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September 29, 2005

Volume 6, Issue 29

Today's theme is the following three words, gleaned from my currently very overworked desk:

adhesive
kahlua
design

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Three months it waits. Quiet. Dark. A hangover hiding in a pickle jar. But today Bobby will reach into the back of the hutch and draw it forth, left hand gripping the green and black metal lid, the right cradling the white sea-bottom design of label adhesive. Once merely water, sugar, instant coffee and grain alcohol, but no more. A quick turn and ladle over the rocks, a taste for proof, the required kaleidoscopic visions of cocoa butter-tanned abdomens gyrating to opulent equatorial rhythms, the oil-back concoction into elixir transformed. Ahh, homemade kahlua. Bobby parties like a rich man tonight.

Posted by: Doug Utton at September 29, 2005 8:28 AM · Permalink

Scott spun away and spat the concoction onto the garage’s concrete floor. “This shit’s awful,” he gasped. “What is it?”

Pete calmly caressed the drooping label until it lay straight on the dark bottle. “Cheap glue,” he chuckled. “Let’s see… It’s called Kahlua.”

“Ugh,” Scott grunted. “Nasty stuff. What else did you swipe from your folks’ liquor cabinet?”

“Try this,” Pete poured from a bottle of golden liqueur. “It’s called Amaretto.”

Scott sipped warily. “Okay. Sweet but better. That other crap tasted like fermented coffee syrup.”

Pete nodded, trying to look wise. “I’m pretty sure that’s by design,” he replied.

Posted by: Jim Parkinson at September 29, 2005 10:46 AM · Permalink

“So, this is your bold new idea?” asked the postmaster skeptically.

“Yes sir!” agreed the new artist.

“Scratch and sniff stamps. Am I understanding that correctly?” he continued.

“Precisely!” the artist beamed. “And the glue on the back tastes just like whatever the picture is. I always hated the taste of stamp glue. Now, it can be bananas or something.”

The postmaster looked down at the samples. “These all have pictures of liquors on them. Is that a coincidence?” The artist glanced away. “This one has a Kahlua design.” The postmaster paused. “You know we have self-adhesive stamps now, right?”

Posted by: David at September 29, 2005 2:10 PM · Permalink

Double faced tape has a very beguiling design. Being sticky on two sides, it can be very useful in certain applications. Les slapped a piece on the bottle of Kaluha, and handed it to his drunken co-hort. The adhesive took, and Les' co-hort knocked himself unconcious as he tried to imbibe the sticky bottle.

Posted by: Chris at September 29, 2005 10:44 PM · Permalink

Double faced tape has a very beguiling design. Being sticky on two sides, it can be very useful in certain applications. Les slapped a piece on the bottle of Kaluha, and handed it to his drunken co-hort. The adhesive took, and Les' co-hort knocked himself unconcious as he tried to imbibe the sticky bottle.

Posted by: Chris at September 29, 2005 10:44 PM · Permalink

David. I am NEW to this site. and am wondering if i could be a contributer.. Although, my grammar could use some tweaking..

Posted by: Chris at September 29, 2005 11:12 PM · Permalink

Chris, you're a contributor if you post to the comments. Go for it!

Posted by: cranky-d at September 30, 2005 12:28 AM · Permalink

"My design is to use kahlua as an adhesive."

"Kahlua. As an adhesive. Are you on crack?"

"Well, it's all sticky and stuff when it dries after you spill it. So I figured...," he shrugged.

"Yeah, it's sticky. That's because it contains sugar. Sugar water would do the same thing, you moron."

"Would not!"

"I'm not going to do that with you again. I got tired of that bit when you suggested using Jameson as a disinfectant."

"Well, that would work."

"At about 20 times the cost of rubbing alcohol."

"You're just mean," he whined.

"Please, go 'invent' somewhere else."

Posted by: cranky-d at September 30, 2005 12:29 AM · Permalink