Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

DONALD TRUMP IS A CONVICTED FELON. CASE CLOSED.

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- Trump

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

Karma may sometimes be late to arrive.
But it never loses an address.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

How to Know If You're Rich (or Retarded)

Let's say you have a big chunk of change and you need a new coffee maker to make your morning cup of joe. You can buy a one-cup Clover coffee maker for $11,000:



Or a Black & Decker "Brew & Go" for $31:



Maybe the Brew & Go doesn't make as good a cup of coffee as the Clover, but you have $10,970 left over to console yourself, plus, it comes with a mug. And that's list price, it doesn't include the 10% discount offered by the web store selling the Brew & Go.

7 comments:

Dave G. said...

The Clover makes incredibly good coffee but was designed for commercial applications, not home use. It is a high tech machine delivering quality even better than traditional press/vacuum coffee brewing methods.

The most recent Clover was just installed in Alexandria, Virginia at Grape + Bean, a new specialty coffee and wine spot.

Dave G. said...

The Clover makes incredibly good coffee but was designed for commercial applications, not home use. It is a high tech machine delivering quality even better than traditional press/vacuum coffee brewing methods.

The most recent Clover was just installed in Alexandria, Virginia at Grape + Bean, a new specialty coffee and wine spot.

Comrade Misfit said...

Yabbut eleven grand for a coffee maker?

BobG said...

For $11,000, it better come with a hundred pound bag of Blue Mountain beans.

Comrade Misfit said...

BobG, even with 100lbs of pricey coffee, that's still several Gs for the fraking stainless steel one-shot.

BadTux said...

Actually, the Brew'n'Go produces *horrible* coffee. I know, I had one in 1998-1999 that was used at an office that didn't have an office coffee-maker (gasp!). It is now in the dumpster (thankfully). Even a $15 "Mr. Coffee" 4 cup coffee maker makes better coffee. I mean, the coffee made by that Brew'n'Go was *NASTY*, and only the fact I got it for free let me use it (for about a month, before I finally got disgusted and brought my big coffee maker from home to the office and bought another coffee maker at home).

Our other poster sez the Clover is a commercial machine intended for making one cup after another in a specialty coffee shop. Different class of machine altogether from a Brew'n'Go, and anybody who buys one for their home is nuttier than a squirrel's cheeks in the autumn.

Comrade Misfit said...

Use a paper filter and arabica beans, the Brew & Go does a decent job.