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Date: 21 Aug 2006 21:42:15
From: Randy G.
Subject: coffee humor
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"Although we strive to maintain the most sanitary conditions possible
in our little coffee shop, to ensure your personal safety we pour very
hot water over all our coffee beans before serving them to you. Please
consume your beverage with care." -RG
I once told one of my friends to whom I was gifting coffee, "My home
is not the cleanest with all our pets and what have you, and I try my
best, but please pour hot water over these before using them just to
be sure."
Their reply was, "Oh, no. I am sure that your home is..." and they
stopped mid-sentence and our eyes met...
It was a Maxwell House moment. ;-)
Randy "I'll be here all week" G.
http://www.EspressoMyEspresso.com
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 05:02:40
From: Omniryx@gmail.com
Subject: Re: coffee humor
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Funny story. But...Randy...please..."gift" is not a verb.
Will
Randy G. wrote:
> "Although we strive to maintain the most sanitary conditions possible
> in our little coffee shop, to ensure your personal safety we pour very
> hot water over all our coffee beans before serving them to you. Please
> consume your beverage with care." -RG
>
> I once told one of my friends to whom I was gifting coffee, "My home
> is not the cleanest with all our pets and what have you, and I try my
> best, but please pour hot water over these before using them just to
> be sure."
>
> Their reply was, "Oh, no. I am sure that your home is..." and they
> stopped mid-sentence and our eyes met...
> It was a Maxwell House moment. ;-)
>
>
> Randy "I'll be here all week" G.
> http://www.EspressoMyEspresso.com
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 08:48:55
From: Randy G.
Subject: Re: coffee humor
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"Omniryx@gmail.com" <Omniryx@gmail.com > wrote:
>Funny story. But...Randy...please..."gift" is not a verb.
>
In the words of our beloved president, "You teach a child to read, and
he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."
;-)
Randy "I be learnt to reads and rights good" G.
http://www.EspressoMyEspresso.com
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 16:37:22
From: Steve Ackman
Subject: Re: coffee humor
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In <1156248160.512446.25460@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com >, on 22 Aug 2006
05:02:40 -0700, Omniryx@gmail.com wrote:
> Funny story. But...Randy...please..."gift" is not a verb.
Much as I hate to point it out because I also find
"gifting" to be "just not right," it is indeed a verb
according to both m-w.com and thefreedictionary.com...
and now that I look, even in the MW Unabridged of '82.
Next thing you know, coffee will be a verb and
"Randy will be coffeeing his dentist next month."
As one who has received a gift is a "giftee"
(according to mw), I suppose one who's been coffeed
will then be a coffeeee.
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Date: 24 Sep 2006 23:04:44
From: Tony Verhulst
Subject: Re: coffee humor
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Steve Ackman wrote:
> In <1156248160.512446.25460@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, on 22 Aug 2006
> 05:02:40 -0700, Omniryx@gmail.com wrote:
>> Funny story. But...Randy...please..."gift" is not a verb.
>
> Much as I hate to point it out because I also find
> "gifting" to be "just not right," it is indeed a verb
> according to both m-w.com and thefreedictionary.com...
> and now that I look, even in the MW Unabridged of '82.
>
> Next thing you know, coffee will be a verb and
> "Randy will be coffeeing his dentist next month."
> As one who has received a gift is a "giftee"
> (according to mw), I suppose one who's been coffeed
> will then be a coffeeee.
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Nobody enjoys it and the frog
generally dies as the result.
Mark Twain
:-)
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 13:01:11
From: Sheldon T. Hall - DO NOT MAIL
Subject: Re: coffee humor
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On 22 Aug 2006 05:02:40 -0700, "Omniryx@gmail.com" <Omniryx@gmail.com >
wrote:
>Funny story. But...Randy...please..."gift" is not a verb.
It's English, and in English, any noun can be verbed.
-Shel
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Date: 23 Aug 2006 00:03:14
From: Paul Vojta
Subject: Re: coffee humor
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In article <9iome2p7hj8n4mt8q2gvs58l1s2i8ajfbq@4ax.com >,
Sheldon T. Hall - DO NOT MAIL <aquaman@tandem.artell.net > wrote:
>On 22 Aug 2006 05:02:40 -0700, "Omniryx@gmail.com" <Omniryx@gmail.com>
>wrote:
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>>Funny story. But...Randy...please..."gift" is not a verb.
>
>It's English, and in English, any noun can be verbed.
Yes, but verbing weirds language.
--Paul Vojta, vojta@math.berkeley.edu
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 20:54:08
From:
Subject: Re: coffee humor
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Let's try that again:
http://www.transmogrifier.org/ch/comics/93/01/25.gif
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 20:52:34
From:
Subject: Re: coffee humor
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http://www.uexpress.com/ups/comics/ch/strips/93/01/ch930125.html
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Date: 23 Aug 2006 06:24:28
From: Omniryx@gmail.com
Subject: Re: coffee humor
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Paul Vojta wrote:
> Yes, but verbing weirds language.
Indeed it does. And one can argue that there is a discriminable
difference between what one "can" do and what one "should" do.
Consider:
Randy was gifting his dentist some coffee.
Randy was gifting his dentist with some coffee.
Randy was giving his dentist some coffee.
Which is the most straightforward?
Perhaps Randy was just fellowshipping with his dentist and gifting him
with coffee was a nice way to respond to being gently and painlessly
fillinged.
Will-ing
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 12:34:04
From: daveb
Subject: Re: coffee humor????
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rg even screws up humor!
haha!
Dave
Roque wrote:
> Let's try that again:
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