cold hot coffee [was: missing the concept]

[Joel S. Berson]

At Starbucks, one can order "not so hot chocolate", in an endeavor to
protect one's tots from burns.  As I heard one mother do for her 6-
or 7-year-old boy a couple of years ago.

So far I have not succeeded in ordering a Starbucks "mediocre grande
latte", but I'm trying.

Nor have I succeeded in getting the Boston Globe to print this "Tale
of the City".

Joel

At 6/4/2011 09:21 PM, victor steinbok wrote:
>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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