The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day... - Page 2

[timo888]

Scientists discover gecko hair not strong enough to lift typical HX machine

The strength of attachment is so strong that a single gecko hair, only one-tenth the diameter of a human hair ... could lift an ant, while a million hairs covering an area the size of a dime could lift a small child of about 45 pounds.

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2000/06/07_gecko.html

[Jacob]

Created by Riccardo Dalisi (who have made an coffee maker for Alessi).

[Jacob]

Ethan's Strong Espresso Dining Room:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/fall-colors-contest-east/ive-got-color-contest-ethans-strong-espresso-dining-room-004632

[timo888]

Anatomically Correct & Politically Correct?

Two-month-old Shiloh is the first infant re-created in wax by Madame Tussauds and can be seen with her wax parents standing over her at the international museum's branch in Times Square. A ticket to take a peek at what the museum calls "the world's most famous baby" costs about $30.

Shiloh, whose lips are pouty like her mother's, rests in a woven basket in an African-themed nursery.

Visitors can have their photos taken with the famous wax family, and $1 from each photo will be donated to
UNICEF.

Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:41 PM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060727/ap_en_mo/people_jolie_pitt;_ylt=Ai2lKS6X7eIyF380uGaeh2pxFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-

[HB]

Excerpted from another thread...

But take a look at these wild ones



Kind of war of the worlds -huh?

Also...

Its cousin....

And a little hottie....




and last but not least

So there you go. All these machines are functioning espresso machines

Ariete You and Me

[timo888]

Weapons-grade espresso.

[timo888]

Welcome aboard, Mr. Jones. After six months, you will be entitled to 3 days vacation...

DESDE EL 1 DE AGOSTO HASTA EL 4 DE SEPTIEMBRE LA EMPRESA
CREM APARATOS CAFEXPRES, S.L, PERMANECERA CERRADA POR VACACIONES.
DURANTE ESTE PERIODO SUS COMUNICACIONES QUEDARAN ALMACENADAS
EN NUESTRO SERVIDOR Y SERAN CONTESTADAS A LA VUELTA A LA MAYOR BREVEDAD.


FROM THE 1ST OF AUGUST TO THE 4TH OF SEPTEMBER THE COMPANY
CREM APARATOS CAFEXPRES, S.L., WILL BE CLOSED FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
DURING THIS TIME YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE KEPT IN OUR SERVER
AND WILL BE ANSWRERED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHEN WE RETURN.


DU 1 AOUT AU 4 SEPTEMBRE CREM APARATOS CAFEXPRES, S.L,
SERA FERME PAR VACANCES D'ETE.
PENDANT CE TEMPS VOS MESSAGES SERONT GARDES DANS NOTRE
SERVEUR ET VOUS SERONT REPONDU AU RETOUR LE PLUS RAPIDEMENT POSSIBLE

[HB]

Welcome aboard, Mr. Jones. After six months, you will be entitled to 3 days vacation...

Ah, those were the days... I worked in France for four years. The minimum vacation for a full-time employee by law is five weeks. There was a list of reasons you'd get more days. In the end, it totaled up to eight weeks for me. Out of respect to my US-based manager, I didn't use it all.

[timo888]

I start frothing at the mouth when I consider The American Summer Vacation.

[timo888]

An espresso, or a fast-food burger...
If each wildlife tourist in Kenya paid five dollars per visit, Josphat says, it would pay for every bit of damage caused by wild animals. Every field uprooted, every bull taken down by lions, every future shilling of wages lost when the family breadwinner is trampled.

from http://faultline.org/index.php/site/comments/kenya/

[timo888]

.... coffee is main source of income for farmers in Uganda. Three-quarters of the population earn money from coffee production export. Coffee earnings contribute to infrastructure development, roads, storage facilities, schools, hospitals, first-stage processing firms.

(emphasis added)

from FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/Y4343E/y4343e0j.htm

[timo888]

Allana Coffee Curing Works. Karnataka State, South India, January 2004.
Photo by Sebastino Salgado for illy.


