Friday – 27-03-14 – How About National "Joe" Day!

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    katzenjammer
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    #829233
    katzenjammer
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    Well it seems that our JK foreshadowed this Special Day by celebrating yesterday as Thursday as “Coffee Day”!
    Here’s all the deets!

    Q: Any idea where the phrase a cup of Joe in reference to coffee came from?
    A: We wish we knew for certain. The absence of any clear origin for the use of joe to mean coffee has, as usual, led to stories being created to explain where it came from.
    A persistent one alleges that it derives from the ban imposed by Josephus “Joe” Daniels, Secretary of the Navy during World War I, on serving alcohol aboard US Navy ships, except on very special occasions. Coffee, it is said, became the beverage of choice and started to be called Joe in reference to him. The problem with this story is the dates. Cup of joe first appears in print in 1930 but the order to ban alcohol — General Order 99 — was issued on 1 June 1914. It banned officers’ wine messes, which had only been permitted since 1893; ships had otherwise been dry since the spirit ration was abolished in 1862. It seems hardly likely that the loss of a wine mess limited to officers on board otherwise alcohol-free ships would have led to a nickname for coffee that only started to be written down 16 years after the order.
    Professor Jonathan Lighter, in the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, leans towards another story: that it came from the Stephen Foster song Old Black Joe, with the resultant mental link between black and coffee. It is true that the song — written in 1860 — was extremely popular at one time, but it makes no reference to coffee, so linking the two is implausible.
    The most boring, but most probable, suggestion is that it is a modification of java or jamoke for coffee, perhaps under the influence of one or other of the many expressions at the time that contained the word Joe — for example, “an ordinary Joe” (though “GI Joe” for an enlisted man in the US military is from the next decade). It is significant that an early example appears in 1931 in the Reserve Officer’s Manual by a man named Erdman: “Jamoke, Java, Joe. Coffee. Derived from the words Java and Mocha, where originally the best coffee came from”.
    (Source) http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-joe1.htm

    #829234
    Moonshadow_NZ
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    Interesting information KJ on what has become a regular phrase.

    #829235
    AV
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    Morning/evening all! Todays theme reminds me why I starting calling Sal ‘Jojo’ when I first met him! I’ve always loved that name! If I hadn’t found his name on his collar, I’d still be calling him that! Lol …. Who by the way, just came by for breakfast … Abby was thrilled!

    Another busy day starting, I hope to be done with enough so I don’t have to work this weekend … I need some time off!

    #829236
    JerseyJoan
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    Good morning – love these pics! I have one of Shaddo under the sink playing Joe the Plummer.
    Hope you get what you need done today do you can have time off this weekend, AV.
    Rain & thunder last night and Lo and behold, a dusting of snow this morning!

    #829237
    Kittyzee
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    Laughing at Shaddo under the sink Joan…my sink cupboard is so full of ‘stuff’, no cat could fit unless they wanted to lay on top of the ‘stuff’! I am a cleaning products hoarder 🙁 and when I get something that didn’t perform the way I think it should, instead of tossing it, it finds its way to the back of the cupboard. Which is another reason why I hate cleaning closets and cupboards..LOL!
    Wonderful pics and I need another cuppa joe myself! So glad it’s Friday and tomorrow I can sleep in. I’ll check in later if Avery lets me!

    #829238
    bumblebee
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    Good Morning!
    Went to put the garbage up, picked up a couple small branches near the birdfeeders, and noticed there are barely ANY of those “Sand Fleas” today. Just some under my door. Amazing how fast they disappeared! Glad I was outside yesterday to see them. 🙂
    Dreary day here, but the birds are a singing away out there!! I hear the woodpecker on the dead tree……. Awww…
    Gonna go make some buttermilk pancakes. I bought a jar of syrup from the farm and it’s made from nearby trees too! Mmmm…. I am starving!!! (Too bad I’m out of bacon, but will be getting some next week at the farm)
    Enjoy your day!!!! 🙂

    #829240
    ecbrown
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    Good morning! Giggling at the thought of trader joe cat scoffing at my hummus choice.

    BB, I’m so jealous that you get goodies like bacon right from the farm. I should look into whether there are any opportunities like that around here. Could be…

    Thanks for all the “joes” today, KJ!

