# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Lurking\_Quahog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lurking_quahog/32/21274_2.png) [@Lurking\_Quahog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lurking_Quahog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/81 "2009-11-12T16:27:23Z")
I drink two cups every morning. Take it away? Whatever. No big whoop. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/82 "2009-11-12T17:45:33Z")
> [@Tomczyk](#): > > I drink two cups every morning. Take it away? Whatever. No big whoop. That’s what you think. Have you ever tried quitting? You might be unpleasantly surprised. I drink about 2 cups every morning, one large mug plus a half a mug, about 20 ounces. If I get to noon without my coffee the headache starts, then the crankiness. Forget even going one day without it. I tried cutting back the caffeine by mixing with 1/3rd decaf and I dragged all day. You may think you’re not an addict but your body may tell you otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/83 "2009-11-12T17:59:07Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Of course, you also have to consider the _implications_ this ban has on the economy of the good ol’ US of A! Just imagine it: in addition to the folks already on the unemployment rosters, we can add: Starbucks Baristas; all those Hawaiian folks who grow Kona (come on, they’re 'Mericans, too!), all the folks who are employed to process the Eight O’Clock, Folger’s and Maxwell House coffees, and right on down the line! What about the drop in sales of coffee creamers and such, huh? Betcha never even _thought_ of that, didja? Huh? Huh? Nope, betcha didn’t! > > Catastrophe, I says! Catastrophe! And you _ **really** _ don’t want to be the person who tells us Canucks that we can’t have our Timmy’s. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/84 "2009-11-12T18:41:08Z")
I can’t drink it, it upsets my belly…but I’ll oppose the ban. I certainly don’t want to live in a world where I would have to live with the coffee-deprived. They’ll be miserable, and will spread their misery to others. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/85 "2009-11-12T18:57:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/86 "2009-11-12T19:13:08Z")
Shoulda tried to take the gun first, at least then I wouldn’t have been as cranky and would have killed them quickly. Decision time. How much of my underground weapons research facility should I retask to growing coffee? Obviously it can’t be 100% because [DEL]I’ll[/DEL] we’ll need weapons to defend our caffeine. think 500 acres would be enough? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/87 "2009-11-12T19:34:17Z")
Well, I’d oppose the ban either way then, I’m just saying how much it sucks not being able to drink caffeine – especially since my meds make me ultra-sleepy. (Although it’s Pepsi Jazz I REALLY miss) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/88 "2009-11-12T20:20:55Z")
I once mentioned that if my doctor told me to stop drinking coffee, I’d have to find a new doctor. Brian armed and it’s usually 1-2 pots per day. ---
**Author:** ![abbeytxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@abbeytxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbeytxs)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/89 "2009-11-12T20:37:10Z")
I’d sell my children to white slave traders before I would give up my coffee. Fortunately, my children know and accept this. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/90 "2009-11-12T21:39:00Z")
I’d get some sort of propostion to overturn the ban. Then on voting day, not have enough coffee, I along with the rest of the pro coffee nuts will be unable to get our asses out of the house and vote. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/91 "2009-11-12T22:27:02Z")
Reporting for duty! I am a two - three large mugs per day guy (all caffeine intake ends at noon for me). I give up all caffeine every year for Lent, so I know how nasty I can be during the first few days of withdrawal. I also would be growing my own, but that can take a LONG time to get the bushes producing I think. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/92 "2009-11-12T22:37:18Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Public poll, one answer per respondent, no set ending date, Wotan is great. I guess I drink more tea. Milk and one sugar, please. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/93 "2009-11-13T02:01:19Z")
I would find my coffee. Oh yes, I would find it. Somehow. ---
**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 13, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/94 "2009-11-13T02:28:05Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I would find my coffee. Oh yes, I would find it. > Somehow. You’re supposed to hunch over like Andy Serkis playing Gollum when you say that, and hiss a lot and wring your hands together. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/95 "2009-11-13T02:45:28Z")
I find coffee loathsome, but I’ll make a _quid pro quo_: you leave my guns and smokes alone and I’ll go to the mat for you. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/96 "2009-11-13T03:13:21Z")
Is this a “What do you think of these draconian office rules?” poll or a “How much do you love coffe?” poll? If the former, they can go fuck themselves. If the latter…I really like coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/97 "2009-11-13T04:42:42Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Shoulda tried to take the gun first, at least then I wouldn’t have been as cranky and would have killed them quickly. > > Decision time. How much of my underground weapons research facility should I retask to growing coffee? Obviously it can’t be 100% because [DEL]I’ll[/DEL] we’ll need weapons to defend our caffeine. think 500 acres would be enough? I suggest the 500 acres next to the Pettimore estate. John Lee would be a good friend to have. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/98 "2009-11-13T06:18:20Z")
I’d join the resistance. Sluggishly, of course. I’d be a testy, irritable recruit, for sure. But I’d have no fear of death, only of life without coffee. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/99 "2009-11-13T16:47:44Z")
I drink a lot of coffee. My wife drinks about 1/3 of what I drink. Our brewer broke and our backup was malfunctioning right out of the box. So we went without for a couple days. I had no trouble. My wife was suffering from withdrawal. ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189/100 "2009-11-13T17:31:55Z")
Stupid fat hobbit! You forgot ‘I drink coffee, and by taking it away you have rendered me incapable of resistance’. Now give me back my precious! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-banned-your-response/517189.md?page=6)