Following the trail
I've had to follow a trail of blood more times in my life than I like to think about, which is the only reason I bring this up: This morning, when I came into the office, I had to follow a very blood-like trail of spilled coffee up the stairs to the second floor, where the newsroom is. Indeed, the trail was so blood-like I half-expected to find Sam Spade in a trenchcoat slumped against the wall on the second-floor landing, clutching his side with coffee leaking around his fingers.
I found nothing at all, of course.
Question: If I was half-tempted to lick the coffee up off the floor, does that mean I have a caffeine problem?
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If you were half-tempted to lick the floor you have more than a caffeine problem.
Posted on June 8, 2006 10:41 AM
It only means you have a caffeine problem is the impulse to lick the carpet was caused by a lack of access to coffee.
If there was a fresh brewed pot around, then you don't have a problem...you have caffeine.
Posted on June 8, 2006 10:50 AM
Mark, that's the kind of sharp insight that has made you famous. Thanks.
Posted on June 8, 2006 10:55 AM