Jack in the Box Coffee
“Well, well, well,” said Jerry, folding the Business News section of the paper and depositing it snugly into the magazine holder on the side of his Barcalounger. “It seems that the new Bold Roast coffee wasn’t good enough for Jack in the Box.”
Maria looked up from the dishwasher. She was loading the plates, mugs, and glasses from breakfast. “What on earth are you talking about?”
“Jack in the Box!” Jerry scowled. “That new Bold Roast coffee of theirs we like so much.”
“What about it?” She was searching for the box of Cascade.
“They’re gonna start selling an iced coffee. They call it a slightly sweetened French roast with two-percent milk. They’ll have regular, vanilla, and caramel flavors.”
Maria found the Cascade and sprinkled the dish detergent into the slot on the dishwasher door. “Doesn’t Burger King already sell iced coffee?”
“Yes. That’s my point,” Jerry said irritably. “Sometimes, Maria, life just comes at us too damn fast.”
February 28, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I find Burger King’s iced coffee quite yummy, actually.
That sounded like an modern day “All in the Family” outtake. I could practically here Archie Bunker’s voice speaking the lines.
=)
February 28, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Rodg– I wish we could go back to our childhood years. Maybe it’s your last sentence above or the state of the world or the politics or the cloning or the war or the colony collapse disorder or…?
it was better when it was all Winnie the Pooh.
ps–on the Alzheimers piece below, oh god.
& on the kid writing Marlin Redux in old man o’ the sea.
you just know how to nail the moment whether it’s flash fic or?
’tis a talent laddie.
glad that earthquake didn’t get you, I saw it on TV.
February 28, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I’ve a hunch, Julie, I’ll be drinking a lot of iced coffee soon. The heat is just beginning to make an appearance here in Las Vegas. I discovered last night that we live in the western-most region of the city, literally at the edge of the desert.
Thanks, Val. Yes, life was more simpler in the days of Pooh Corner but alas there’s no rabbit hole to the past.
February 29, 2008 at 7:16 am
I second the All in the Family similarity.
I’m a big fan of bold roast coffee myself. Iced coffee is okay, but I drink it too quickly then wonder where my five dollars just went.
February 29, 2008 at 9:17 am
The Burger King one is only 2 dollars. I went through alot of them when I first started working a 9-5 job again.