ON THE ROCKS OR PIPING HOT

I was never much a fan of GB Shaw, and I'm not familiar with this play or poster from the WPA years. So this entry is about hot and cold.

When I have a beverage that's supposed to be cold, then that's what I want. Iced tea is just that. When you serve it to me sans ice, then I'll only sip on it and leave most. You can't have too much ice for me. In fact, I think of ice as one of the seven food groups. Same with soda or water or Kool-Aid or anything that's supposed to be cold. Lukewarm has no place in my food and drink requirements.

The same at the other end. I like my food or beverages hot if that's the way they were intended to be. On occasion I can eat a cold hamburger or hot dog. Never cold pizza as both our son and daughter enjoy. Hot fries, apple pie, soup--the list goes on and on. Again lukewarm doesn't apply.

Similarly, my body temp likes it cold in the indoors in the Summer and relatively warm in the Winter. I'm an all or nothing guy and that's the way I've always been.