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Monday, February 14, 2005
Extremely gleeful goats
I was at Cafe Coffee Day today, having a Kenyan something in a giant mug, when I read this on the saucer below:
The story purports to be about how coffee was discovered, and googling hasn't helped me locate its origin. Never mind. True or not, the image of "extremely gleeful" goats is an extremely delightful one. Picture it.
Long time ago [sic] in Arabia there lived a goat herd named Khalid. One day, he found the goats roaming around a plant and acting extremely gleeful. The plant had shiny green leaves and red berries.
The story purports to be about how coffee was discovered, and googling hasn't helped me locate its origin. Never mind. True or not, the image of "extremely gleeful" goats is an extremely delightful one. Picture it.
