missing the concept

[victor steinbok]

The Boston Globe routinely has slide shows of food-related items. Most of
them are of the type of Best X in Boston, but there are some variations. The
latest one is Oddest Fast Foods. The first entry in the genre is Dunkin'
Frozen Hot Chocolate.

http://www.boston.com/business/gallery/quirkyfastfooditems?pg=2
>
> Thanks to the magic of slang, we know that something can be both "bad" and
> "good." But can something be both cold and hot?Thanks to the magic of
> Dunkin' Donuts, it can.



Personally, I actually have no problem with Frozen Hot Chocolate. It does
not even say Cold Hot Chocolate, which is what the Globe comment implies. It
might have been more interesting if they came up with Cool Hot Chocolate,
because, at least, that would be a bit of a pun. In any case, YMMV.

VS-)

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