Showing posts with label economy coffee grumpy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy coffee grumpy. Show all posts

05 February 2008

God or evolution got it wrong

I remember seeing a competition once to redesign the human body. It was pretty lame and no-one addressed the design flaw that is most obvious.

How could the waste system and the reproductive systems be combined??? It's just dumb.

If there was one thing that isn't right in the human body construction, and indeed in the bodies of all mammals it's having the same pipe for both functions. There should be two unrelated orifaces or the sex organs should be on other system. I've got no strong preferences but I think the aural system and the waste system would also be a mistake but I think the oral and sex organs together would have definate advantages.

25 January 2008

False economies 2

No I'm not talking about the viability of the NZ economy or whether economies like Naaru and Fiji are really just aid organisations, no it's where you try and save money by buying something cheaper and in reality it costs more. My last post on this looked at wrapping paper and incense.

Coffee. Is cheap coffee really worth it? If you're going to buy beans or grounds or a flat white or espresso does maying 50 cents or a dollar less for crap really make sense?
Same with tea. If you're buying tea for a refreshing complex flavour full of anti-oxidants and a warming comforting taste why would you buy cheap teabags made out of floor sweepings????

The answer, I think, must be that people like crap. They have no idea what a good cup of coffee or tea tastes like and could just as easily be drinking muddy water, with three sugars.

Grumpy, grumpy, grumpy.....