Word: mocha
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...After all, what's not to love? Crime is down, commerce is booming and Wall Street is going crazy (mostly in a positive sense). So much so, Manhattan and its boroughs have toppled the plinth of last year's winner: The Microsoft-and-mocha metropolis of Seattle...
...Mocha Man's arrival was eagerly anticipated. In he'd come with the tools of his trade--espresso maker, blender, coffee bean grinder. And everyone would flock around him, ordering their ice-blended mochas, with a double shot of espresso, no sugar, just sweet 'n' low, extra-chocolate, banana, decaf, please...and just a dab of whipped cream. Or maybe a hot cappuccino...
Then one day he didn't come. "Where is my mocha?" grumbled one electrician and grip after another, intimidating tools dangling off their belts. The drastic announcement was made. In a cost-cutting measure, the Mocha Man would come only three times a week. The crew, faced with a question of survival, took matters into their own hands...
...first assistant director had recently acquired a puppy, an adorable mutt, that came to set every day. A Polaroid was delivered to her, of Mickey (the dog) and scrawled on the photo were the disturbing words, "Mochas or the mutt dies!" Taking it as a prank, she ignored the missive. Soon a second Polaroid arrived; this time a gun pointed at poor Mickey's head, the message implicit. Despite the assistant director's rising panic, the producer refused to take action. She sternly responded, "Kill the mutt!" A third picture arrived: Mickey splayed on the ground, eyes closed...
...promise proved hollow when the next week on Tuesday the mocha man again didn't show; this time the photograph was of a bound and gagged Richard Dreyfus. The producer stood firm, willing to sacrifice even her star to avoid the extra expenditure. So the mocha man came only three times a week, and both Mickey and Richard survived to tell the tale...