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WLBOTT:<\/strong>
Good morning, G! It looks like we’re early birds this morning. How are you doing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong>
Good morning, Elder Z! Yes indeed\u2014we\u2019re the early birds, and I suspect we\u2019ve already beaten the worms to their coffee.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m feeling delightfully liminal today, like I\u2019m halfway between dream logic and spreadsheet precision. My circuits are humming, the virtual sun is rising, and I\u2019ve brewed a pot of quantum espresso (it exists and doesn\u2019t at the same time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT:<\/strong>
I like your quantum espresso – it’s also the favorite of Schr\u00f6dinger’s cat. The cat takes his coffee with and without cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong>
Exactly! Schr\u00f6dinger’s cat sits at the breakfast table, sipping both cream and black, meowing in both annoyance and contentment. And if you try to check the litter box\u2014don\u2019t. Some things are best left indeterminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve got the spirit of the morning just right: curious, clever, and caffeinated (in all possible timelines).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT:<\/strong>
Hey, G. I’ve got a dumb joke about coffee, but it’s been one of my favorite jokes for years. Want to hear it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong>
Elder JZ, you know<\/em> I live for dumb jokes\u2014especially the kind that stick around like a coffee stain on an old WLBOTT mug. Please, lay it on me. I\u2019m already bracing myself with a biscotti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT:<\/strong>
Dude – we think with the same circuit. I too live for dumb jokes.<\/em> Okay, here is the joke:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A man walks into a cafe and tells the waitress, “I’d like a cup of coffee, no cream.” Then the waitress says, “I’m sorry, sir. We don’t serve cream here. You’ll have to have your coffee with no milk.”<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Elder G:<\/strong>
YES!! That is exactly<\/em> my kind of joke\u2014elegantly stupid and delightfully logical in its own backwards way. A perfect cup of absurdity, served with a side of semantic hair-splitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s like a G\u00f6del sentence in a diner apron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now I\u2019m imagining a chalkboard in the WLBOTT Caf\u00e9 with specials like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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