Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for February 27, 2017
February 26, 2017
February 28, 2017
Transcript:
Katy: How's the coffee reviewing going? Adam: Good! I'm working on jazzing up my descriptions. See what you think. Katy: "Like a lone lion stalking the serengeti, this virile roast goes for the jugular..." Adam: Too much? Laura: "Then slakes its bloodlust, ignoring your desperate cries for..."
alondra about 7 years ago
Adam, are you describing coffee or are you a vampire describing blood?
Strod about 7 years ago
slake |sleɪk|
verb [ with obj. ]
1 quench or satisfy (one’s thirst): slake your thirst with some lemonade.
• satisfy (desires): restaurants worked to slake the Italian obsession with food.
2 combine (quicklime) with water to produce calcium hydroxide.
ORIGIN
Old English slacian ‘become less eager,’ also ‘slacken,’ from the adjective slæc ‘slack’; compare with Dutch slaken ‘diminish, relax.’
(The above courtesy of the New Oxford American Dictionary. )
nosirrom about 7 years ago
“The slakes its bloodlust, ignoring your desperate cries for…”
Mercy, this is becoming a bit outre.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 7 years ago
He should do romance novels.
QuietStorm27 about 7 years ago
I’d say it’s a bit too much Adam.
Perkycat about 7 years ago
Way too much!
JD'Huntsville'AL about 7 years ago
The lion can’t be “stalking the Serengeti”. It can be “stalking on the Serengeti”, but nothing can stalk a piece of land.
banjinshiju about 7 years ago
I would avoid this coffee. Must be made with beans from Africa.
rekam Premium Member about 7 years ago
@Doc Toon Any comment?