Maybe Coffee is in Our Future

RT @MitchGroup Maybe coffee is in our future

I received this via Twitter after meeting Doug at a networking event. This immediately caught me eye.

Have you ever played that thinking game where you have to count the number of squares inside a block of squares within squares? That’s the same magic I discovered behind this request.

Let’s take it word by word.

Maybe. Probabilities scale says this isn’t likely, but that’s not how it’s being used here. It’s a softener. A Softener is a word or phrase used to cushion a call to action. Other softeners often used are “I’m wondering if, “Would it be possible,” “Could you,” as well as numerous others.

Coffee. Sounds pretty straight forward, but it’s not. “Coffee” as it’s being used here really is a linguistic symbol for spending some time together getting to know each other better on a platonic level most likely for business. Thanks for using it this way. No really. I touched on this when I wrote Say One Thing Mean Another.

Is. Not pulling a Clinton on this. Let’s move on shall we?

In our future. Hey, now that’s rhetorical if I ever saw it. And, effective persuasion involves some future action, does it not? Why not put it there? Linguistically, I mean. Which translates to mentally, anyway.

Side note: How does a person, like me, get to a point in life where I’m analyzing every word and phrase!? There has to be a support group for this.

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A girl in a bikini is like having a loaded pistol on your coffee table – There’s nothing wrong with them, but it’s hard to stop thinking about it. -Garrison Keillor #simile

Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank. -Alphonse Allais

Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks? -Steven Wright

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling. -Dave Barry #paraprosdokian #ruleof3

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh #paraprosdokian #antapodosis

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