THE STOCK PHRASING

Who are these people who wake up and smell the coffee?

You're told that when you miss the point, aren’t you? "Most people are scared of klowns, Krusty - no-one wants to invest in your theme park... When are you going to wake up and smell the coffee?"

But, is anyone really waking up, smelling coffee? I figure only very rich people are. Bill Gates. Donald Trump. Richard Branson. Bruce Wayne. Their butler comes into their bedroom with the cafetierre on the silver tray, "Good morning, sir." They're, like, "Sniff, sniff... Mmmm-mmm, coffee!"

But, speaking for the average joe, we're waking up and thinking about maybe making some coffee. It seems that these people who are telling us to wake up and smell the coffee - they are really the ones who are, in actuality, missing the point.

They should change that phrase to "wake up and make some coffee". Now, that would make some kind of sense.