-you heat the coffee mug before pouring your coffee
-you brew your own coffee at work
-…from fresh ground whole beans
-…stored in a climate and humidity-controlled environment
-…in your own coffee maker
-you refuse to patronize Starbucks since they simplified their daytime brew offering.
-…and you know the name of this blend (Pike Place)
-”fair trade” and “local” refer to flavor more than principles.
-your average cup of brewed coffee costs you more than the average person pays for three pounds of coffee.
-rim staining foam.
-you shudder when you hear someone say “expresso”
-your coffee is roasted in smaller batches than the average grocery store has on their shelves at any given time.
-you have two blade grinders as emergency backup for your burr grinder.
-you have ever used a thermometer when making your coffee.
-you have brewed coffee using methods from more countries than you’ve actually been to. (Turkish, Cuban, French Press, Vietnamese Press…)
- Author: Thomas
- Published: Apr 25th, 2010
- Category: You Might Be Humor List
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You might be a coffee snob if…
- Author: Thomas
- Published: Apr 23rd, 2010
- Category: You Might Be Humor List
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You might be a New Yorker if…
- you know what “call you for it” or “choose you for it” means.
- you get scared when a stranger randomly starts up a conversation with you.
- you can’t stand leaving the city because people everywhere else are so nice, it’s annoying.
- you curse….a lot.
- you believe that if you’re not from the 5 boroughs, you’re not really from New York.
- you never call it Manhattan, you call it “the city”.
- you love, not like, Billy Joel’s music (and you know all of the words).
- you leave and miss it…but when you’re there, it sucks.
- you’ve actually eaten a “dirty water dog” and pronounce it dawg, not dog
- you know what a squeegee guy is.
- police sirens don’t effect you anymore.
- you show your middle finger at least five times a day.
- the word off comes out sounding like awff… instead of Parking the car…..You pock the caw. (visitor submission)
- you can drive your car in rush hour while applying make-up, shifting gears, talking on a cell phone, honking the horn, and flipping someone off all at the same time.
- you really don’t get what a “Big New Yorker” or “Brooklyn-style” pizza is.
- Author: Thomas
- Published: Apr 21st, 2010
- Category: You Might Be Humor List
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You might be a Broadway musical lover if…
- You hear a phrase and can tell which musical it came from.
- You hear a sentence in a song, and you can’t help, but to sing the rest of the song.
- You know all the dance steps.
- You do all the Dance steps.
- and sing, You don’t care who sees you.
- You tell your friends a sentence, and ask them which musical, act, scene, song, it came from and which character says that line.
- You own more than 2 musical soundtracks, and they are so worn out, you have to replace them every 5 years.
- You sing instead of speaking. (constantly)
- You know “Timing is Everything” even in every day life.
- You name your pets and kids after characters on your favorite musicals. (my cat is named Roger, from Rent)
- You suggest at least 2 different musicals you want to see put on stage in your community theatre, and you want to direct it, and you already have a good idea how it’s going to look on stage. And you have a basic idea who are going to be your cast and crew, for every role.
- You are involved in 3 different community theatres, because each theatre has musicals different times of the year, so you are always involved in a musicals all year round. (no straight plays for you)
- You get annoyed when someone doesn’t sing the correct lines, and you try to help them learn it correctly.
- Every Halloween you are a character from a musical, and get offended if people don’t guess correctly, and if they Have no clue what that musical is after you tell them.
- You love to tell people your version of the Synopsis.
- You know what a Synopsis is.
- Your synopsis even include the words to every song.
- and who sings them.
- People run and hide if you say the word “Synopsis”
- You think $60 for a broadway ticket is worth it, and would pay again, within the same year. (especially your favorite musical)
- You have a website decicated to musicals.
- You have ONE website PER musical. (with links)
- You start your own Musical update Emailing list, and get upset when no one has joined, since you put it up a year ago.
- You don’t understand how other people can’t appericate GOOD music.
- People don’t understand how you can stand GOOD music.
- You get offended by that remark.
- You take a charter bus with everyone in your commuity theatre to go to New York to see a Broadway Musical, and it’s been booked in a year in advanced.
- You MAKE sure that trip to New York is planned out. (don’t want to miss that opportunity)
- You cried when your Favorite musical doesn’t play on Broadway anymore
- You get excited, because in a few years, you can have it put on in your own Community theatre. (look at #11)
- Author: Thomas
- Published: Apr 21st, 2010
- Category: You Might Be Humor List
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You might be from Boston if…
- you drink tonic.
- you know what a bubbler is.
- your family will disown you if you’re a Yankees fan.
- you think there’s no life west of 495.
- you know they’re called rotaries, not roundabouts or circles.
- you’re considered among the worst drivers in the country.
- you think 1-way streets are common everywhere.
- you know what a “buckner” is.
- there’s only 25 letters in the alphabet in your speech.
- you know what the Big Dig is.
- you knew Great Woods and the Garden.
- the words “Southie” and “Eastie” have some meaning to you.
- you know what the Beanpot is.
- you know what nationality predominates in the North End and Eastie.
- you consider Worcester and Springfield “cow pastures.”
- you know what the Central Artery is.
- you have to dial the area code just to call across the street.
- it doesn’t surprise you to see someone talking on their cell while drinking a coffee and driving with their knees.
- you can’t go more than a few blocks without hearing a horn beeped.
- it’s tough to break 40 due to the city traffic but you do it anyway.
- you know what the Monster is.
















