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Conect11
Jan 28, 2009 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Peppermint Tea

I drink peppermint tea,any tea, reallyout of a tall mugdesigned for hot chocolate.On the sideis a decorative snowman;beyond my wallsare real snowflakes,quickly piling. I have noticedthat when I microwave the waterfor my peppermint tea(or any tea, really)that it has a strange,slightly slimy feel.Why is this? But alas I am too lazyto put it on the stove,the cupboard containing my pots and pansis too disorganized,and besides, the stoveis way on the other sideof my tiny kitchen.
— Conect11, Jan 28, 2009

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infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

17 years 4 months ago

*dies laughing*

The last stanza really makes the poem. Your title was interesting, because I was expecting a nice, dreamy poem - which is what peppermint tea usually does; kind of like chamomile. Instead, I had a gut-busting laugh at the end at your adversion to walking 3 feet over to the stove! Here's a hint on cleaner 'nuked' water - make sure the nuker is clean. LOL, j/k... actually, if you put a paper towel over your cup, it keeps the water "fresher". ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- -"Handle every situation like a dog: if you can't eat it, or screw it, piss on it and walk away!"
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Conect11

17 years 4 months ago

thanks Jess!

I will try the paper towel. The microwave is brand new, so don't think I need to clean it yet, lol! (ok, maybe I do...) I actually had thought about doing a dreamy style poem, but then my laziness took over :) Mark W. Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against these, there is no law!" My favorite verse(s) in the Bible
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Quillsvein1

17 years 4 months ago

who

the hell wants to ruin a pleasant, winter reverie by walking three feet? all my sympathies there. the water only felt slimy to me when i was slightly..well..altered. but i get it! neat. gb
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Conect11

17 years 3 months ago

lol,

yeah, I've been there too... way back in the day... (stares wistfully out the window) Mark W. "An insult is just someone who hates you making a noise to indicate their hatred, a barking dog. Criticism is someone trying to help you, by telling you something about yourself that you were a little too comfortable not knowing. " ~ David Wong
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briansgate

17 years 4 months ago

haha

This is funny, especially because I've done the same thing! And it takes so much longer on the stove.
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Conect11

17 years 3 months ago

no doubt, Brian!

there's like a whole 2 minute difference. Who has that kind of time? Mark W. "An insult is just someone who hates you making a noise to indicate their hatred, a barking dog. Criticism is someone trying to help you, by telling you something about yourself that you were a little too comfortable not knowing. " ~ David Wong
themoonman

themoonman

17 years 3 months ago

Choking

on my microwaved orange flavored green tea... funny... two steps and one minute verses six steps and five minutes... I always take the quicker way... My wife hates the microwave, she says it is "radiating your food"... so we use it much less than some, but for tea... it is perfect for me, I am the only one that drinks it... still smiling... love that tea! Richard