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Article here - fans of Douglas Adams may be chuckling.

Almost, exactly like tea ...

... experts are questioning whether anyone would want to pay so much for a tea-maker

Experts in what? The bleedin' obvious? I think I have a PhD in that around here somewhere ...

Disembodied wrote:

Experts in what? The bleedin' obvious? I think I have a PhD in that around here somewhere ...

Likewise.. probably from the same University, in fact..

Diziet Sma wrote:

Likewise.. probably from the same University, in fact..

Yes: the School of Hard Knocks, the College of Firm Slaps, and the University of Getting Your Head Kicked In ...

Disembodied wrote:

Yes: the School of Hard Knocks, the College of Firm Slaps, and the University of Getting Your Head Kicked In ...

Hmm... sounds familiar, does that!

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:

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.'

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:

You have:
a splitting headache
no tea

Disembodied wrote:

Experts in what? The bleedin' obvious? I think I have a PhD in that around here somewhere ...

LOL - that's too funny.