It took me a while to remember where I originally heard the term 'yerba maté' but eventually it clicked. "Oh, yeah! That's the stuff that Pundit says allows Uruguayans to leap over tall buildings in a single bound or something." I haven't tried the stuff yet, as my lunch special came with a perfectly bland ice tea. If yerba sends me on a vision quest or puts me in touch with the Speed Force, I'll let you all know.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
RPG Pundit is corrupting me...
...but it has nothing to do with games, swine, pipes, politics, or any of his usual rant-fodder. I was at my local hipster café when I spotted this can:
It took me a while to remember where I originally heard the term 'yerba maté' but eventually it clicked. "Oh, yeah! That's the stuff that Pundit says allows Uruguayans to leap over tall buildings in a single bound or something." I haven't tried the stuff yet, as my lunch special came with a perfectly bland ice tea. If yerba sends me on a vision quest or puts me in touch with the Speed Force, I'll let you all know.
It took me a while to remember where I originally heard the term 'yerba maté' but eventually it clicked. "Oh, yeah! That's the stuff that Pundit says allows Uruguayans to leap over tall buildings in a single bound or something." I haven't tried the stuff yet, as my lunch special came with a perfectly bland ice tea. If yerba sends me on a vision quest or puts me in touch with the Speed Force, I'll let you all know.
Dude. You should have let me know you were going to Aroma for lunch. I'd have met you there.
ReplyDeleteI could only do take-out today. Maybe later this week we could get together. Which reminds me, I need to talk to Don about having lunch with him.
ReplyDeleteI love that stuff! It's not as strong as what they drink in the Southern Hemisphere, but it WILL keep you awake.
ReplyDeleteIt sure as hell won't connect you to the speed force in wimpy "teabag" volumes.
ReplyDeleteDown here, we poor a fifth of a kilo of the loose stuff into a gourd. Ideally a gourd lined in leather from a bull's testicles. That's how you drink it.