The 'perfect' cup of tea?
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The 'perfect' cup of tea?
Article here - fans of Douglas Adams may be chuckling.
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Re: The 'perfect' cup of tea?
Almost, exactly like tea ...
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Experts in what? The bleedin' obvious? I think I have a PhD in that around here somewhere ...... experts are questioning whether anyone would want to pay so much for a tea-maker
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Likewise.. probably from the same University, in fact..Disembodied wrote:Experts in what? The bleedin' obvious? I think I have a PhD in that around here somewhere ...
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Yes: the School of Hard Knocks, the College of Firm Slaps, and the University of Getting Your Head Kicked In ...Diziet Sma wrote:Likewise.. probably from the same University, in fact..
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Hmm... sounds familiar, does that!Disembodied wrote:Yes: the School of Hard Knocks, the College of Firm Slaps, and the University of Getting Your Head Kicked In ...
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Adams fan here. Am indeed chuckling. 'Tea 2.0'? I'll wait for the first service pack ('Tea 2.1').
From The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:
From The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:
If you have enjoyed the experience of this drink', continued the machine, 'why not share it with your friends?'
'Because', said Arthur tartly, 'I want to keep them.'
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I remember the old Hitchhiker's Guide text adventure game on the C=64 ... one of the things you had in your inventory was "no tea".
In fact, there's a free 30th Anniversary version of the game on the BBC website. If you type "i" for inventory, right at the start:
In fact, there's a free 30th Anniversary version of the game on the BBC website. If you type "i" for inventory, right at the start:
You have:
a splitting headache
no tea
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LOL - that's too funny.Disembodied wrote:Experts in what? The bleedin' obvious? I think I have a PhD in that around here somewhere ...
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