Re: CHAT Starbucks (was: Hymn to Ikea etc.)

Quoting Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>:


> In the US, "engaged" is almost never used except to mean "in the state
> between proposal and marriage"
It's not used in the military sense? "To engage the enemy", that sort of thing?

> Quoting Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>:
> On Thursday, February 26, 2004, at 01:31 PM, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > Quoting Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>:
> [snip]
>
> >> Oh, and I just *love* Starbucks,
> >> although it is admittedly overpriced.  Methinks that certain
> >> gentlemen will be tempted to challenge me to a bout of
> >> fisticuffs now.  ;-)
> >
> > Tempted, indeed! Praising Starbucks is just OTT! :)
>
> Oy - lay off Starbucks! It's the only place I know where I'm always
> guaranteed to get coffee of the strength I like  :)
I'd normally interpret this that your prefered strength is quite strong, but
now one of my chief prejudices re: Americans and coffee is that they make it
terribly, transparently weak. So what's your prefered strength?

(To stave of counter-questions, I like my coffee quite strong, sometimes with
a little milk. Sugar only if the stimulant effect is more desired than the
taste.)

Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> At 21:56 25.2.2004, And Rosta wrote:
>
> >Merely listing all Ikea's crimes
> >would take a large team of prosecutors many months if
> >not years.
>
> You may add turning a decent friend of mine into
> a smug, bigot with a job as manager at IKEA.
> (Altho his wife may be partly to blame.)
I thought we had 'stablished that Swedes didn't need being turned smug? :)

smugly yours,
Andreas

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