Hopefully we’ve diverted our very kind and loquacious benefactor onto the other blog and we can write something worthwhile here.
So should we jump right into the steak recipe, or should we talk about shallots first?
(TELEPHONE RINGS!)
/sigh
“Yel-lo?”
“Is this Mr. Kitty?”
“You called me; mind introducing yourself, please? Phone-etiquette isn’t dead, ya know?”
“My apologies. This is Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks. Do I have the honor and pleasure of speaking with Mr. Kitty?”
“You can call me Daniel, but you’re on the right trajectory.”
“Excellent. I understand you’ve been promoting our newest coffee, Dark Cherry Mocha?”
“With a passion that burns with the heat of 1000 suns, yes sir!”
“That’s very kind of you. It’s word-of-mouth advertising like yours that makes this billionaire’s heart warm and my pockets tingle with the opportunity of a joint business venture.”
“NO WAI!”
“Wai.”
“You’re serious?”
“Serious.”
“What’s your plan, cochise?”
“How about I give you a coupon that you can put on your blog that will allow your readers to get a free Dark Cherry Mocha from their local Starbucks restaurant?”
“NO WAI!!”
“Wai.”
“Send me the graphic and I’ll slap it up there, PDQ!”
“Well Mr. Kitty, check your in-box.”
“SWEET!” Now you’re sure this is 100%, totally, no-foolin’, no-kiddin’, too legit to quit?”
“Totally. Legit.*“
“We’re posting right now!”
“Again, Mr. Kitty, thank you for your continued patronage and writings.”
(click)
Well shut my mouth and call me cornbread.
* 100% totally NOT legit.
LOL! You know for a fact they’ll be stories of people trying to use this at a Starbucks.
WTF….
WAI is so totally not pronounced WAY. How the hell did people come up with that crap? WAI is pronounced WHY. If you wanna say WAY, then spell it WEI or WEY or…something…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_RLY%3F
Not sayin’; just sayin’.
I’m printing several copies of the coupon and leaving them in public places near my Starbucks. Then I’m going to sit inside with my iced coffee and wait for the entertainment to unfold.
Well-played, sir.
I am going to try one of those.
En taro Daniel!
God-dammit Mr Howell, you had me going for a minute there
I really was thinking for a minute (albeit clearly a rather foolish minute) that this was genuine 
ah well….I’m hopefully going to Starbucks this weekend so I’ll pick one up (assuming the half-assed UK version of Starbucks actually has these of course >.<)
'Java (Dan)
@Veronica that is such a delicious prank to play.. If there was one near me I would do it…
you ALMOST had me going into my nearest starbucks. any idea what the calorie count of those things are, btw? i’m on a budget, man.
Cornbread
@ Veronica, we demand video footage
@ Kattrinsaa, unless you live in McMurdo I’m pretty sure there’s a Starbucks near you
I gotta say Daniel, I had a Dark Cherry Mocha in Frappachino form the other day and it was devine.
Dark Cherry Mocha
320 cal
8g fat
57g carb
2g fiber
12g prot
This is a grande with 2% milk
Stupid Mage, you live up to your name.
Enjoy your Dark Cherry Mocha while you can… The Starbucks around these parts are slowly running out, and apparently the chain has discontinued them.
I have made my displeasure known to them by going to the one remaining shop… I may have to give the coupon a shot however just for grins
@ BRK damn you for getting me going for a minute or two…or until I read the coupon…
@Veronica I have a Starbucks right across the street from my office, and we have binoculars here as well…I have devised a similar plan now
LOL
That is a hilarious coupon. And you had me for quite a bit too.
-50 DKP
I am not a coffee fan.. like AT ALL, but you have me tempted to try this.
We shall see.
Well you might be able to trick the new guy at your local star bucks if you are lucky.
You might have gotten me if it had been for hot cocoa or tea, neither of which Starbucks does very well but free is free when you’re on a budget.
Still, I LOL’d at the thought of just how many people would wander in wanting your drink. If one of your readers worked at Starbucks…I’m chuckling right now imagining THAT conversation.
*Cries the tears of 1,000 camels stuck in hot quicksand on a humid day*
You . Had . Me . Going
Alas even without the coupon they don’t have this brew at my local Starbucks
*pickets Starbucks*
The coupon merely grants you the right to enjoy the Dark Cherry Mocha. It never says it will provide said Dark Cherry Mocha for you.
Bah, I’m disappointed to announce that as I suspected the nearest Starbucks to me (Milton Keynes) do not do this drink, like, at all
UK Starbucks, you have once again failed me, no raspberry coffee and now this, you’re lucky your hazlenut hot chocolates are so good … Still…/sad panda.