Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"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?” -- The TOFF *

"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

"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

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

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.