Tea Glorious Tea

So, I'm rather obsessed with tea. Not just any tea, though. It has to be proper English tea, and it has be with milk. This means that every few months, I trek a mile to a supermarket where they sell tea imported from England. People ask me what it is about tea that I like so much, and I've now come to the realization that a good cup of tea truly solves everything! Unfortunately, my friend is not a firm believer in my theory, and shudders every time I mention tea. A few years ago, she went on vacation to Europe, and her first stop was London. Her bags were lost during this first leg of the trip, and she ended up spending her time in London on the phone desperately trying to locate her bags. She was in tears because the airline couldn't locate her bag and, even if they could, had no where to forward her luggage to as she hadn't booked any specific hotels to stay in during her trip. In an effort to comfort my friend, the English lady assisting her assured her that everything would turn out well if she got a cuppa tea and a digestive. I quite agree with the lady's suggestion, but my friend reacted quite differently - she slammed down the phone and has not touched tea since then! This is such a sad story that I have to end it with some cool tea quotes:

"While there is tea, there is hope."
~Sir Arthur Pinero
(This quote is on my mug.)

"I always fear that creation will expire before teatime."
~Sydney Smith

"Remember the tea kettle - it is always up to its neck in hot water, yet it still sings!"
~Author Unknown

"Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors."
~Alice Walker

Brotherly Love

It's amazing what you can discover in Boston's chinatown. During my last trip there, I discovered a brother and sister walking behind me. Here is what they said:
Older brother: "You're so dumm!"
Sister: "Why?"
Older brother: "Because you're dumm!"
Sister: "Why?"
Older brother: "Coz you're dumm!"
Sister: "Why?"
Older brother: "Because you're dumm!"
Sadly they walked away before I could hear the rest, but I'm sure it continued in a similar pattern.

Beach Tanning

Overheard on the beach in Cancun.
Asian Girl 1: "I'm as brown as a nut!"
Asian Girl 2: "What kind of nut? A white nut? Sarah is as brown as a chestnut, but you…you're more of a macadamia nut!"

Ode to Iphone

Black or white, sixteen gigabytes or eight,
The iphone was destined to be my fate.
Nimble fingers tapping on a screen,
It's an ipod, phone, and apps-downloading machine.
Read books on the go, time yourself as you run,
Read the news when you're bored, or play some games just for fun.
If you don't have it, go get it - it's great!
There really isn't any debate.

Cure for Coughs

I've been sick this past week, and all my friends have sudden turned into would-be doctors, giving me advice and medication. Karen dumped a load of Tylenol and Nyquil on me yesterday. Then today, Jen stopped by to instruct me on the best way to cough. The advice was to make sure I spit out the phlegm after each coughing fit so that it won't linger in the throat preventing other phlegm from surfacing. I'm not sure it works, but I do recall the time she practically threw up in a taxi from a coughing fit. I wonder if that was her theory in practice?

Pee

On the bus trip back from Philadelphia, I overheard the following conversation between two guys sitting behind me before I fell asleep.
First guy: "Did you hear about Alex?"
Second guy: "About what?"
First guy: "He peed on the bed when we woke him up last night."
Second guy: "What? Before he woke up?"
First guy: "No no, he woke up and just thought he was in the bathroom and started peeing."
Second guy: (Laugh) "I hope you tipped the cleaners."