Drinking Coffee

Hi there

Several years ago I said to my friends, "right now Something is happening that everyone in the world thinks is totally normal but future generations will condemn us for.  It could be something really simple and frivolous, like ... like ...  coffee!  Our great great grand-children will look in the history books and wonder how we could be so idiotic as to drink coffee."

"Nah..."  To a one, my friends shook their heads.

But do you know what?  It's happening.  A judge in California has decreed that all cafe coffee has to be labelled with a statement (just like on cigarette packets) saying that coffee can cause cancer.  The world-wide chain Starbucks are included in this rule.  So, all their cups will carry the warning.

We will be reviled by our descendents for that dirty habit of drinking coffee. Coffee will no doubt be outlawed.  Addicts will buy it on the black market.  Families will stage interventions to try to detox loved ones.  Bootleg coffee kingpins will make millions, robberies will increase, more people will be jailed.  The equivalent of Dr  Phil will talk to shadow interviewees about the problem of being hooked.  Midnight dealings will lead to shoot-outs..

Oh dear, it's all too confusing.  I need to relax.  Hey, I better go and grab that comforting cup of coffee while I can still get it!