# Coffee is banned. Your response? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189 "2009-11-11T15:53:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/1 "2009-11-11T15:53:35Z")
Public poll, one answer per respondent, no set ending date, Wotan is great. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/2 "2009-11-11T15:59:43Z")
Eh. I don’t drink the stuff much myself, and it would be fun to watch all the Starbucks junkies twitch for a few weeks. But such an action would kill everybody in the Pacific Northwest, so I’d have to join the Rebellion. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/3 "2009-11-11T16:01:14Z")
I’d rig my basement up with grow-lights, and open up a speakeasy. You can pry my coffee from my cold, dead hands - unless I kill you first. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/4 "2009-11-11T16:03:13Z")
don’t particularly like the smell of coffee, but whatever floats your boat. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/5 "2009-11-11T16:04:36Z")
I’m with **bbrp** - either a speakeasy or a bootlegging operation. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/6 "2009-11-11T16:06:08Z")
I’m not a coffee junkie either - I drink one cup of good, homeade coffee a day, and that’s it. Maybe 2 on some weekends. I don’t live on the stuff, but it’s one of life’s pleasures. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/7 "2009-11-11T16:08:58Z")
JOLT!!! Love the smell of coffee. Don’t drink the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/8 "2009-11-11T16:09:32Z")
Shoulda taken my gun first. “First they came for the coffee drinkers…” ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/9 "2009-11-11T16:10:23Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > I’m with **bbrp** - either a speakeasy or a bootlegging operation. I can put you in touch with Homer Simpson if you need some help setting that up. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/10 "2009-11-11T16:11:10Z")
I drink coffee sometimes, but tea will do just as well. No big deal for me. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/11 "2009-11-11T16:11:37Z")
I’m organizing an armed resistance. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/12 "2009-11-11T16:16:01Z")
Any morning that _doesn’t_ start with two large mugs of coffee (a 4-cup pot) is pre-ordained to end in ugliness. They can take my gun, hell, I don’t like the thing anyhow (I only know how to use it because I believe if you’re going to have firearms in the house, you _should_ know how to use them). But those fuckers cannot have my coffee. They’d better leave me my Half and Half, too. If they left my coffee, took my Half and Half and tried to replace it with “non-dairy creamer” (i.e. Satan’s Sperm, freeze-dried), there _will_ be blood. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/13 "2009-11-11T16:16:46Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I’m \*\*organizing \*\*an armed resistance. Bolding mine. I thought I should point out that you misspelled _joining_ and left out _Skald’s_, but I forgive you. I was planning on putting you in charge of the mortars. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/14 "2009-11-11T16:17:41Z")
Ill take a tea, please. I could really go for a cuppa tea… [this](http://shopstashtea.com/050180.html) or maybe [http://shopstashtea.com/050023.html](http://shopstashtea.com/050023.html) or maybe [this](http://shopstashtea.com/111166.html) One of my few extravagances is tiny quantities of very good teas. I can’t drink, it interferes with my meds, and I only drink coffee now in the morning, and a very occasional expresso before bed so I indulge in a quiet cuppa of good tea with my morning and afternoon snacks. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/15 "2009-11-11T16:19:12Z")
I prefer my morning beverage to be cold and carbonated, so coffee isn’t my thing. However, my mother loves coffee. Therefore I will either be defending her for various acts of mayhem she’ll commit in the throes of coffee withdrawal, or smuggling coffee to her. Possibly both. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/16 "2009-11-11T16:22:21Z")
I don’t drink coffee much and normally go other places for my caffeine fix so it would affect me personally but I would be against the ban. I would start growing some beans to make some extra money on the side admittedly I’d charge enough that people would dream of the days Starbuck’s reamed them for $6 a cup. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/17 "2009-11-11T16:22:33Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Bolding mine. I thought I should point out that you misspelled _joining_ and left out _Skald’s_, but I forgive you. I was planning on putting you in charge of the mortars. Silly Skald, we don’t live anywhere near each other. I’m handling the northeast front. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/18 "2009-11-11T16:22:44Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I prefer my morning beverage to be cold and carbonated, so coffee isn’t my thing. > > However, my mother loves coffee. Therefore I will either be defending her for various acts of mayhem she’ll commit in the throes of coffee withdrawal, or smuggling coffee to her. Possibly both. Oh, come on, **Oak**! I was counting on you leading the resistance! I mean, do you really want to trust **me** to be in charge? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/19 "2009-11-11T16:24:54Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Silly Skald, we don’t live anywhere near each other. I’m putting together an northeast front. We must coordinate our efforts, daughter of Leto. “If we do not hang together, we shall most assuredly hang separately.” Swear to work under my banner and I will put you in charge of the fleet of helicopter gunships. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/20 "2009-11-11T16:26:33Z")
Promise me some flamethrowers and we’ll talk. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189.md?page=2)