Friday, 7 November 2008

The drink that dare not speak its name

Today, I was in Starbucks, and I decided to use the knowledge that has been garnered through a teenagehood spent reading wikipedia. I decided to ask for the drink that the Starbucks menu does not acknowledge the existence of. I decided to order a short latte, the barrista looked at me with a slightly quizzical expression as if to say 'how did you know about those?' and then quickly got on with my drink. A photo follows with a ruler for a size comparison, followed by the wikipedia article I got my information from:-

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks#History

Now isn't that depressing, Starbucks keeps all its employees trained on making a drink that they rarely if ever sell, they even keep the place supplied with cups to make such drinks, and it's only the rare fool such as myself who believes the wikipedia conspiracy talk and doesn't mind looking ridiculous who asks for it.

To seal the idiocy deal, here is a photo of my sushi mat for when I get a sushi craving.

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