Comments on: In Praise of Foreign Gum http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/ over 5 billion neurons served Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:58:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: mark http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-66153 mark Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:57:25 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-66153 hi, just stumbled across your little piece here. i realize it is 2 years later. but, I have moved to china, and have seen this gum everywhere, I am glad to know what it is now and will be picking up a pack today. If your ever interested in pickin up a carton or a box full let me know. lol, I can send one back to you. maybe even a trade of some sorts, you send me xbox games, i send you coffee gum :D (cant buy real games here) hi, just stumbled across your little piece here.
i realize it is 2 years later. but, I have moved to china, and have seen this gum everywhere, I am glad to know what it is now and will be picking up a pack today. If your ever interested in pickin up a carton or a box full let me know. lol, I can send one back to you. maybe even a trade of some sorts, you send me xbox games, i send you coffee gum :D (cant buy real games here)

]]> By: chrisweuve http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-24617 chrisweuve Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:22:37 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-24617 http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/ I recommend the caffeinated soap. [Not affiliated, just a satisfied customer.] http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/

I recommend the caffeinated soap.

[Not affiliated, just a satisfied customer.]

]]> By: James Hollaman http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-23997 James Hollaman Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:20:16 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-23997 Caroline, the way i look at it they are of the same thought. Irish coffee = Hot coffee, Caffinated beer = Iced coffee. any port in a storm you could say.... Caroline,
the way i look at it they are of the same thought. Irish coffee = Hot coffee, Caffinated beer = Iced coffee. any port in a storm you could say….

]]> By: Maureen McQ http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-23901 Maureen McQ Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:54:01 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-23901 Mad, Porto Rico--your school was next to Porto Rico?!? I don't like coffee but I love Porto Rico. If I'm in New York, I'm always trying to think who I might be able to buy coffee for. I guess now I can buy it for Denton. (It only coffee tasted like it smells.) Mad,

Porto Rico–your school was next to Porto Rico?!? I don’t like coffee but I love Porto Rico. If I’m in New York, I’m always trying to think who I might be able to buy coffee for.

I guess now I can buy it for Denton.

(It only coffee tasted like it smells.)

]]> By: Caroline Spector http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-23851 Caroline Spector Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:32:56 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-23851 James, You don't want caffeinated beer. That's what Irish coffee is for. James,

You don’t want caffeinated beer. That’s what Irish coffee is for.

]]> By: Caroline Spector http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-23849 Caroline Spector Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:28:11 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-23849 One morning's conversation with Denton: "Are you drinking coffee?" asks I. There's a pause as I listen to the sound of slurping and the distinct, unmistakable sigh of an addict getting his fix. "Yes," he says. "I can't believe you're torturing me with coffee slurping when you know I'm not supposed to be drinking it." More slurping. "How much of that stuff are you drinking a day?" I ask, thinking if not to shame him, then to get him to stop that damn slurping and sighing. "Just a pot," he says. "I mean, there are ten cups to a pot, but they're really small cups. They're smaller than normal cups." "How many ounces?" I ask. "Ounces in what?" he asks, feigning dumbness. "The cups." "Five." "So, you're consuming 50 ounces of coffee every day." "Well, if you're going to be picky about it." Fucking junkies. Now where can I buy that stuff again? http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=4911 One morning’s conversation with Denton:

“Are you drinking coffee?” asks I.

There’s a pause as I listen to the sound of slurping and the distinct, unmistakable sigh of an addict getting his fix.

“Yes,” he says.

“I can’t believe you’re torturing me with coffee slurping when you know I’m not supposed to be drinking it.”

More slurping.

“How much of that stuff are you drinking a day?” I ask, thinking if not to shame him, then to get him to stop that damn slurping and sighing.

“Just a pot,” he says. “I mean, there are ten cups to a pot, but they’re really small cups. They’re smaller than normal cups.”

“How many ounces?” I ask.

“Ounces in what?” he asks, feigning dumbness.

“The cups.”

“Five.”

“So, you’re consuming 50 ounces of coffee every day.”

“Well, if you’re going to be picky about it.”

