Schrödinger’s Coffee

[donutsweeper]

Title: Schrödinger’s Coffee
Pairing/Warning/Rating: none, rated G
Word Count: 100
Summary: Jack and Tosh discuss coffee
Author's Note: Learn about Schrödinger's cat here.  Thanks to smithy161 for fixing the quantum nature of Jack's conundrum.

“Jack?  You’re staring at the coffee machine.  Are you okay?”

“I don’t know who made the coffee this morning, Tosh.”

“Oh, and that’s a problem?”

“Gwen makes dreadful coffee.  And Owen’s... Owen’s coffee is criminal.  I want Ianto’s coffee.”

“Well, maybe Ianto made it.”

“But until I drink it I won’t know for certain.”

“And you’re not trying it... why?”

“Schrödinger’s Coffee.”

“Sorry, what?”

"Well, it's both fantastic coffee and horrific coffee-like crap until I try it.  And I don't want risk drinking coffee-like crap.”

“I wouldn’t have guessed you were a student of quantum theory.”

“Not quantum theory, just coffee.”

  

Comments

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

You are BRILLIANT.

I want a "Quantum Coffee" icon!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I still love this icon of yours. *g*

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

One hypothetical day, I'll do a ficlet for each of my icons. That one'll probably have something to do with aliens who travel hundreds of light-years and hold the team hostage, all for some of Ianto's coffee.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Ianto's coffee is a worthy quest.

A drabble for each icon? This one might be hard to explain.

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

Ah, I didn't say drabble! The very idea of being that constrained makes me run screaming. Those of you who can do them have my admiration.

As for that icon...think of it as a challenge. :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

what's weird is, for me, the idea of a ficlet being any random length makes me hyperventilate. I need the constraint of the 100 word box

dunno about drabble but...

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Jack drew his weapon but it was totally unnecessary. To the accompaniment of faint popping noises, the next shipment of alien donuts had finally arrived.

you can see why I am not writing at the moment

Re: dunno about drabble but...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

hmmm.. maybe the donutgun is related to the alien donuts. that makes a lot of sense!

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

I'm not great at icons, but I thought that too, so...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

OMG, I love it!! I can't wait till I get off work and can download it! :)

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I wish I was an arty type.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

It's beautiful! Much better than my pathetic attempts at icons!

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

Yours are good!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

ehh, messy. some people on our flist manage beautiful crisp and clean ones. I'll stick to spending my efforts writing

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

I made a slightly neater one:


But yeah I know what you mean. Some people just have the knack.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I love them both!! :)

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

Whee! Thank you immensely!

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

No problemo!