Entry for 11th May, 2008

Welcome to the Blog of the Kindly Cuppa
40 Cups of Tea With 40 Friends
is my goal in life.
And it must be done before 10th July.
Click here to find out why.
If you would like to be my friend and earn a QCT (Qualifying Cup of Tea) then let me know.
No. of QCTs to date: 17
Here is me and the Piano Man enjoying QCT no.17. If I look a bit pissed off, it is because I am.
This was by far the least gracious and most grudging cuppa thus far. The Piano Man and his Mrs did not seem to understand that I had only come to Strathaven to bag a qualifying cuppa, not to make small talk, or to let my daughter colour in their walls with a crayon. I am short of time. I need a cuppa every other day if I am not to be stamped indelibly with the inky mark of failure. This is no longer funny.
Imagine my horror when, after making the trip of SEVEN WHOLE MILES, the Piano Man emmerged from the kitchen with a coffee! Has he not read the rules? "Tea man!" I yelled at him. "It has to be tea!"
He looked a bit nonplussed, so I reinforced my point by jabbing my bony index finger in his chest, leaning close and hissing: "Coffee doesn't count. I didn't come all the way to Strathaven for f****g Nescafe."
Eventually he relented, but I can't help but feel our relationship had been damaged.