. Here is an e-mail forwarded to me claiming Starbucks refuses to send coffee to our troops.
Recently, Marines in Iraq wrote to Starbucks Coffee because they wanted
to let them know how much they liked their coffees and to request that
they send some of it to the troops there.
Starbucks replied, telling the Marines thank you for their support in
their business, but that Starbucks does not support the war, nor anyone
in it, and that they would not send the troops their brand of coffee.
So as not to offend Starbucks, we should not support them by buying any
of their products. As a war vet writing to fellow patriots, I feel we
should get this out in the open.
I know this war might not be very popular with some folks, but that
doesn't mean we don't support the boys on the ground fighting
street-to-street and house-to-house for what they and I believe is right.
If you feel the same as I do then pass this along, or you can discard it
and no one will never know.
Thanks very much for your support of me, and I know you'll all be there
again when I deploy once more!
Semper Fidelis.
Sgt (name removed for privacy)
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I've received this e-mail as well. It's a hoax. There's a little write-up on snopes about it.
Posted by: REMF at August 22, 2005 02:19 PM (xuZWQ)
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Snopes has the skinny on this one:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp
Posted by: Bodacious at August 22, 2005 02:20 PM (PRcGW)
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http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_starbucks_marines.htm
Posted by: packetninja at August 22, 2005 02:20 PM (1uomX)
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According to Snopes.com, this email's been around for awhile, and the original writer has since retracted his statement:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp
Posted by: Eman at August 22, 2005 02:20 PM (c/4ax)
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Thanks. What do you think of the new comments? Pretty super-sweet, eh?
Posted by: Rusty at August 22, 2005 02:31 PM (JQjhA)
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Hehe, looking good, but problems with comment thingies:
First this:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@blog.mu.nu and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Then this:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /cgi/splorp.cgi on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
(+plus tech info on both, secrecy of which I'm unaware, so I'll cut it)
Occur at random and go away by refreshing the page and/or changing IP, but still...
Posted by: A Finn at August 22, 2005 02:45 PM (lGolT)
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A Finn, the MuNu Collective is getting pounded by Comment Spam. Fluffy, our guard dog, brings down the comments for a second to keep the spammers from getting to far. (Same type deal occurs on occasion with trackbacks.)
Posted by: phin at August 22, 2005 02:50 PM (Xvpen)
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How about this:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /archives/2047 on this server.
Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Posted by: A Finn at August 22, 2005 03:01 PM (lGolT)
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Darn... You'd think Scaleo could've made a more practical computer box but noooooooo, they had to put the air conditioning holes in the bottom of the box so all the dust gets in when the cooler is running. Comp buzzin' wierd again, gonna get it vacuumed (
warranty sealed, so I can't do it myself or no free spare parts and fixing) before the dust bursts in flames and ruins the hard drive again... so appearances become limited to between about 0 - 8 AM.
Posted by: A Finn at August 22, 2005 03:42 PM (lGolT)
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I work in Seattle, and live in the Burbs.
Some observations:
Most people who pay $5 for a cup of coffee are childless America haters.
Real men will never say “give me a Grande skinny decaff latte”. I mean, just say it in front of a mirror and tell me you don’t feel ……bad gay.
I once went into a Starbucks with a University of Kansas sweatshirt my brother in law gave me and the gay boys behind the counter were making mooing noises.
This coffee they sell is really mostly milk.
Most freaks that work there have pierced their heads.
I had 3 beers and a double Makers Mark with the owner of my company at lunch today.
Posted by: Brad at August 22, 2005 03:51 PM (3OPZt)
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They had a Starbucks in Finland but closed it down. It seems the Finns could not pronounce the words “Tall” , “Vente” and “Grande”, so all the drink orders were all fucked up.
Posted by: Brad at August 22, 2005 04:01 PM (3OPZt)
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Starbucks sucks! Even if they send coffee to the troops, they still suck. I went in a Starbucks one time and knew I was in the wrong place. It reminded me of a cafe I went to in LA many years ago.
Do you remember the bar scene in Star Wars? OK, now you get the picture. WIERD!
Posted by: jesusland joe at August 22, 2005 04:45 PM (DDXXI)
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Umm... [tool], [vinti], [rande]? Oh well, not needed anyway, Finns always drink either black or silver coffee, so [caputsiino]s and such don't sell well.
Posted by: A Finn at August 23, 2005 02:22 AM (cWMi4)
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And it's not like we can't, we just won't pronounce them, since foreign words go by pronounciation of the Finnish language if they are said in Finland to Finns, which means they are said as they are written, and foreign soft letters we don't normally use turn into their harder versions in speech, like g=>k, b=>p, q=>ku, w=>v, z=>s/ts, x=>ks.
Posted by: A Finn at August 23, 2005 03:28 AM (cWMi4)
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I figure I'm still in America. If I ask for a large coffee and the person behind the counter isn't sure what I mean, I'm outta there.
Posted by: Oyster at August 23, 2005 08:25 AM (fl6E1)
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