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Barry Burbank and his upside-down coffee cup
By adamg on Sun, 10/05/2014 - 9:43am
This photo of Barry Burbank is spreading across the Twittersphere this slow Sunday morning, so the question becomes: Why was Barry Burbank holding a coffee cup upside down one morning? One of the more awake local twitterers has reached out to Barry, but in the meantime, one can only guess.
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Wild guesses
1. To cause a stir in the webisphere
2. For the ratings
3. Someone off-camera forced it on him at the last moment and he was unaware
4. Lack of caffeine
5. So we could have one more thing to remember him by before he retires
6. For the ratings
7. Because he made a bet he'd do it
8. To distract us from his subpar hair day
9. For the ratings
10. He was drinking
10. He was drinking Australian coffee
11. He was going to salute a Marine
Sheesh, its just a prop, give
Sheesh, its just a prop, give the guy a break! Barry is a good dude , he perseveres . He gets kicked around a lot by the network.
Prop
I'm pretty sure he was handed the cup right before he went on and it just happened to be upside down. And rather screw up the flow of the opening of the 6:30 segment with the "oops my cup is upside down", he just held it. (I didn't watch but I'll assume he held it the entire segment (or until they switched to a video or something))
The reasons are cloudy.
The reasons are cloudy. Weather or not this is a new low or new high, we could look on the sunny side or wait and see which way the wind blows.
The Upside Down Coffee Cup is an international distress signal
Won't someone send that poor man a latte?!
Gang sign?
The red color means he's a member of the Bloods!
Yeah, that's it.
Oh my god, that is hilarious.
Oh my god, that is hilarious. You're really clever!
Maybe the coffee cup is right-side-up, and
the rest of the world is upside-down. Also, have you ever, like, really *looked* at your hand, man?
Any news on an extremely loud
Any news on an extremely loud plane that flew over Eastie 20 minutes ago, did not come from logan, looked up and the plane was really high up in the sky when it flew over, maybe it was an F16..
No question about it:
No question about it:
You've found the right thread to ask that.
It was a military plane
It was a military plane investigating reports that a meteorologist was spotted with an upside-down coffee mug
Wrong Thread
But yeah, I too saw the plane flying over Fresh Pond in Cambridge. Strange to see it so close in that part of town.
Secret Message
It's a message "I love you" to all his grandkids. Hey, I was just remembering others who have done things like that..
Why is her coffee cup upside down too?
And why is Barry's the only one people noticed?