Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for June 13, 2021

Who was that masked man?

FMMHN. Yr cofveve s rdy.

What are those words on the cups supposed to mean?

I always take “MMMMH!”

I like those names.

Even Fauci the Fraud said masks don’t work in his leaked emails.

I can’t believe how many people didn’t get the joke — I guess they have never gotten coffee anywhere.

Hurry the clock is running on these jokes.

And this is different how?

Despite the fact that their coffee is burnt (I know 100 million people can’t be wrong … except for fashion, music, politics, and medical advice), all that stuff to cover the taste of the coffee takes so long that I can brew my own in less time than waiting in line.

Like Reacher, I always give a fake name except I use F1 drivers like Ascari, or de Angelis, or Villeneuve (they have trouble spelling that one)

Probably couldn’t understand their names when they said them with their masks on. They write what they hear (mine is always misspelled even with no mask!)

I, for one, am glad masks are gone. For months, everyone sounded like they had a mouth full of cotton and were extremely difficult to understand.

Diction is becoming a lost art. The masks only emphasized what was already happening.

I went into a certain coffee place the other day. (I’m not mentioning the name.) If youwere fully vaccinated you didn’t need to wear a mask anymore. WHEW!!

LMAO, your coffee is ready!

The person who takes the order, depending upon the particular business, may write coded instructions on how the drink is made. Once, at a Starbucks across from the Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston, I ordered a double-expresso half-caf. Being a wise guy, I added “I want the caffeinated on top.” Would you believe, when I got the coffee, that was written on the side of the cup? Who knows what the barista thought. Very literal people in Houston.

Business as usual, then.