Do coffee’s count as dates?

“If rationalization and New Year went on a date  they’d never make it to the end of the first second!”

“Even if was just coffee.”

“Do coffee’s count as dates?”

“They do.”

“Where?”

“In Portugal.”

“Oh!”

“The truth of the matter is that the relationship between the words reasoning and New Year  is like Shushi and steak. Both delightful but perfectly incompatible in the same meal. Or like tartan and stripes. They just don’t go well together.”