Sick of having to make a cup of coffee for other people just because you want one? Well you should get onto the 'velvet spoon' routine... coined by the creators of Peep Show the Velvet Spoon enables to you make yourself a coffee while other are completely oblivious and therefore don't have to make them one.
In series 8, episode 2 of Peep Show, Mark is doing some late night work and gets up to make a coffee. As he makes the coffee he uses the Velvet spoon routine so that his flatmate Jez doesn't hear and therefore doesn't have to make him one, however, Mark is rumbled by Jez who has been kept up all night by Marks effort to 'massacre imaginary ants swarming [his] keyboard". I've provided a link to the episode on youtube. At 7:31 you can see the velvet spoon in action.
The velvet spoon involved stirring the spoon without making contact the the sides or bottom of the coffee cup to avoid making noise. Takes a little more time than normal stirring, a wee bit of concentration and deliberate effort but definitely pays off when executed correctly.
could use a stick (like one of those iceblock sticks) to stir it..
ReplyDeleteThat just wouldn't be as funny
DeleteThis is golden, I just exercised this very method to avoid making a brew for the workman currently doing stuff in my house... though he has clearly seen me consuming the beverage xD
ReplyDeleteHaha. Very clever Chris! I'll keep that in mind next time I've got tradies at the house. I also find this technique handy at work. By the time colleges/supervisors see me with a cuppa it's way too late to ask me for one :P
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