Archived comment by rushlight:
The Aztecs didn't sweeten their chocolate; it was actually quite bitter. Just wanted to say that...

Archived comment by lindt:
I seem to recall that Montezuma used chocolate to keep his strength up for his harem.

If you need 64 ounces, I would suspect something is quite wrong.

Or at least unfair

Archived comment by Sarah:
Eve, It's been a frigging miracle to get this rain I am taking every advantage of! I'm in the middle of the damn desert! So I HAVE to use it while we've got it!

Archived comment by umrguy:
Heck, Eve, if you want a change in weather, you could always move out here to the Midwest, or up to the middle-northern part of the country. Here in Missouri, it was snowing again yesterday.

Archived comment by Eve:
Sarah, I'm quite jealous...
...we never get enough rain here to suit me. :-)

Archived comment by Joe:
And umrguy scores a cool point. Tanj. Beat me to it. ;)
That's one of my favorite movies....

Archived comment by umrguy:
Jon - Dr. Strangelove? "Have you ever heard of a thing called flouridation?"

Archived comment by Sarah:
Well, 64 ounces of hot chocolate made from a *powder* IS just plain wrong. But made from real milk, sugar and cocoa, I don't think so.

Pardon me as I light a fire, snuggle with the husband as the rain drips down the window outside and I drink my 64 oz hot chocolate, why don't you?

Archived comment by JP:
Hey, that's given me an idea for what to do after I stagger out of the pub tonight. I could do with a bigger territory.

Archived comment by Paul:
I dunno, 64 ounces of any beverage is rather obscene. I've seen these guys go into a 7-11 carrying one of those plastic mugs and wondered: Doesn't their arm get tired from carrying it? And why would you want that much soda or coffee or anything else anyway, unless you were going to go wander around and mark your territory like a dog?

Archived comment by Jon:
But Mike, it makes perfect sense now! To me, anyways. You drink 64-ounce servings of chocha until there isn't any more left. Full of caffeine and the righteous indignation of divine royalty, you kill the nearest warrior and drink down his "precious bodily fluid". [1 cool point]



Until a certain point in my life, I would have argued that there's no such thing as too much chocolate. I will modify this statement: there's such a thing as too much chocolate *at one sitting*; there is nothing wrong with having an abundance of chocolate at one's disposal *in general*. I defy you, all-stars!

Archived comment by Mike:
Hey! Chocolate is just for royalty! Don't even think about it!
If you really want a refreshing drink, you go for blood. And none of that cheap prisoner-of-war crap, either. Home-grown warrior blood... mmmm... truly the drink of the gods!

Damn! three minutes too slow! :^)

Archived comment by Kevin Fox:
That's great! For the Aztecs, chocolate beverages were sacred and used in ritual. That much chocolate probably would mean someone was going to get sacrificed.

Think of it as coffee, but backwards. If you were used to 64 ounces of coffee and you got none, someone would have to die.