The All Important Cup of Coffee, "Teh"

This is obviously not a groundbreaking discovering. Along with diet food, coffee has become one of the most popular food-oriented subjects of our generation. I attended the Jerry Seinfeld standup comedy show at the Wang Center in Boston on March 3. He addressed society's obsession with coffee in his act.

I found this part of the show to be the highlight of the night. After doing one skit about how people make the "Teh" sound, which is made by placing your tongue on the lower surface of your mouth with the front of the tongue against the teeth and then sucking your tongue backwards, when they are mad instead of giving the finger or saying the F word, he integrated the "Teh" sound in his coffee skit.

Seinfeld pretended to be a working woman who had just purchased a "late mocha chocha deluxe" (or something ridiculous along those lines). The woman crosses the street in a busy city with her abnormally tall coffee raised high in her right hand, as if it were the million dollar lottery ticket. Then someone in their car waiting for a green light moves slightly forward, causing the lady to go "Teh" and storm off marching across the street with her coffee in the clouds. It was a great skit and a great show, and I suggest any fans of the show Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm to see a Jerry Seinfeld standup show sometime in your life.