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[dakegra]

the inimitable Michael Marshall Smith's latest blog post is quite entertaining

How the Spaghetti Murders Started


in a slightly-related note, I opened a pack of Tesco ground coffee yesterday morning. No, really, I did. Life is just that exciting round here.

I noticed on the side of the packet a photograph of a large, friendly pile of the aforementioned coffee nestled artfully in a hessian sack, with a spoon sticking out of it. Under which was the text 'serving suggestion'

Now, call me an old traditionalist, but I would wager that 99.99% of coffee drinkers in the known universe would prefer their coffee served in a mug, having been steeped in hot (but not boiling) water first. And not, as Tesco would suggest, in a sack, hessian or otherwise.

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[magda-vogelsang.livejournal.com]

I rather suspect that in this case "serving suggestion" is code for "We've put it in this sack to look nice in the photo, but it doesn't come in one."

Sort of like when they show a breakfast cereal with fruit on top, glass of juice, etc. and want to make sure you know that's not in the box so you can't accuse them of false advertising.

Still it is a rather odd choice of words in this case.