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One for the vaccine refusenik conspiracy theorists. [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/vk7NX1j.png] It's true. I removed the antennae from my wheels and some sod came round and let my tyres down.

Reimagining Gender! https://imgur.com/a/jZl98ZU

![Brits take to social media to see the funny side in the face of a new lockdown](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/NINTCHDBPICT000628901657.jpg)

I must be normal, all I can see is an 8. [URL=https://i.imgur.com/v1Bn9Oc.jpg][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/v1Bn9Oc.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

My favourite joke I loved to tell when I was a child……… A snake was warming himself in a nice sunny spot in the woods when another snake came quickly slithering up to him and with a very worrying anxious look on his face said… "Sid! Sid! Quick! What am I, a grass snake or an adder?" "A grass snake, why?" replied Sid sleepily. "Thank Gawd for that. I've just bit me lip!"

I have a friend Pat from Ireland went into the local market to apply for a job. The boss thought to himself, "I'm not hiring that lazy swine", so he decided to set a test for our emerald hero hoping he wouldn't be able to answer the questions and he'd be able to refuse him the job without getting into an argument. The first question was, "Without using numbers, represent the number 9." Pat says, "Dat's easy" and proceeds to draw three trees. The boss says, "What in the world is that?" Pat says, "Tree 'n tree 'n tree makes nine." "Fair enough" says the boss. "Second question, same rules, but represent 99". Pat stares into space for a while, then makes a smudge on each tree. "Der ya go boy," he says. The boss scratches his head and asks, "How on earth do you get that to represent 99?" Pat answers, "Oh b'Jaisus it's so easy look each tree is dirty now, so it's dirty tree 'n dirty tree 'n dirty tree - dat's 99." The boss is getting worried he's going to have to hire Pat so he says, "All right, question number 3. Same rules again, but this time represent the number 100." Pat stares into space again, then he shouts, "Sweet mother of Mary i've got it!" He makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Der ya go sir -100." The boss looks at Pat’s attempt and thinks, "Ha! got him this time." He then tells him, "Go on, the paddy, you must be crazy if you think that represents a 100." Pat leans forward and points to the little marks at the tree bases and says, "A little dog comes along and craps near the base of each tree, so now ya got dirty tree an' a turd, dirty tree an' a turd, and dirty tree an' a turd, which makes 100. When do I start me job?"

@"-Mac"#p1329 Ah…that word filter….but people will figure out that it's turd

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Funnies Thread

coffeealex

Well, I’ve seen quite a few tamping techniques, but never one like this…..

Demonstrating a top end Vesuvius machine, he takes his top of the range plastic tamper and then with a personalised ‘thumping’ technique, tamps the coffee…. three blows should do it…….. maybe a hammer would have helped??!!

soon followed by the host proclaiming “ now let us see how our master makes the espresso”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzVIvlctirk

3.47 into video

CoyoteOldMan

coffeealex BTW - I think the guy in the jacket hovering around is Paolo Cortese, the owner of ACS.

MackOT

coffeealex I just saw the video and realize that the barista is Antonio Nurri. He is founder Nurri company. The one that just release Nurri Leva SA. I wonder that his machine requires to tamp like the way he does it. 🤣

MediumRoastSteam

MackOT just saw the video and realize that the barista is Antonio Nurri.

If you are referring to the video posted by Cuprajake , you are getting very confused. At the beginning he says his name, “Salvatore” (from Salvatore Espresso Machines).

edit: CoyoteOldMan pointed me to the right post by coffeealex

It’s indeed Nurri.

coffeealex

CoyoteOldMan Gosh. Im sure you dont get one of those tampers thrown in with an ACS

Cuprajake

I see your plastic tamper and raise you this

coffeealex

Cuprajake Is that the ‘knock tap technique’

What disturbs me most is both have clearly from their accents Italian heritage. Coming from an Italian background myself it makes me worry!!

Cuprajake

Or this

coffeealex

Cuprajake Gosh! Tell you what after watching those I now put myself in the master barista class of coffee preparation. There’s me thinking I was average….. or maybe they are in the master barista category and I am Sh.. Hmm??

MediumRoastSteam

coffeealex Is that the ‘knock tap technique

Knock-tap-grind-tamp (repeat)! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That’s a hell of an overfilled basket! Impressive!

dutchy101

coffeealex You do with a Minima haha.

Not only am I completely amazed he was using that there (when the was another metal tamper on the worktop at the same time), but he looked like he did a bloody good job with the shots.

Cuprajake

Well both those two videos are machine manufacturers 🤷 not just random people

coffeealex

The vimeo video is a ritual! What does he spray the beans with? Looks just like my hand disinfectant. Maybe it’s a special spray for coffee beans just in case they have Covid.

CoyoteOldMan

coffeealex Possibly WD40?

coffeealex

Knew was on the right track with WD40! Just was spraying the wrong bit!

Cuprajake

Bit o holy water

DavecUK

Just came across this…gave me a bit of a chuckle.

coffeealex

DavecUK

Absolute classic

dfk41

DavecUK The nice thing about having a bad memory is you can see things you think you have not seen before (but know you have) and enjoy them anew

DavecUK

dfk41

-Mac

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