January 14, 2009
More Coffee! [Dan Collins]

From the BBC, via David Thompson, comes news that coffee may help you hallucinate better! Is there anything it can’t do?

Sometimes, when I have seven or more cups of the stuff (I don’t do instant except in dire straits), I get the distinct, momentary impression that I’m awake. That’s pretty strange shit right there.

More illustration, courtesy of William Teach

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  1. Comment by Sdferr on 1/14 @ 8:07 am #

    They also stress that experiencing hallucinations is not a definite sign of mental illness and that about 3% of people regularly hear voices.

    Funny, I’d always chalked it up to the tinnitus borne of unprotected earbones (well, ok, whiskers) exposed to too many power tools and explosions, but yeah, now that yer askin’ I’ll take another cup, thanks!

  2. Comment by Dan Collins on 1/14 @ 8:09 am #

    I’ll tell you what’s almost as potent: Beer. I have enough of those babies and I start talking out of my ass. (Yes, yes, yes, trolls, I must be drinking it all the time).

  3. Comment by Sdferr on 1/14 @ 8:21 am #

    Headline Ha’artez: German coffee chain cancels ad campaign featuring slogan Nazis used (AP)

    Wonder what ghosts they were hearing?

  4. Comment by Mossberg500 on 1/14 @ 9:41 am #

    While vacationing in Hawaii, I had two Irish Car Bombs. It’s the closest I’ve come to hallucinating since the 70’s.

  5. Comment by Bob Reed on 1/14 @ 9:57 am #

    S’funny, it’s never happened to me and I drink coffee all day; no instant though-EVAH!…
    But Irish car bombs..? Well that’s a different story! If my intake of that wondrous appelation exceeds 4 per hour then I begin to hear the Clancy brothers singing “Whiskey in the jar”!

  6. Comment by Bob Reed on 1/14 @ 9:58 am #

    “They also stress that experiencing hallucinations is not a definite sign of mental illness and that about 3% of people regularly hear voices.”

    I guess that parsnip and assclown can relax; but they probably shouldn’t cancel the therapy sessions just yet…

  7. Comment by Silver Whistle on 1/14 @ 10:49 am #

    I’ll tell you what’s almost as potent: Beer. I have enough of those babies and I start talking out of my ass.

    And even stranger; that hairy swamp beast suddenly became not unattractive.

  8. Comment by SarahW on 1/14 @ 11:02 am #

    Perhaps there is something in instant coffee?
    ::gypped of voices::

  9. Comment by SarahW on 1/14 @ 11:02 am #

    On cup number six right now.

  10. Comment by Rob Crawford on 1/14 @ 6:24 pm #

    I’ll tell you what’s almost as potent: Beer. I have enough of those babies and I start talking out of my ass.

    You mean like Ace Ventura?

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