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Addicted to coffee

My friend Peter sent me this - thanks Pete! What are you trying to tell me?

You are a coffeeholic when:-

  • You get a headache just thinking about giving up.
  • You grind your coffee beans in your mouth.
  • You lick your coffeepot clean.
  • You've worn the finish off your coffee table.
  • You take your morning coffee with you in the shower.
  • Your heart beats noticeably faster as a reaction to the smell of coffee.
  • You sleep with your eyes open.
  • You go to sleep just so you can wake up and smell the coffee.
  • You soak your dentures in coffee overnight.
  • You ski uphill.
  • You spend every holiday visiting "Maxwell House."
  • You answer the door before people knock.
  • You haven't blinked since the last lunar eclipse.
  • You just completed another sweater and you don't know how to knit.
  • You have to watch videos in fast-forward.
  • The only time you're standing still is during an earthquake.
  • You can take a picture of yourself from ten feet away without using the timer.
  • You're the employee of the month at the local coffee shop and you don't even work there.
  • You've worn out your third pair of tennis shoes this week.
  • Your eyes stay open when you sneeze.
  • You chew on other people's fingernails.
  • The nurse needs a scientific calculator to take your pulse.
  • Your T-shirt says, "Decaffeinated coffee is the devil's blend."
  • You can type sixty words per minute... with your toes.
  • You can jump-start your car without cables.
  • You don't need a hammer to pound nails.
  • Your only source of nutrition comes from "Sweet & Low."
  • You buy milk by the barrel.
  • You don't sweat, you percolate.
  • You don't tan, you roast.
  • You've worn out the handle on your favorite mug.
  • You go to AA meetings just for the free coffee.
  • You walk twenty miles on your treadmill before you realize it's not plugged in.
  • You forget to unwrap chocolate bars before eating them.
  • You've built a miniature city out of little plastic stirrers.
  • People get dizzy just watching you.
  • The Taster's Choice couple wants to adopt you.
  • Starbucks owns the mortgage on your house.
  • People can test their batteries in your ears.
  • Your life's goal is to amount to a hill of beans.
  • Instant coffee takes too long.
  • You channel surf faster without a remote.
  • You want to be cremated just so you can spend the rest of eternity in a coffee can.
  • Your birthday is a national holiday in Brazil.
  • You'd be willing to spend time in a Turkish prison.
  • You're offended when people use the word "brew" to mean beer.
  • You name your cats "Cream" and "Sugar."
  • You get drunk just so you can sober up.
  • You speak perfect Arabic without ever taking a lesson.
  • Your Thermos is on wheels.
  • Your lips are permanently stuck in the sipping position.
  • You have a picture of your coffee mug on your coffee mug.
  • You can outlast the Energizer bunny.
  • You short out motion detectors.
  • You don't even wait for the water to boil anymore.
  • Your nervous twitch registers on the Richter scale.
  • You think being called a "drip" is a compliment.
  • You don't get mad, you get steamed.
  • Your three favorite things in life are...coffee before, coffee during and coffee after.
  • You can't even remember your second cup.
  • You help your dog chase its tail.
  • Your coffee mug is insured by Lloyds of London.
  • You think CPR stands for "Coffee Provides Resuscitation."
  • Your first-aid kit contains two pints of coffee with an I.V. hookup.

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