Sinister: Re: Falling on 17th

[Lee Vowell]

>    P F, I thought your post was brilliant. Extremely well-written. Very 
>well
>observed.
>
>    I should say that I'm not sure why we Americans think we drink more 
>coffee
>than other nationalities. What proof do we have? I'm not sure. I certainly
>don't drink coffee. I hate it, actually. I very much prefer tea, and that
>just backs your hypothesis. But I think as a rule, Southern Americans 
>prefer
>tea to coffee, but that only suggest the earlier argument of Americans
>drinking more coffee than others. Do I know that Southern Americans drink
>more tea than other Americans? No.
>    The fact is, Americans do not even grow their own coffee beans. So to 
>say
>that we drink more coffee than Colombians may be erroneous. Heck, at least
>South Americans have history on their side of any argument about coffee. 
>The
>Incas used to chew cocoa leaves for stamina whilst running the high 
>mountains
>of the Andes.
>    Oh geez...Sorry. A whole post about coffee. And I do not even like the
>stuff...
>
>    Lee

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