chithing Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    I remember a bunch of the original SNL members doing Coffee Achievers commercials. I always thought it was a joke.

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    Doctor Toon  almost 5 years ago

    If Opus wants to do some moving and shaking, he should try my Nuclear coffee

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    RobinHood  almost 5 years ago

    You can be a coffee achiever

    You can sit around the house and watch Leave It To Beaver

    The future’s up to you

    So what you gonna do

    Dare to be stupid

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    biglar  almost 5 years ago

    I vaguely remember those ads. (According to wiki, the campaign was a response to 20 years of declining coffee consumption.) I don’t remember the phrase “coffee achievers,” but I do remember them always saying that coffee “…gives you the serenity to dream it and the vitality to do it” and that it “…picks you up and never lets you down.”

    I remember the latter phrase because it is used by the protagonist in the movie Summer Rental to justify his coffee drinking – to which his wife responds “It also gives you heartburn and fattens your adrenals” as she takes his cup away.

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    Greyhame  almost 5 years ago

    “The Think Drink!”

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    vics_machine Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Reading this while sitting in my local coffee shop.

    Seriously.

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    logophiles  almost 5 years ago

    And this strip predated Starbucks taking over the world. Who knew Breathed was so prescient?

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    johnec  almost 5 years ago

    Wanna moderate that overachiever mode? Make it an Irish coffee. A shot or two of Bushmills in that mug would calm you right down!

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    Ravenswing  almost 5 years ago

    (sips his tea)

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    phlash  almost 5 years ago

    “You can be a Coffee Achiever – ‘r You can sit around the house watching Leave it to Beaver! – The Future’s up to You! – So Watcha gonna do!? – Dare to be Stupid! – Dare to be Stupid!” – W.A.Yankovic

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    Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Much of the Enlightenment period, Newton, Liebniz Hooke, et al, has been attributed to the arrival of coffee in Europe. Before then, people had just boozed all day, beer for breakfast etc.

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    Nick Danger  almost 5 years ago

    The magically shapeshifting bar brought Opus and Steve closer together

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    Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    The answer is Irish Coffee. Hold the sugar and cream.

    The question is… uh, I forget.

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    craigwestlake  almost 5 years ago

    It’s a drug of Transcendence: Drink enough of it and your nerves will vibrate you into another dimension…

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    Sisyphos  almost 5 years ago

    Coffee is, generally speaking, a good thing. But I’ll have mine with cream and sugar, thank you…..

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