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We are barrelling towards the next story, CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. Lottie’s representation of pumpkin spice is Ginger Spice at the Brit Awards in 1997 with a gourd on her head. I don’t think there is any better way to depict it. My favourite disgusting Christmas coffee drinks were the Costa (or possibly Caffe Nero) range where the cups depicted seasonal bodies eg snowman, Santa, elf but there was no head and the cream and sugary syrup slurry on top made it look like the Xmas Friends had been brutally decapitated.
I believe the following year, they had half-heads, so they’d effectively had the Lucy Liu Kill Bill treatment. The murder sludge was toned down but that made it look like brains.
I like the idea of a decapitated Santa (or “decapitato”) more than anything with a wholesome Christmas theme
But I strongly suspect the actual taste and texture would be closer to the true horror of such an event
I’m not confident Bobby Problems would have given Lottie a 5-star review
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Is Claire still delusional about more than just his fantasist demise?
Naw it’s more likely that the fact ANYONE. Would try and help Bobby problems let alone make progress spread.
That;s because Bobby frequently makes poor life choices. External observers may be able to make more accurate assessments.
“Is Claire still delusional about more than just his fantasist demise?”
I’m not sure what else she’s been delusional about before. I don’t keep up with things nearly as well as I should. 😐
Bobbie Problems “died” in Claire’s runaway visions of the future wherein Glenn sinks into madness a couple of weeks ago. Specifically, Bobbie Problems’ “death” was at the end of A major character dies.
But what happens if a customer orders a drink with cinnamon… and then asks to add some nutmeg as well… and then wants you to throw in some ginger…
With her trouble with G-names, the third ingredient is liable to be garlic!
She serves them a cup filled with dry spices. No sugar. No liquid.
This imagined problem keeps bobbing into poor Claire’s head
That’s… an unappetizing presentation of java products. Not that I ever drink the stuff, but I am less likely to be tempted to try those items!
Even as an American well accustomed to the liquid cake served from Starbucks, even that looks like a bit much. In any case, I’m glad Lottie’s got her barista skills and marketing know-how to fall back on until Solver can get back up on its feet.
Ross – I suspect those things were from Costa Coffee – the budget UK knock-off of Starbucks. I certainly hope they were, because apparently the alternative is that they were from Caffe Nero, the slightly better UK answer to Starbucks, which I actually kind of like.
I hate coffee and eggnog, but I’m all for a mince pie.
I had one christmas special sort of thing at Espresso House (have you got Espresso House outside the Nordics?) where they’d apparently crumbled an actual cookie into the coffee. I think it also came with a separate, intact cookie on the side. The coffee wasn’t pleasant (but the side cookie was alright) and I made a mental note in the future, to check if any seasonal coffees I order contain anything that’s meant to be chewed before I order.
I wouldn’t want to choke an a piece of turkey breast that some maniac has decided shoould go into a coffee with some whipped cream, stuffing and cranberry sauce.
Sell it as “MAHA Freedom Coffee” over the pond and you might make millions. The raw turkey should be blended in a blender first, obviously. Bones, feathers and all…
Bones, feathers and all is well and good, but blending them together might be a step too far. You need to drink it raw, unhomogenized for… “best results”.
Espresso house isn’t usually bad, though. I generally always just order a vanilla latte, at the fanciest, so maybe I’ve just avoided the bad ones.
Let’s admit it, Claire doesn’t like Bobby at all!
That’s just one of Bobby’s many problems.
Well, it’s not like his name should be Bobby Solutions.
Break out the Surstromming, Lottie. That’ll put Claire in her place.
Surströmming literally stinks a room up for hours and hours. Never open them indoors. She’d only be punishing herself, being the one who works there, and unable to leave.
You’ve got to respect a culture around fermented fish that weaponized.
Be careful Claire, they’re addictive. I went through nearly three bottles of Mince Pie Torani syrup last holiday season. I had to go cold turkey* in January.
recipe: six parts tonic water to one part Torani Sugar-Free Classic Turkey
As the #1 Bobby Problems stan on the internet and head of the Prob-hive, I cannot believe the outrageous behavior of Ms. Little in this scene. You will be hearing from our representation, once they return our calls!
An eggnog latte actually sounds like one of the better options for tarted-up coffee. A mince pie and eggnog latte, not so much.
I want a “HERESY-you’re barred” t shirt now 🤩
The sign is explicitly banning pumpkin spice, but the choice of image suggests there may also be an implicit ban on wearing a skeleton suit. If so, I can’t really blame them, considering.
The image is too small to discern easily but is in fact Ginger Spice* in the Union Jack dress
The singer, not the beverage…
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/photo-of-spice-girls-group-performing-live-on-stage-l-r-news-photo-1620915753.?crop=1.00xw:1.00xh;0,0
You can barely call that a dress, but for some reason at the time I felt it was still not short enough
Whoops, I stand corrected. They probably still should ban skeleton suits as well, though. Can’t be too careful.
That’s a Union Jack suit topped with a gourd. Read John’s introduction to this comic.
R.I.P. Bobby Problems. You may be alive, but you’ll always be dead in our hearts 💕
Now I want to see a remake of Sleepy Hollow starring No Pumpkin Spice.
Or the cult-classic horror film “Pumpkin Head” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095925/