Coffee’ doesn’t mean coffee! ‘Coffee’ means sex!

Au Grain de Cafe {taken last night at Mont Tremblant while I was writing in my journal}

A woman’s late-night invitation to a man for a cup of coffee (typically after a date) has become code for an invitation to sex. This convention has become the subject of a great deal of comedy, and the treatments given to it in Seinfeld (in the words of George Costanza: “‘Coffee’ doesn’t mean coffee! ‘Coffee’ means sex!”) and Eddie Izzard (in Dress to Kill) are particularly noted. _ Social aspects of coffee {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_aspects_of_coffee}

Noting that coffee is the number two consumable product next to oil in the world it struck me that coffee houses, cafes, bistros, etc. around the world have, since the establishment in 1645 of the First coffeehouse in Italy, been the gathering place for people to socialize. Coffeehouses provides social members with a place to congregate, talk, write, read, entertain one another, or pass the time, whether individually or in small groups. {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeehouse}

It is fact and conjecture that coffee has played a role in history and literature and if we were to be able to listen in on the entire wealth of conversations that took place throughout history around the world we would find the “origins” of many “proverbs and sayings.”

That is why I introduced this topic with a saying that lead to the possible origins of “Proverbs and Sayings” in this months theme.

Does this stir any ideas from anyone?~~michael