We brought the bean-to-cup machine over with us - it saves us a fortune not going to coffee shops as we can get a better tasting coffee fix at home for a fraction of the cost.

Hard to believe but we had good coffee before Starbucks came along. Really ! And coffee-shops have always been a place to conversationalise !

Is that a real word? What has Starbucks got to do with good coffee?

But how does that change the reality of the pre ponderance and apparent popularity (yourself not included) of the brand? I make my own coffee every morning but I am not unaware that millions every day are satisfied with the evil Starbucks. There are nearly as many prudes out there as customers. Not yourself of course.

If that's a real word, please kill me.

May I burglarize you first, to make it worth my while?

That's the worst example of rediculosity.

As long as you promise to kill me quickly

That one might be the winningest word yet.

Meh, I could care less

Whatever!

This one comes up on tv far too often: healthful.

The worst thing is when you type in those words and the spell checker doesn't underline them ...

you can't find the word using Google, although someone admits to making it up and using it.

Absolutely. There's a special place in Hull reserved for the inventor of the spellchecker.

How dare you! What have you got against Hull?