Leaving a coffee stirrer with a joke on in this place presented me with a small problem, namely that they don't have wooden coffee stirrers. Easily solved by me popping into the Costa in what used to be Ottakars on Union Bridge on my way there and pinching a few of their excellent stirrers.
This is something I've noticed, coffee stirrer sticks all look much the same but I've found, by writing on them, that they vary quite a lot. This may be the secret to the massive success of the chains like Caffe Nero and Starbuck's, they have much smaller sticks and the savings they must make in using maybe 5% less stick per stir may be all the competitive edge they need over smaller independents and Costa, who make their profits larger by using brown gravel instead of coffee beans.
I was reminded of a great source of amusement from my past this morning so went in to Asylum comics in the Adelphi and bought a Groo book. I started reading Sergio Aragones work in the margins of Mad magazine when I was maybe ten years old and was delighted when I came across a whole comic book by him in the old Forbidden Planet comic shop in Hanging Ditch, Manchester. Now, thirty years later I was also delighted to have a copy of the Fanboy trade paperback foisted on me by the very nice owner, Mike.
Before the joke, I was in a slight quandary over the rules regarding leaving sticks in places that don't use sticks. Turns out it was fine, I checked in the giant book of rules and it is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Phew.
Now, one of the things you may have noticed is that the setup is ridiculously long. I was a bit concerned that I wouldn't fit everything on there and am very glad I went into Costa to get some of their frivolously expansive sticks, I'd have still been trying to fit all that on a Caffe Nero stick.
The joke:
What did Arnold Schwarzenegger say when he announced the classical music themed fancy dress party?
"I'll be Bach".
That was worth it, right?
No, didn't think so.
Until next time.
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