Fucking junkies.

Now where can I buy that stuff again?

http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=4911

]]> By: Ken Houghton http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-23846 Ken Houghton Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:09:10 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-23846 Jessica Alba's Pregnant??! Jessica Alba’s Pregnant??!

]]> By: Madeleine Robins http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-23845 Madeleine Robins Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:02:25 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-23845 When I was a child I would go to school five minutes early every morning so that I could stand out in front of Porto Rico Importing on Bleecker Street (next door to my school) and <i>smell</i> the aroma of roasting coffee. When I first tasted coffee ice cream I thought that hot coffee must taste like that--except hot. So my first taste of unadulterated coffee when I got to college was a rude awakening: so thin! so uncreamy! so unsweet! When I went to Morocco I got to drink the local coffee, which was much more what I had imagined coffee would be like: thick, creamy, sweet and aromatic. Also like solid rocket-fuel, caffeine-wise. These days...I loves me my coffee, but can only drink a few cups. And I'm the only coffee drinker in the house, which is a proud but lonely thing. The BlackBlack would probably kill me... When I was a child I would go to school five minutes early every morning so that I could stand out in front of Porto Rico Importing on Bleecker Street (next door to my school) and smell the aroma of roasting coffee. When I first tasted coffee ice cream I thought that hot coffee must taste like that–except hot. So my first taste of unadulterated coffee when I got to college was a rude awakening: so thin! so uncreamy! so unsweet!

When I went to Morocco I got to drink the local coffee, which was much more what I had imagined coffee would be like: thick, creamy, sweet and aromatic. Also like solid rocket-fuel, caffeine-wise.

These days…I loves me my coffee, but can only drink a few cups. And I’m the only coffee drinker in the house, which is a proud but lonely thing. The BlackBlack would probably kill me…

]]> By: Paula Helm Murray http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-23840 Paula Helm Murray Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:18:22 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-23840 During our Renaiisance Festival my boss (I work for a jeweler) turned me on to Diet Pepsi Max. Caffeine plus ginsing (ZING!) For once I was coming home at the end of the day Perky! Perky! Perky! instead of flattened. During our Renaiisance Festival my boss (I work for a jeweler) turned me on to Diet Pepsi Max. Caffeine plus ginsing (ZING!)

For once I was coming home at the end of the day Perky! Perky! Perky! instead of flattened.

]]> By: Rory Harper http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-23838 Rory Harper Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:42:07 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-23838 It may be a Good Thing that you weren't of age in the early Seventies, Brad, when you could get cheap amphetamines just by shuffling up to anybody who looked like me and muttering, "Hey, man, you know where I can get some mollies?" They were black, too, which I am sure is much of the appeal for you. Aslo, I already know what nectarines are, thankyouverymuch. They're like oranges or grapefruits. Only... a different color... Right? It may be a Good Thing that you weren’t of age in the early Seventies, Brad, when you could get cheap amphetamines just by shuffling up to anybody who looked like me and muttering, “Hey, man, you know where I can get some mollies?” They were black, too, which I am sure is much of the appeal for you.

Aslo, I already know what nectarines are, thankyouverymuch. They’re like oranges or grapefruits. Only… a different color… Right?

]]> By: James Hollaman http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-23835 James Hollaman Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:02:39 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-23835 they have the stick type gum on amazon. (fairly cheep to) But i don't know how new it is or how long it had been sitting around. But then again, buying it from the country of orgin is better. it looks kind of sinful. I still have not tried the caffinated beer yet, but want to...... they have the stick type gum on amazon. (fairly cheep to) But i don’t know how new it is or how long it had been sitting around. But then again, buying it from the country of orgin is better. it looks kind of sinful. I still have not tried the caffinated beer yet, but want to……

]]> By: Morgan J. Locke http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/comment-page-1/#comment-23834 Morgan J. Locke Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:01:40 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/12/13/in-praise-of-foreign-gum/#comment-23834 Coffee....mmmm. I never knew we had this in common. I am a serious coffee fiend. Coffee….mmmm. I never knew we had this in common. I am a serious coffee fiend.

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