    Heading out to run errands. Have to find a new place to buy rats for Norbert. The place in our part of town moved to a different part of town.

    #829241
    Anonymous
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    Hi All,

    Friday
    http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/janedodo/images-5_zpso4qkq0ve.jpg

    I’m happy for Abby and the morning visit from Sal/Jojo. Now it’s time for her to the sunbeam!

    http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/janedodo/images-4_zps8fn9xw2e.jpg
    http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/janedodo/images-22_zpsb50b152c.jpg

    Well, Miss Gaea decided to sprawl across my lap so I can’t type anymore.

    PG

    #829242
    Jeankit
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    Paw up waving – yay, TGIF!

    Adding my 2.5 cents to fun mix today:
    Joe w/cuppa joe!
    How about “Joe” w/cuppa Joe = cheers it’s Friday!

    Plus
    Thurs or Fri
    Yay – yippee – it finally IS Friday! 😀

    Hope all are enjoying your day…will grab my cuppa joe & back I go…hope to peek in for lunchin’ fun…later!

    #829246
    Jeankit
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    Sneaking in for it’s that time – heading out to the patio with Tux for some well deserved RR w/purrzzz…
    Mmm, think I’ll grab a choco topped biscotti to go w/another cuppa joe – hey Tux, to the lounge chair!

    Ahh, this IS the life… 😀

    Oh, think the kits have a play list for weekend lounge sing-a-long:

    cat song play list fun

    Plus they are adding:
    Lalalala Means I luv you Nomz! 😉

    #829247
    katzenjammer
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    Dorry’s loading those tunes on to his Catberry, JK! 😉

    #829248
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Just don’t blast them too loud for still relaxin’ on patio okey… purrrzz..zzzz…zz..

    #829250
    Jeankit
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    Yawn – stretttch…time to head back to part 2 day 5’s fun, mwah – smooch for you Tux, carry on snoozin’. Hey maybe Aunt Joan will join
    you soon for more cuddling!

    #829252
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    I just can’t resist the TDK patio – it’s too cold and dreary here!
    Nice playlist – I see the list is on the phone for my kitties too. Those agency kitties probably ‘shared’ it with all their friends!
    Renewed my notary commission today – good for another 5 years!

    #829253
    Jeankit
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    Oh, good to know – I needed something notarized last year. Maybe next time I can take a TDK cyber trip for same & Jersey visit w/you, Aunt Joan! 😀

    It’s cold here too, but sunny. Had a dusting of that white stuff this AM – happy to say the sun zapped it = gone!

    Wish I could push clock ahead…may do fish fry as nomz tonight…Lenten specials will end soon…kits will like the left overs too!

    #829255
    katzenjammer
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    JK, hope that Dorry didn’t wake you from purzzzz … when he played “Who Let The Dogs In” at full volume – says he’s sorry! 😉
    Joan, now that commission is renewed, if it comes to it would you be a character witness for me? You have to admit that I am a real character, hehehe. That one’s older than any of us, or at least older than moi LOL.

    #829256
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Oyy…not my fave song :/ !
    More like who let the dog in – yup Brutie is around today. Actually he is a big hambone!
    Reminds me of my Crockey as in your face/nonstop but really a push over/luver!
    OK, time to continue with today’s fun before wrap it up!
    Peaceful Sabbath KJ…may peek in before say ‘ta later…

    #829257
    katzenjammer
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    Tks JK, I have about 2 hrs to go til candlelighting so might pop back in as well, but if not you have yourself a fab weekend, guess the sales are over and new Spring styles in at shoe place. If the cybermobile were gassed up and ready to go I’d be there and shopping in a flash! Anyway I’m wiped, did what I can until countdown to Passover and last-minute things as next week. Might nap now, set alarm for candlelighting, then nap some more and on through tomorrow.

    #829258
    AV
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    Afternoon all! …. got done what I needed, so going into a relaxing weekend! finally!

    … glad you got your commission renewed, Joan, mine comes due in Sept.
    … have a good evening JK, and a good Sabbath, KJ!
    … *waves* at everyone else still around …. I think I’ll make taco boats tonite …. please keep Son in prayers as he makes the long trip home! … later all!

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