kelly1
09-29-2009, 08:22 AM
Today is also sponsored by a beverage and wisdom or lack thereof. It is Coffee Day and Confucious Day!
The real Confucius lived 551-473 BC and left us with 499 thought provoking quotes, such as:
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.
Study the past if you would define the future.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
But, he's much more famous for the things he didn't (really) say:
Confucius say man who sit on tack get point.
Confucius Say marriage is like game of poker. You start with pair and end with full house. (especially if your name is Hanks)
Confucius Say man with glass house should dress in basement.
Confucius Say he who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot.
Confucius Say a shotgun wedding is a case of wife or death.
Confucius Say man who get to big for his britches will be exposed in the end.
Confucius Say man with job at crystal ball company will make a fortune.
And it's Coffee Day. We celebrate the elixir of life, what was originally called by Europeans Arabian Wine. In Arab nations in the Middle Ages, refusal by the husband to provide coffee beans for the wife was the only legal grounds (no pun intended) a wife had for divorce. Coffee with milk was used for medicinal purposes as early as the 1680s. The oldest known cafe in Paris opened in 1689 and originally served only coffee. Bach wrote a cantata about it in 1732. After the Boston Tea Party, colonists switched to drinking coffee as a protest against the British monarchy. Coffee beans were used as a form of currency among soldiers in the Civil War. In Mediterranean countries, the oldest person in the group is served their coffee first. Japan is #3 in the world in coffee consumption, behind the US and Italy. The average American drinks 400 cups of coffee per year. I am happy to report that this is one category where I am waaaaaaaaaay above average.
I'm off to seek some coffee for medicinal purposes. The heck with that drinking it crap. Give me a minute and I'll start an IV.
Happy Tuesday all.
The real Confucius lived 551-473 BC and left us with 499 thought provoking quotes, such as:
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.
Study the past if you would define the future.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
But, he's much more famous for the things he didn't (really) say:
Confucius say man who sit on tack get point.
Confucius Say marriage is like game of poker. You start with pair and end with full house. (especially if your name is Hanks)
Confucius Say man with glass house should dress in basement.
Confucius Say he who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot.
Confucius Say a shotgun wedding is a case of wife or death.
Confucius Say man who get to big for his britches will be exposed in the end.
Confucius Say man with job at crystal ball company will make a fortune.
And it's Coffee Day. We celebrate the elixir of life, what was originally called by Europeans Arabian Wine. In Arab nations in the Middle Ages, refusal by the husband to provide coffee beans for the wife was the only legal grounds (no pun intended) a wife had for divorce. Coffee with milk was used for medicinal purposes as early as the 1680s. The oldest known cafe in Paris opened in 1689 and originally served only coffee. Bach wrote a cantata about it in 1732. After the Boston Tea Party, colonists switched to drinking coffee as a protest against the British monarchy. Coffee beans were used as a form of currency among soldiers in the Civil War. In Mediterranean countries, the oldest person in the group is served their coffee first. Japan is #3 in the world in coffee consumption, behind the US and Italy. The average American drinks 400 cups of coffee per year. I am happy to report that this is one category where I am waaaaaaaaaay above average.
I'm off to seek some coffee for medicinal purposes. The heck with that drinking it crap. Give me a minute and I'll start an IV.
Happy Tuesday all.