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| lovelady |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 05:47:17 AM
So, let's say this morning you are in the kitchen canning tomatoes and pondering the upcoming day. You go to take a drink of your coffee and notice a little gnat floating in it. Let's say your cup is about 1/3 full. What are you gonna do?
A. Drink the coffee, gnat and all. A little extra minerals and protein never hurt anybody, right?
B. Pitch the rest of the coffee in the sink because, Ewwww, there was a bug in it!
C. Stick your finger in the coffee, pull out the bug, and drink the rest.
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| countrymum |
Posted - Aug 29 2009 : 12:21:14 PM
C. except I would use a spoon because I have my grandmother's Polish hands, wide fingers that cannot get a little gnat out of coffee.
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| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - Aug 29 2009 : 09:18:45 AM
What a fun poll! I love your story Toni, about the sandwich.
I guess my "no gnats in the wine" comes from making wine, where just one little fruit fly going in for a dive can spoil the batch. Of course, that's at a time when the alcohol content hasn't built up. Hmm. Maybe I should reconsider my swimmers in the finished product? :) Nah.
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| Sue Feely |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 7:17:39 PM
I'd say "C" - he wont hurt a little cuppa tea
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| Old Spirit |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 3:36:08 PM
C pull it out, no sense is wasting good coffee and they are pretty small so...., and knowing how observant I am I probably wouldn't see it anyway 
Rae
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| AmethystRose |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 10:00:18 AM
If my cup is one third full, it's probably cold anyway. I'd "B", and pour a new cup. I usually make enough for three cups and keep it in a thermal carafe.
Rosemary
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| beekeepersgirl |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 09:52:06 AM
I vote for "C" too - a little bug couldn't hurt much!!!!
Luanne
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| peapicker |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 09:05:20 AM
#3 if its still hot and good coffee. To be honest I have had some that I would like to throw out on the first sip. Then on the other hand I have had some that I didn't know when to stop drinking. Bugs don't bother me too much though.
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| Linder |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 09:02:15 AM
Throw out coffee!? NEVER. The gnat goes and I down my joe with a smile on my face. LOL!
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| faithmarie |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 05:09:47 AM
C... unless it was a fly or yellowjacket.
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| country roads |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 05:07:34 AM
I would have to say C. I made the cup of coffee for me, not the gnat! Also I would always save the glass of wine and toss the gnat :)
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| lovelady |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 03:58:49 AM
Wow, looks like we definitely have a majority going with C. That is what I did, too. I'm not sure where I draw the line as to which bugs are too gross to go on drinking, but a gnat sure doesn't bother me too much.
A few days ago my BIL and his wife were at a cookout and my SIL looked down and saw a gnat or some small bug had flown into the cheese on her hamburger. She started whining to my BIL, so he just looked at her, picked up her sandwich, and took a big bite that included the bug. She then threw a little fit, swearing at him in disgust. I'm guessing she would have chosen "B".
Michele~ I like how you have a distinction based on the beverage, but I think mine would be opposite of yours. I would think, surely the alcohol in the wine killed any bad stuff that came in with the bug. |
| Annab |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 03:30:34 AM
C for sure
Happens all the time...no biggie. Hate to loose a decent cuppa joe (or in my case diet pepsi) to a little bug.
Better than sucking a dry one in. That's FAR more rude |
| napafarmhouse1885 |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 9:42:49 PM
"b"...i am a wimp...
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 6:23:06 PM
C definitely C since they really don't hurt anything and I'm sure they don't drink much anyway. If it was a bigger bug like say a fly then I would say B because I've heard about those fly germs and I just can't fathom drinking after a fly has washed his feet off in my coffee. Did anyone watch A BUG'S LIFE?
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| magnoliakathy |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 3:39:14 PM
C - gnats are itty bitty and don't drink much and bees and wasps if I see them go in, otherwise, flies and unknown swim times get tossed.
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| CountryBorn |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 2:08:02 PM
I pick C. Knats are pretty tiny!
MJ
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| melanie47601 |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 1:50:00 PM
Yeah I'd have to say C too. I mean since it's a little gnat. he can't hurt much can he. Flies on the other hand are just nasty. I won't drink after them.
Melanie
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| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 1:48:14 PM
Coffee: C
Wine: B
I don't know why it matters, but it does and I have done it many times. Maybe I think the hot coffee sterilizes the little gnat germs? Or maybe it's the time of day and I have too much time/awareness later on? Now, if I poke him and he disappears on me, I go back for a fresh cup. :)
So, Toni, what did/do you do?
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| dutchy |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 12:27:24 PM
Probably C. Esp. if it is still early in the morning and my first cuppa lol
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| Prairie Princess |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 12:08:43 PM
Probably...B. But depending on the day, it could be C....
Depending on how desperate I was for that cup of coffee, lol.
~Jodi
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| Ga Girl |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 12:02:43 PM
I have to go with C too.
Karen
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| harmonyfarm |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 11:44:59 AM
That early in the morning, I'm not wearing my glasses yet...so I'd probably drink the bugger! A fly doing the backstroke I'd probably see, but not a gnat!
Debbie
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| Tapestry |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 11:42:35 AM
C. How much damage can an itty bitty gnat do? Now if it was a fly, bee or wasp I'd have to do B.
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| Diane B Carter |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 11:27:30 AM
I would choose B However if it was a choclate shake I would have to say C.
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| acairnsmom |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 11:14:28 AM
Easy C. The only time I'd pitch something would be if it were a yellow jacket in my soda.
Audrey
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