# ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine!!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 2, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804 "2008-05-02T20:52:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/1 "2008-05-02T20:52:53Z")
mustdostufflike postathreradwithtoofastness!!! greebo is an angry cat. Hello?
What? I was george washington in a former life. My keyboard is wobbling… one of the feet wasn’t down. KITTENS are cute, specially mine. What did you say? ha that smiley looks like it’s looking up in the air. :rolleyes:
memememememe me me ME ME
[sub](too much caffeine is bad)[/sub]
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### Author:  [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/2 "2008-05-02T21:04:53Z")
_pokes the overcaffeinated Lobsang_
So, just how much did you have?
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### Author:  [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/3 "2008-05-02T21:08:41Z")
Jesus man, I can kill three or four Red Bulls in a day and not climb the walls like that. Are you taking it in pure form via IV or something?
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/4 "2008-05-02T21:16:24Z")
[QUOTE=lizardling]
_pokes the overcaffeinated Lobsang_
So, just how much did you have?
[/QUOTE]
I was gonna answer but I got stuck into an office conversation about scientology.
Morning - Large coffee, can of coke zero.
On the way to work - small bottle diet coke.
At work - coffee, diet coke.
Later on - diet coke, diet coke, coffee, coffee.
Later still - diet coke, coffee. coffee.
probably more than that - that’s just what I can recall. It’s like beer - if you have more than say 3 you are likely to under-estimate how much you’ve had.
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### Author:  [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/5 "2008-05-02T21:19:18Z")
Accompany the fire department to a house fire; you’ll be able to rescue all the inhabitants (who appear to you to be absolutely motionless) while remaining untouched by the flames, like Fry.
Hope you guys get _Futurama_ over there.
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/6 "2008-05-02T21:24:55Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown]
Accompany the fire department to a house fire; you’ll be able to rescue all the inhabitants (who appear to you to be absolutely motionless) while remaining untouched by the flames, like Fry.
Hope you guys get _Futurama_ over there.
[/QUOTE]
Yep. But what you describe didn’t sound familiar - I assume Fry had too much caffeine?
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/7 "2008-05-02T21:34:43Z")
He drank 100 cups of coffee.
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/8 "2008-05-02T21:48:31Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang]
mustdostufflike postathreradwithtoofastness!!! greebo is an angry cat. Hello?
What? I was george washington in a former life. My keyboard is wobbling… one of the feet wasn’t down. KITTENS are cute, specially mine. What did you say? ha that smiley looks like it’s looking up in the air. :rolleyes:
memememememe me me ME ME
[sub](too much caffeine is bad)[/sub]
[/QUOTE]
:dubious:
You know, I need someone to split house rent with.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/9 "2008-05-02T21:50:06Z")
In one of my many many many attempts to give up alcohol, I drank 17 cups of coffee in five hours. My then husband started counting them. 17 cups of strong black coffee in five hours.
I did not sleep for twenty-nine hours. I counted them.
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/10 "2008-05-02T22:22:48Z")
This computer is suffering from my state. I’m trying to do about twelve things at once.
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### Author:  [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/11 "2008-05-02T22:46:44Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]
In one of my many many many attempts to give up alcohol, I drank 17 cups of coffee in five hours. My then husband started counting them. 17 cups of strong black coffee in five hours.
I did not sleep for twenty-nine hours. I counted them.
[/QUOTE]
Of course not. You were too busy running off to the bathroom!
Me, on the other hand… I had half a can of Dr. Pepper and a “Full Throttle” with lunch about two hours ago (they were handing out free cans today) and I’m nodding off and yawning.
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### Author:  [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/12 "2008-05-02T23:18:31Z")
I hear you brother. I’ve always wondered why, when we do these discussions of life after the apocalypse, we always mention how alcohol and tobacco will become prized items, but usually don’t bother about the coffee. I don’t smoke, and I do take the occasional drink, but I would gladly give up all alcohol if I had to choose between it and coffee.
To paraphrase an old W.C. Fields joke–I’d be the one at the UCLA coffeehouse, where I’m sitting right now, who would ask, “Did I spend $20 in here yesterday?”, and when confirmed I would say “What a relief! I thought I’d lost it!”
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### Author:  [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/13 "2008-05-02T23:52:24Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot]
He drank 100 cups of coffee.
[/QUOTE]
Episode: _300 Big Boys_
I limit myself to two strong shots of espresso per day, drunk early in the morning. Any more than that, and I’m wigging out. My days of being able to drink a strong cuppa late at night and still be able to sleep well are over.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/14 "2008-05-03T02:04:59Z")
Just for the caffeine obsessed.
> **[Caffeine Informer](https://www.caffeineinformer.com/)**
>
> Caffeine dangers, benefits, and safety. Find the caffeine amounts in energy drinks, coffee, tea, soda, and food with our extensive interactive database.
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### Author:  [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/15 "2008-05-03T04:06:22Z")
> [@](#):
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> My keyboard is wobbling
That happened the day I was highest I’ve ever been in my life (if you count length times intensity) It started innocently enough, after a couple mountain dews I went to a chinese buffet and had a whole pot of tea. Then went back to drink alcohol. And drank alcohol, then tried to go downtown clubbing but didn’t get there, turned back and went online and started shaking.
Myself, I think to myself, I should have a couple more drinks so I will stop shaking. So I did. And I was still shaking. Couple more might do the trick. A couple more? Okay, I finally said to the relief of my liver, this isn’t working.
shoehorn butterhorse
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/16 "2008-05-03T04:27:03Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic]
shoehorn butterhorse
[/QUOTE]
Cousin?
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### Author:  [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/17 "2008-05-03T12:26:11Z")
mrAru and I can go through a pound of coffee on a regular saturday just hanging around the house.
My favorite before dinner comfort food is a double expresso turned into a mock cappccino/latte [basically I do an expresso based cafe american without the water added]
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### Author:  [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/18 "2008-05-03T12:44:26Z")
I’ve been trying to leave the last cup in the pot for the dear Ms. Kuboydal when she finally awakes. Despite the ingestion of the other 12 ‘cups’ I feel like taking a wee nap. Caffeine sure is odd. After 20 years of deliberate overcaffeination, I imagine a caffeine free world would be quite dull and slow, and find non coffee drinkers a bit tedious.
‘Without coffee, there would be no science.’ -kuboydal
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### Author:  [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/19 "2008-05-03T16:20:32Z")
Lobsang - I’m with you. It is a strange thing about caffeine, that its effects vary greatly with the individual. I love the flavour of coffee, but anything more that a 16-oz half-caf latte in the day, and it’s like I’ve OD’d on speed. I envy those of you whose tolerance allows you to have more than one caffeinated beverage in a day. I can’t drink it at all on days when I haven’t worked out or run…
Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süße,
Lieblicher als tausend Küsse,
Milder als Muskatenwein.
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Coffee, Coffee muß ich haben,
Und wenn jemand mich will laben,
Ach, so schenkt mir Coffee ein!
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[Oh, how sweet coffee tastes
More lovely than a thousand kisses,
Milder than Muscatel
I must have coffee
And if anyone wants to have me,
Oh, just give me coffee.]
J. S. Bach, The Coffee Cantata (excerpt)
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### Author:  [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhhhtoomuchcaffeine/447804/20 "2008-05-03T17:00:00Z")
My Darling Marcie suffers from ADD; according to her, caffeine smooths her out. In her view, too much caffeine isn’t really enough.