Mccafe And Bad Mathmatics

[webbo3]

On the advert for McCafe, someone asks whats a flat white.
the first waitress McCafe worker says..2/3rds coffee, one third milk and one third foam.
Am I missing something or are there 4/3rds in a whole now.

[jackthehat]

That's the point.....

The pretentious and nonsensical mythology growing up around coffee and its' preparation.

[jno]

what you're missing may be the joke?

[sanmac]

Perhaps they're using a larger cup to accommodate the extra third:)

[fiction-factory]

i think it's a joke as people struggle to describe it. eg micromcbubbles

[Tilly2]

You need a proper barista to answer that one. ;-)

[jno]

true, sanmac, they may need the bigger cups when they turn their machines up to 11.

[sanmac]

Tilly2, why bring the law into it?

[webbo3]

the "joke" is obviously wasted on me, I wouldn't get a coffee from McDonalds anyway.

thanks for the answers tho.

[mushroom25]

like asking Diane Abbott for a coffee?

[webbo3]

Joint best answer ^

[douglas9401]

webbo, see jackthehat's post.

[sanmac]

Wow, a BA...That'd be grounds for me to buy y'all an extra-large coffee:)

[webbo3]

where abouts Douglas, i looked through adverts in case someone had posted already.

[TheChair]

"Am I missing something". Yes, a sense of humour.

[Hopkirk]

I agree, it's not a mistake, it's deliberate.

[LadyCG]

Maybe they're giving 1/3 extra free.

[murraymints]

lol..pretentious !