The intelligent coffee mug

My being a miserable person has nothing to do with my Jewishness. I would be a miserable person with any other ethnic identity.

You may not perceive that what the Nazis did was just the culmination of two-thousand years of European anti-Semitism. The Nazis being Germans, and in the 20th century, could be more efficient at what other European nationalities did to Jews earlier. Remember, Germans as a people, in my opinion and many others, are intelligent, industrious, and efficient. That can be used for good and bad.

So, I will rail against anti-Semitism, since it has nothing to do with me. It has to do with Jews in general, and the fact that the world never seems to shake the virus of anti-Semitism completely. If it is not in the Christian world today, then it seems to be alive in the Moslem world. When it was not in the Moslem world, it was in the Christian world.

But, I do not know why you react to my concerns about anti-Semitism and in this case about Germany and its past. You would prefer me to send the world the message that Jews will be friendly as soon as they are stopped being hunted? Sorry, I cannot feel that I am being intellectually honest to do that, since I know many American Jews that feel that Germany will never get one cent of their vacation dollar. You do know that there are other countries in Europe that have been nicer to Jews in the 20th century.

Sorry to get you upset if I did. Your being German is a non-sequitor. My recommendation, if you do not mind my addressing your reaction, is to realize that the largest ethnic group in the U.S. is German-American that are thoroughly American, and that is why this is such a decent country, since the U.S. is "inclusive," rather than "exclusive," as opposed to how much of Europe has been for its history.

Can somebody explain to me how this precious idiot gets to antisemitism from a thread about an "intelligent coffee mug?"

What a f*ckin' putz . . .

well, I guess it's mostly about Walter, after all he is german ergo an automatic antisemitic of the highest order. I remember very well the evening he sat on my patio with a cup of coffee telling me that Hilter didn't go far enough in solving the jewish problem.

Silly me . . . i should have known . . .

in the meantime, even though I am a tea drinker rather than coffee I would really like to have one of those mugs.

I ain't so sure . . . i spend a lot of time waiting for the coffee to cool off enough that i can drink it . . .

yeah but you know, after my tea cools off I spend lots of time reheating to the point that the tea gets bitter.

Suit yerself. I do not need a coffee mug, sitting around making me look dumb.

I do as well, since it took us a couple of hours to get our coffees cold. (Those illegals make wonderful mugs!)

Oh, and it wasn't the patio but the garage.

You sat on his garage, rather than his patio? Wasn't that rather awkward?

He doesn't like me - it was the best I could expect.

In defense of this gabby hayes persona it must be noted that Walter speaks american with a german accent and eats tacos with a knife and fork. Obviously I had no choice than to relegate him to the garage roof.

With the advice of friendly Navajos I'd learnt to use the kiva ladders and finally could find the way back to my Cherusci tribe.

Is this ignorant son-of-a-bitch ever gonna shut up, or is he attempting to kill off the thread altogether?

Walter, he made you climb a kiva ladder to get to the garage roof? Did you have to carry your tacos, your knife and fork and you coffee up with you?

Navajos have kivas? Who knew?

That's all the more reason to get one. It first accelerates the cooling process by soaking up the excess heat like a sponge while the temperature is above 136.4, and doesn’t start to return it until the temperature falls below 136.4. Smart, hell… its brilliant!