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I think someone could make a fortune in SF if they opened a place that had both: Tai chi and Chai Tea.

by tanseydavid 3y ago

bmwolf102990 3y ago
That is the most clever and hilarious thing I have read in a long time.
- RajT88 3y ago
  Probably not original. From a 1989 episode of The Simpsons: https://tv.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c1743b56-f791-49a9-9d22-0bd55c18c408 https://tv.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c1743b56-f791-49a9-9d22-0bd5...
  - bmwolf102990 3y ago
    Well, original or not original, it still gave me a good chuckle. I don't watch The Simpsons, so I guess that is why I didn't register it in my brain.
  - yard2010 3y ago
    Great artists steal
  - gmiller123456 3y ago
    Pointing out "The Simpsons did it" is also not original. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Already_Did_It https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Already_Did_It
    - tshaddox 3y ago
      Pointing out something that's true and relevant can be valuable even what that thing has been true and relevant before and thus is not "original."
    - RajT88 3y ago
      I wasn't trying to be original - the Simpsons is the first place I became aware of the joke.
ra7 3y ago
Purists like me would object to Chai being referred to its redundant form Chai Tea :)
- 2024throwaway 3y ago
  Pedants* like you. Everyone knows what chai tea is referring to. In the same way they understand what naan bread is.
  - ra7 3y ago
    Doesn’t mean it’s correct!
    - QuercusMax 3y ago
      Except you're wrong, and this type of construction is extremely common. Take "pine tree" for example. There's nothing "incorrect" about calling it chai tea.
    - delecti 3y ago
      In this case, I would argue that it does. "Sahara" means "desert", but "Sahara Desert" is still the proper name for that place. "Naan" means "bread", but it's also the name we use for the kind of bread originally made by the people who speak the language where "naan" means "bread". Likewise, "chai tea" is a perfectly fine name for tea made in the style of the people whose word for "tea" is "chai". Languages do this all the time.
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cmiller1 3y ago
What about a place that served you baklava in a balaclava?
- DrNosferatu 3y ago
  Served by hungry Hungarians.
thenobsta 3y ago
Tai Chi and Cha?

I think someone could make a fortune in SF if they opened a place that had both: Tai chi and Chai Tea.

bmwolf102990 3y ago

That is the most clever and hilarious thing I have read in a long time.

RajT88 3y ago
Probably not original. From a 1989 episode of The Simpsons: https://tv.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c1743b56-f791-49a9-9d22-0bd55c18c408 https://tv.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c1743b56-f791-49a9-9d22-0bd5...
- bmwolf102990 3y ago
  Well, original or not original, it still gave me a good chuckle. I don't watch The Simpsons, so I guess that is why I didn't register it in my brain.
- yard2010 3y ago
  Great artists steal
- gmiller123456 3y ago
  Pointing out "The Simpsons did it" is also not original. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Already_Did_It https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Already_Did_It
  - tshaddox 3y ago
    Pointing out something that's true and relevant can be valuable even what that thing has been true and relevant before and thus is not "original."
  - RajT88 3y ago
    I wasn't trying to be original - the Simpsons is the first place I became aware of the joke.

ra7 3y ago

Purists like me would object to Chai being referred to its redundant form Chai Tea :)

2024throwaway 3y ago
Pedants* like you. Everyone knows what chai tea is referring to. In the same way they understand what naan bread is.
- ra7 3y ago
  Doesn’t mean it’s correct!
  - QuercusMax 3y ago
    Except you're wrong, and this type of construction is extremely common. Take "pine tree" for example. There's nothing "incorrect" about calling it chai tea.
  - delecti 3y ago
    In this case, I would argue that it does. "Sahara" means "desert", but "Sahara Desert" is still the proper name for that place. "Naan" means "bread", but it's also the name we use for the kind of bread originally made by the people who speak the language where "naan" means "bread". Likewise, "chai tea" is a perfectly fine name for tea made in the style of the people whose word for "tea" is "chai". Languages do this all the time.
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cmiller1 3y ago

What about a place that served you baklava in a balaclava?

DrNosferatu 3y ago
Served by hungry Hungarians.

thenobsta 3y ago

Tai Chi and Cha?