1. Who buys this?

2. Why did I buy it?

3. Why would any major store give it shelf space?

4. Can someone please get its lying jingle out of my head? (“Better coffee a millionaire’s money can’t buy.”)

5. Can someone please get its bitter tastelessness out of my mouth?

6. In ten years when I am about to give it another try, would someone please send me a link to this post?

7. WHERE ARE THE NUTS YOU PROMISED?

Photo linked to a 404 page at WNYC by Sheri at Flickr.com who posted it with a CC license, saying that WNYC published it “with permission,” which doesn’t mean that it can be republished without permission, but who knows at this point? So if this is your goddamn “intellectual property” I am sooooo sorry for depriving you of all the money you were going to make from this glorious piece of work. Also, thank you.

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This video was over at the NY Times Crossword blog (where I discovered that I’d missed the really clever part of the theme):

I know I’m old, children, but keep in mind that that’s a minor Beatles song. And yet there is so much right about it. More or less perfect. And not nearly the best of what they gave us.

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