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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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[–] intresteph@discuss.online 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Double strong, double sweet.

[–] H4CK3RN4M3D4N63R570RM@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Jamaican blend.

[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] simple@lemm.ee 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But your name is literally James Tea Bag

[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Dammit, you stop that.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 2 months ago

At least it's not a cup of Thames. 🤮

[–] Clanket@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] AshLassay@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Also, a very common one.

"Blew a raspberry."

Raspberry tart, fart.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months 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@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Cup of Alastair

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months 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@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

lmao gottem XD

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months 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@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

So you're saying tea should be Jim?

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So perhaps “A cup of Jim” for tea?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Makes sense to me!

[–] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Pothetato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Cup of dick

[–] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] iamthewalrus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

236ml of James, to be exact.