On a recent flight out of town to visit family, we “splurged” on an upgrade to business class, by using some hard-earned miles. Part of the whole upgrade thing is that they actually feed you a real meal. If you’ve been traveling on our airlines recently, you’ll know that they stopped feeding us shortly after 9-11 (something else I blame the terrorists for), no matter how long the domestic flight. I’ve flown across the entire country to Philadelphia, and almost starved getting across to the other side. And did I mention the whole shoe thing through security? I hate the shoe thing. But I digress.

The point is, that we got fed on this trip, and not only did we get fed, there was an additional festive-looking red package sitting on our food tray. As my eyes focussed on the note attached to the package, and started reading “Beans Make…” my faster brain had already inserted the end of the sentence, “… People Fart!”, and I had to stop and laugh for a while, before reading the actual title of the card, which began with, “Beans Make Spirits Bright.”

It really didn’t make any amount of sense until I turned the package over and saw the Starbucks logo, and realized we were talking about COFFEE beans. Then came the fine print about how coffee makes a great gift, yada yada yada. Good to know. Maybe go with a different slogan next time. Or not. That one was pretty funny.