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   Gary Kelman to All   
   Re: 2 March 2007 - Ted KoPPel, Tom Cavan   
   08 Mar 07 23:33:10   
   
   From: mankinduk@btinternet.com   
      
   "Jim Ellwanger"  wrote in message   
   news:usenet-61CA1B.20114006032007@news.dslextreme.com...   
   > In article ,   
   > nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Rusty"  writes:   
   >>   
   >> >On Mar 2, 11:49 pm, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:   
   >> >>SeaTTle (Yes, we take our coffee to T) (huh?),   
   >>   
   >> >Starbucks is based in Seattle.   
   >>   
   >> Oh, I got that they were making a Starbucks joke with Seattle,   
   >> but I couldn't parse the critical words between 'we' and 'T' there to   
   >> make it make sense.  'Yet we prefer coffee to T' would make sense, but   
   >> it didn't quite sound like what was said, to my ears.   
   >   
   > I think it was more along the lines of "Yes, we take our coffee with two   
   > T's."   
   >   
   > Also, I think the general idea behind any Seattle/coffee references is   
   > that they drink a lot of coffee in Seattle, supposedly well over the   
   > national per-capita average.  Starbucks being headquartered there is   
   > merely incidental to that.   
      
   I heard it as 'We're changing from coffee to T'   
      
   Gary   
      
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