Very funny, Jerry!

Coffee made its entrance into Europe from Constantinople to Venice. Legend has it that priests appealed to Pope Clement VIII (1536-1605) to have the use of coffee forbidden among Christians. They said that Satan had forbidden his followers, the heathen Muslims, to drink wine because it was used in Holy Communion, and instead had given them "hellish black coffee." It is said that the pope relied,

"Why, this Satan's drink is so delicious that it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it. We shall cheat Satan by baptizing it."

Elmer the caffeinated