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food, godwin's, jokes that don't go over well, racism

You got your racism in my coffee! You got your coffee in my racism!
evilgrins delivered a list of bogus food terms to the food_porn community which was kind of amusing but the last definition...

arab coffee: Thick, black, bitter coffee, traditionally served in tiny cups at gunpoint.

...really inspired some, uh, debate.

likeawoman is accused of being likeatroll for staying determinedly offended by everyone but obfuscate brings up Godwins first. "If you replace "arab coffee" with "matzo" is it an insult to Jews? "Haggis" (I hear it's good, but what the hell.. who came up with that?), and it's a comment on how violent those damn Scots are? Put "borscht" in there and you're pissing on the Slavs? "Liverwurst" would then, I suppose, mean that all Germans are violent Nazis."

Nobody likes a laugh more than me. Except for my wife. And Mrs. Johnson.

Define 'Offensive.'

Am I the only one that likes Turkish Coffee?

Why the random-ass definitions anyway?

As a White Canadian Female, let me clarify things for ya'll.

See, this is why I drink tea.

	ecchaniz0r 2007-09-23 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	Ah! So THAT'S Arabic coffee! I had no idea what that was! I've seen it before, but I was like, "Is that tea or - wait - I - carafe!? BEANS?!" And it was early in the morning so I assumed I'd imagined it. I'm - something of an ionosphere-brain! I knew that the stuff you can stand on is usually called Turkish or Greek (the latter less often in my neck of the woods). (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pyrrah 2007-09-23 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	Carafe coffee = Arabic coffee. They usually serve it in tiny cups that get refilled regularly. Turkish coffee is popular for fortune telling, as well, since it thickens at the end of the cup and forms into patterns that easily amused people try to decipher. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ecchaniz0r 2007-09-24 01:58 am UTC (link)
	Ooh, cool! I've done that with tea leaves. "it's a - it's a RORSCHACH BLOT!" "Ecchan, you suck at this." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mary_mac 2007-09-25 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	Heh? So Bedouin coffee is the evil delicious bastard offspring of the Turkish liquid and Arab serving method then? My godmother stupidly allowed me to drink it one time on holiday, under the impression that it would be too bitter for an 11-year-old. She regretted that one all the way back to Tel-Aviv. (Reply to this)(Parent)