Comments on: Venti Omosessuale

By: Mike Godesky

Mike Godesky — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:36:14 +0000

They’re like the little bubbles on soda tops that the clerks are supposed to press in to indicate whether it’s cola or Sprite or root beer or whatever. But no matter what, the little buttons are never pushed in. Why are they even there if no one uses them?

They actually are used, just not very often because in most cases the order is small enough that they’re not really necessary. They’re usually only used for large orders where it’s more difficult to tell who ordered what. Also, to distinguish between regular cola and diet cola. If you order both a regular cola and a diet cola, at least one of them is likely to have a pressed button.

By: Giulianna Lamanna

Giulianna Lamanna — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:08:23 +0000

Actually, I was referring mainly to the chocolate, which doesn’t have much caffiene in it, but is delightfully chock full of various other addictive, mood-altering agents. Ah yes, and the sugar. Let’s not forget the sugar, so gloriously delicious, so bursting with heavenly sweetness…
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I have to go to Starbucks now.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:34:29 +0000

Trimethylxanthine, a DRUG?

By: Giulianna Lamanna

Giulianna Lamanna — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:21:55 +0000

Are you mocking my drug addiction, Roxy?

By: Raku

Raku — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:58:38 +0000

*sings*

…Just a spoonful of venti helps the 20-OUNCE PROCESSED-SUGAR-SYRUP-AND-BODY-JOLTING-CAFFEINE-MONSTER GULP go down…

By: Giulianna Lamanna

Giulianna Lamanna — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:31:54 +0000

Venti in Italian means either “twenty” or “winds”. Take your pick of nonsense.

Is that a reference to 20 ounces? :::gulp:::

Only in America is the smallest size called “Tall”!

See, this is what always trips me up. I want to get something small. The word “small” sounds cute and petite - just what I’m looking for. But the word “tall” makes me feel like I’m getting something too big. However, Italian gibberish doesn’t mean anything to me, so I can feel free to order “venti.”

My God. I’ve just figured out their nefarious scheme.

By: Janene

Janene — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:53:22 +0000

Well, my first thought is to consider the ’shockingly’ large number of anti-gay, supper conservatives that have been thrown out of the closet in recent years….

By: Raku

Raku — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:24:21 +0000

God dammit, I thought “venti” meant “medium” and “grande” meant “large!” Stupid pretentious Italian-esque names…

Venti in Italian means either “twenty” or “winds”. Take your pick of nonsense.

Only in America is the smallest size called “Tall”!

By: JCamasto

JCamasto — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 04:04:45 +0000

[ ][i]Digression Minuscolo[/i]

By the way, has anyone else noticed that those boxes never have any check marks in them? They’re like the little bubbles on soda tops that the clerks are supposed to press in to indicate whether it’s cola or Sprite or root beer or whatever. But no matter what, the little buttons are never pushed in. Why are they even there if no one uses them?

This is exactly the phenomena of modern software - full to the brim of buttons never pressed, checkboxes forever left unchecked…

-Jim