"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
I sailed with a Mate who liked Bustelo Coffee. It came in vacuum sealed bricks and he said it was very inexpensive for the quality. His theory was that the coffee was a loss leader, a front for smuggling cocaine and the bricks of coffee were the same size as cocaine bricks. So load the container three quarters with coke, then stack the coffee several layers deep at the door, and you're good to go!
It's an appealing theory. Maybe he got the idea from the movie Clear and Present Danger.
I drink Bustelo coffee, have for over 40 years. Cafe Cubano, good stuff. It still comes in vacuum-sealed bricks (I have several in my pantry). I usually drink two demitasse cups a day, but have eased off to one during my recovery period.
I don't know about hiding bricks of coke in a cargo of Bustelo, but, when I lived in Miami (during the heyday of the Cocaine Cowboys), I recall there was a big scandal when it was discovered that drugs were being sent into the country from Colombia mixed in with carnations (Colombia is a big source of cut flowers - and coke, of course). I think an Eastern Airlines cargo plane got caught up in the trade.
She bangs donkeys? I believe it.
ReplyDeleteDoes the smell of the Colombian coffee negate the smell of the Colombians' horse in your pantry?
ReplyDeleteDonkey. Not horse. @brainfart
ReplyDeleteHorse. Donkey. Still beats the Democrats by having two extra legs and a brain.
ReplyDeleteLooks more like a mule, to me, but I'm certainly no judge of equine flesh.
ReplyDeleteI sailed with a Mate who liked Bustelo Coffee. It came in vacuum sealed bricks and he said it was very inexpensive for the quality. His theory was that the coffee was a loss leader, a front for smuggling cocaine and the bricks of coffee were the same size as cocaine bricks. So load the container three quarters with coke, then stack the coffee several layers deep at the door, and you're good to go!
ReplyDeleteIt's an appealing theory. Maybe he got the idea from the movie Clear and Present Danger.
I drink Bustelo coffee, have for over 40 years. Cafe Cubano, good stuff. It still comes in vacuum-sealed bricks (I have several in my pantry). I usually drink two demitasse cups a day, but have eased off to one during my recovery period.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about hiding bricks of coke in a cargo of Bustelo, but, when I lived in Miami (during the heyday of the Cocaine Cowboys), I recall there was a big scandal when it was discovered that drugs were being sent into the country from Colombia mixed in with carnations (Colombia is a big source of cut flowers - and coke, of course). I think an Eastern Airlines cargo plane got caught up in the trade.