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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Zorque 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Double strong, double sweet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Jamaican blend.

[–] JamesTBagg 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't you put my name on that disappointing hot leaf water.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But your name is literally James Tea Bag

[–] JamesTBagg 22 points 1 month ago

Dammit, you stop that.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

At least it's not a cup of Thames. 🤮

[–] Clanket 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] AshLassay 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

For anyone who doesn’t know that’s Cockney rhyming slang. Cup of Rosy Lee rhymes with Cup of Tea. But they often omit the last word so it becomes a Cup of Rosy.

Another one is Apples which is slang for stairs. Since the full rhyming slang is Apples and Pears.

[–] Dasus 3 points 1 month ago

Also, a very common one.

"Blew a raspberry."

Raspberry tart, fart.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Most people don’t know that “let’s get down to brass tacks” is a rhyme for “let’s get down to the facts” as well.

[–] distantsounds 3 points 1 month ago

Cup of Alastair

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why James? It isn't short for anything like Joe is

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What is Joe short for (in the coffee sense) in your mind? I know there's a few theories, and the jamoke one seems the most plausible to me.

[–] Desso 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Klear 2 points 1 month ago

lmao gottem XD

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It isn't that Joe is short for something coffee related, it's that it's short for Joseph, whereas James is just short for James

Afaik, like you said, joe as in coffee doesn't have a confirmed etymology. I tend to think the jamoke origin is most likely, though I've known a few Navy vets of the era claim up and down that that's the origin that's true (the Josephus Daniels alcohol ban story). I sure wouldn't disagree that that's where they ran into the term, but it isn't definitive either.

[–] Anticorp 2 points 2 weeks ago

So you're saying tea should be Jim?

[–] TheRealKuni 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So perhaps “A cup of Jim” for tea?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Makes sense to me!

[–] JeremyHuntQW12 2 points 1 month ago

Joe is short for Java, so a cup of ta ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] Pothetato 2 points 1 month ago

Cup of dick

[–] iamthewalrus 2 points 1 month ago

236ml of James, to be exact.