NOTE: I've posted a copy of the picture here on this forum under the Fair Use doctrine, and so I've digitally 'torn' the edges. The original image with clean edges is found at the address below.

http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/field/042005_salgado_photo_gallery/salgado1.htm

[Jacob]

http://www.frothaulait.com/demo.htm

[timo888]

http://www.frothaulait.com/demo.htm

"Your coffee will never go topless again."

I wonder what evoked that association in the mind of the person who wrote the ad copy? Was it the name, Froth Au Lait? Or that fact that after using the machine, the cups have a decidedly mammary look to them?

[HB]

Seen at a gas station near Oak Island, NC. It nicely sums up the espresso scene in this region.

[RapidCoffee]

Seen at a gas station near Oak Island, NC. It nicely sums up the espresso scene in this region.

Certainly the funniest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day...

[timo888]

Artist Lyrics: Arrogant Worms
Song Lyrics: The Coffee Song


Young Derrick would love to take my order
He works at the coffee place just up the street
He's happy and annoying with a smirk the size of Texas
He's my coffee enemy

Would you like a mochacino?
Or perhaps a cappuccino?
Or maybe a frappucino?
Said Derrick wearing the chinos

All I really want is a cup of coffee
So strong the spoon stands up just a cup of coffee
All I really want is a cup of coffee
Give me a friggin' cup of coffee, Derrick

You should try our biscotti
Or a low-cal cabbage cookie
This muffin's only 3.50
And what's super great is that it's fat free

Don't wanna smell like an espresso
With your coffee scented soap
Maybe you should have some chai tea
Or maybe join me in some tai chi

All I really want is a cup of coffee
In a non-biodegradable cup just a cup of coffee
All I really want is a cup of coffee
Give me a friggin' cup of coffee

Oh Derrick why won't you listen to me
I don't want a magazine or a CD
I don't want a latte or a frappe
Just give me a coffee that doesn't taste crappe

All I really want is a cup of coffee (3X)
Give me a friggin' cup of coffee

All I really want (3X)
Give me a friggin' cup of coffee, Derrick

[timo888]

Genetically Modified (GM) Coffee

...In order to assess agronomic characteristics, resistance to leaf miners and transfer of [genetically modified] pollen to non-transgenic coffee trees planted around the trail plot, GM Bt robusta plants are currently being planted in French Guiana for field testing over the next five years.

[Bt is shorthand for the Bacillus thuringiensis gene, inserted into the plant to produce toxins that kill or repel insects.]

As the trials are not in Africa, contamination of wild coffee species will not be a problem. But if Bt coffee were grown in Africa in the future there is a danger that cross-pollination could occur, particularly as seeds can be dispersed by birds or bats and cherries are often transported long distances. Smallholders growing coffee in the vicinity of GM coffee could be at risk from contamination and growers might find it more difficult to cash in on the organic or non-GM speciality markets. Non-target effects, for example on bees, will also be studied during the Bt trials but, as with other herbicide-resistant plants, there is considerable concern over the long-term implications of these species being grown with regard to biodiversity and the risk of selection of resistant insects and weeds.

GM technologies, and particularly those for coffee, are still relatively new on the scene. Admittedly, they are developing thick and fast but, ultimately, although cost-effectiveness of technologies will have an impact, the preferences and influence of the consumer is likely to determine when and if the GM storm over coffee breaks.

(emphasis added)

from New Agriculturist online
http://www.new-agri.co.uk/01-4/focuson/focuson4.html

[timo888]

Sewage Better Than Bad Coffee

Biodiesel Comes in All Flavours
Mario Osava* - Tierramerica

Coffee beans of lower quality, which represent about 20 percent of the national coffee harvest [in Brazil], are emerging as an alternative raw material for biodiesel. ... Oil from urban runoff [i.e. sh*t in the street] has also been proved as a "good quality" raw material for biodiesel ... Converting oil from runoff into fuel would stimulate basic sanitation in Brazil, where less than half the population has access to sewage systems ...

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33904

[another_jim]

Mario Osava* - Tierramerica

Coffee beans of lower quality, which represent about 20 percent of the national coffee harvest [in Brazil], are emerging as an alternative raw material for biodiesel. ...

So that asphalt smell in Robusta is really from asphalt?