Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 05, 2019

I think all coffee is disgusting slob used only to torture people into confessing. Due to Stockholm syndrome they become used and even addicted to it.

Caulfield is working up to something. Second day on the attack

Alex…’s post is an example of why it takes five minutes to get a cup of coffee at Starkbutts when you’re second in line. Why even include the coffee in that abomination of a drink?

The best distinction I ever heard between a violin and a fiddle comes from Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny: One sings, the other dances.

You’d think a kid that precocious wouldn’t be so confused by the concept of either synonyms or group names.

I would love for Mrs. Olsen to say, “Because one is Anglo-Saxon and one is French. And my coffee is none of your business.”

In Canada known as the Tim Hortons vs Starbucks debate. Scherzo will certainly expand on the topic.

A violin has strings. A fiddle has strangs.

Actually a violin has a more rounded bridge allowing each string to be played independently with the bow , whereas a fiddle has a flatter bridge and two or more strings can be bowed at the same time to create a more blended sound.

With all the crap that they put in the cup at Starbucks would you even know it’s coffee if we substituted mountain dew caffeine is caffeine

Geez, this strip is apparently so hard up for serious things to get judgmental about, it’s now down to snootiness about people’s personal taste in beverages.

It’s okay to spill beer on a fiddle, but not on a violin.

Perhaps it’s the Irish Whiskey that she puts in her coffee so she can tolerate the kids?

And a chihuahua and a Saint Bernard don’t look or sound anything alike, but they’re still both called dogs. A natural language has inclusive words and words that embody fine distinctions. You learn to deal with it if you want to communicate.

Call me a philistine, but I like my coffee flavored. When I brew a pot, I’ll add a smashed-up cinnamon stick, a couple of tablespoons of baking cocoa, and a dash each of vanilla and almond extracts to the grounds in the basket. (A friend labeled it “candy coffee,” but drank it happily.)

If you play bluegrass with a Stradivarius, you’re a rich fiddler…

Old Milwaukee & Lakefront Riverwest Stein are both called beer.

“Benny Hill” and “Yes Minister” are both called British comedy.

Some violinists are also good fiddlers. Some fiddlers are also good violinists. But there are many who can only play one of the two seemingly identical instruments.

Frazz14 hrs ·

One of the ways to tell the difference between my local independent coffee haunt and the bigger chains is that I think the chains have more names for the sizes of their coffees than my haunt has names for coffee drinks.

And I think my local haunt has more coffee drinks, IF you take away the big chains’ drinks that they call coffee drinks but are really just milk shakes with a shot or two of espresso in them. Although the ruse seems to work. A good friend who I may or may not be related to by marriage was surprised at how his weight kept creeping up when he really hadn’t changed anything with his diet except for a newfound fondness for coffee.

Coffee?

Well, sort of coffee. Caramel lattes from McDonalds.

I’m not going to claim to be much better. I stopped in at a favorite non-local independent coffee haunt to see that they were serving what’s called bulletproof coffee, which — I’ll spare you looking it up — includes, among other things, a ridiculous amount of butter. Yes, butter. And damn right I tried it.

A symphony conductor once described the difference between a violin and a fiddle this way. The violin is tucked under the chin. The fiddle is braced against the upper left arm, which allows it to move freely to the music of the dance. I’ve seen it both ways and enjoyed each just for the talent required to play it.

American coffee… Used to taste like old socks. Upgraded to new socks, drowned in spices, cream, and other things.