Article: Men wear kilts to clean windows, gutters

[sacluded]

In Australia, the coffee variants are, real coffee, instant coffee, and International Roast.
Is "Joe" another reference to coffee?

Yes, but not directly. People call a cup of coffee a cup of Joe. You wouldn't hear somebody refer to a can of coffee as a can of Joe though. I think it's more regional as well. I don't hear it often here in Northern California, but I've heard it in my travels elsewhere.

[Tony]

At Christmas-time I met a Philly-area guy who did this.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Ian: it is. You'll have heard the Americanism "cuppa Joe" somewhere besides this thread. Might be related to calling it "java."

"No Peeking," quotha. Like I'd buy that for a dollar -- instead of the gutter cleanout. They'd probably do a lively business, if they branched out in So-Cal, in West Hollywood -- if they are of an intrepid temperament. And I don't mean just about any gay clientèle -- here there be scary dragon ladies too. Some make no bones about it; they're after your Lucky Charms.

[stevo]

Had a taste of this kind of job when I had to climb a ladder in my kilt to retrieve a lady's hat which had blown up on to the bracket of a hanging basket. The 'no peeking' rule was NOT enforced...

[Katia]

Judy Briggs, the franchise owner, said the men do a lot of climbing in their kilts but they remind customers of their "no peeking" rule.

I wonder how well women would fare if they tried the same thing...

[TheOfficialBren]

Yes, but not directly. People call a cup of coffee a cup of Joe. You wouldn't hear somebody refer to a can of coffee as a can of Joe though. I think it's more regional as well. I don't hear it often here in Northern California, but I've heard it in my travels elsewhere.

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Here's an amusing annecdote: My mum's cousin's husband was named Joe. He owned a successful coffee business.

Some of them are more forward than teenage boys with no scruples!


We practically have an I.V. drip of the stuff!