-� Ralph Waldo Emerson
One night, I was on my way to pick up some coffee and I asked my dad if he wanted anything. He asked for something cold with chocolate. I suggested an ice-blended mocha. He asked if he could get it without caffeine and with non-fat milk. I told him that would be a �non-fat, decaf, ice-blended mocha�. He liked the thought of that except he now wanted something hot. I told him he could get the same thing hot. It would be a �non-fat, decaf, mocha�. He decided that was a good choice and told me to get him a �non-fat, decaf, mocha�with whipped cream!� As I was about to leave to pick up our drinks, he asked what I would be getting. I told him a �vanilla steamer�. My dad got very interested and asked what it was. I explained it was warm milk with vanilla flavoring. He asked if they had it in chocolate and I said yes. Then he asked �So, what�s it called?� It took me several minutes to stop laughing before I could reply �It�s called �Hot chocolate��