who can tell me where the phrase "wake up and smell the coffee" comes from?
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Ann Landers made the phrase popular in her column.
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Speculation about its origin is found in Eric Partridge's "Dictionary of Catch Phrases":\n\n"'Come up and see my etchings' was, perhaps, orig. a US students' catchphrase that rapidly gained a much wider currency: throughout the US, thence in Can. and UK and, prob. indicative of US influence in 1943-5, Aus. Formerly I suspected that it was prompted by [Mae West's] 'come up and see me sometime!'; yet it could well have been the other way about. In his letter . . . Prof. S. H. Monk writes: "I am certain that I knew this sentence by the midtwenties. Actually I knew no one who had a collection of etchings or who was suave enough to seduce a young thing in this manner. But the phrase certainly floated in and out of cartoons and jokes. To me, it has an 1890-ish or Edwardian tone, and I suspect that it existed in 'sophisticated' urban society before it ever reached me. I think that this can still sometimes be heard, but it is definitely 'corny'."\nPerhaps confirmatory of Prof. Monk's shrewd remarks is the fact that in Susannah Centlivre's comedy, 'The Man's Bewitched' (1710), Act III, where Belinda, Maria, Constant and Lovely are in the study, and Lovely exclaims, 'Interrogating! Nay, then 'tis proper to be alone; there is a very pretty Collection of Prints in the next Room, Madam, will you give me leave to explain them to you?' Maria answers, 'Any Thing that may divert your Love--Subject.'\nIt should, however, be noted that this catchphrase perhaps derives from Surreyside melodrama--the villain enticing the innocent maiden."
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Get off the computer and start reading.  You're gonna need some coffee too.  Govt books.........snore!
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it's a cult myth.  and a silly one at that.\n\nchill out, have some coffee, and relax!!\n\n:)
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why do i wake up in the morning?
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Studies have shown that apples wake you up better in the morning then coffee. If you want to be alert, eat an apple.\nI would say just eat healthy and of course exercise. Both will clear your mind.
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Get up and walk around...get a caffienated drink
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I don't know where I'm from, but I would like a cup of coffee
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Another Cup Of Coffee (performed by Mike & The Mechanics)\n\nAnd she pours herself another cup of coffee | As she contemplates the stain across the wall and it's in between the cleaning and the washing | That's when looking back's | The hardest part of all | And she always did her best to try and please him | While he always did his best to make her cry | And she got down on her knees to stop him leaving | But he always knew one day he'd say goodbye | Where are your friends | Where are your children | Is this your house | Is this your home | Does nothing ever last forever | Does everybody sleep alone | And he tears the business tags from his old suitcase | As he packs away the pieces of his life | They all love him but they always try to change him | That's what happens when a girl becomes a wife | And she pours herself another cup of coffee | As the pictures leave a clean space on the wall | and it's in between the leaving and the loving | That's when looking back's | The hardest part of all | Where are your friends | Where are your children | Is this your house | Is this your home | Does nothing ever last forever | Does everybody sleep alone | Don't look back | Don't give up | Pour yourself another cup
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Good Morning VK! Actually Good Afternoon here. How are you? I sent you an e-mail, I hope you got it, and that it didn't get lost! I sure hope they had their cup of coffee, because I know for a fact that Jodie Foster cannot go a morning without a cup of coffee. By the way, does Rory Emerald drink coffee? Great Question VK, and one of the best ones that you have asked!!
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Nobody actually knows where that phrase comes from.  There is an urban legend about where it came from that can be found here: http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/brass.htm
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i don't know but i would like to try some michelango coffee being brewed yum i am craving coffee now and it's 5:40pm
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YES!! I think that is a excellant idea, It would make people wake up and smell the coffee or whatever.
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The phrase is Cellar Door. It's from the movie Donnie Darko, which is one of my favorites.
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I don't know if there's much etymology of the phrase, but here's an article about it which puts forth some interesting possibilities of the origin.\n\nQuote from the site:\n\n"Some linguists and historians think the expression must have been well known during the war years, citing a story about General Eisenhower's dog. The story goes that the dog (Felix) urinated on a map and the officers joked that the enemy was "pissed off." (Leonard Mosely, Marshall, 1982)."
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It refers to the Jonestown mass murder/suicide in 1978, where hundreds of people were forced into a tent and made to drink poisoned Flavor Aid (though many people believe it was KoolAid).\n\nMany people use the expression to refer to those who blindly follow a leader into a dangerous or lethal situation.
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'tie on one'\n\n"From "The Wordsworth Book of Euphemism" by Judith S. Neaman and Carole G. Silver (Wordsworth Reference, New York, 1983, 1990) -- "Tie one on, to - To get drunk. (Eric) Partridge suggests that this expression is derived from 'hang one on' (ca. 1935), which originated in the United States and was later adopted in Canada. It is clear that a 'hangover' -- more politely, 'the morning after' -- is the miserable memento of having 'hung' or 'tied one on.' We are uncertain as to why drinking is described as tieing, hanging or belting...""\n\n'belly up to the bar'\n\n" "belly up! belly up to the bar, boys!" Drinks on the house, boys!: Canadian: 20th century. Cf. the US underworld, mostly pickpockets', catch phrase "belly up?," Have a drink!--c. 1930-50. Prompted by the English-speaking world's toast "bottoms up!""\n\nor:\n\n"belly up to: To approach something straight on, to move straight ahead; fig., to push one's belly toward or up to something. 1953: ". . . For a fellow to belly up to a bar and buy a round of drinks. . . ." "