This AM, my youngest female progeny figured she would try coffee. I noticed it was a very very light haze of light brown due to the milk added. After a little while, she is pouring a glass of juice and I'm asking, "what about your coffee?" "I'll try coffee again tomorrow to see if I can get used to it. She proclaimed. "You ought to take at least 3 drinks" was my reply due mainly to concern that the wasted coffee resulted in a lesser amount for my day's addicted need. Then a completely confused and bewildered look came across her face and asking me what I meant??? I again said she ought to take at least 3 drinks. "You mean 3 cups now?" "No, 3 drinks from that cup" "Like mouthfuls", I replied. "Oh, you mean 3 sips." was her final reply with some realization after her 14 year old analysis of this complex life situation. I was just amazed that today's teens do not understand the most basic concept of drinking some beverage. Her final conclusion that I was referring to a sip was not exactly right because a sip is just a small amount of beverage intake usually accompanied by an inhale of breath just in case the sip is too hot. The official order of beverage drinking amounts are as follows:
Sip - as already described.
Drink - a normal amount.
Swig - a slightly longer and amount more than a drink usually directly out of the bottle or container.
Gulp - a really long drink accomplished by a really full mouthful and no more than 1 swallow to add another mouthful and then accentuated at the end by an "aaahhhh."
Guzzle - a series of really full mouthfuls with multiple intervening swallows. Typically there is no expression of relief at the end with an "aaahhh" because a guzzle leaves you too exhausted and out of breath.
So, the morning was on a tight schedule and my daughter did not have an opportunity for this important life lesson and I'll just save it for discussion later.
