It’s the absolute worst part about the Fall. Amid changing leaves, crisper air, and the return of all the good sports, we have to deal with corporate behemoths trying to shove pumpkin spice into every corner of our bodies. Don’t believe me? There’s a sale on pumpkin spice enemas at Walgreens this week. Probably. And today is National Pumpkin Day — which one would have thought Halloween covered sufficiently, but here we are. Pumpkins are getting two days of celebration now!
And this keeps happening because some of you people can’t get enough of this stuff.
Now finally, someone is addressing the justice gap for basic bitches.
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The Pumpkin Spice Latte is peak basic. Just go ahead and tattoo: “I’m a white girl and I f**king love my Uggs” on your inner wrist. You know, if you can find some time between girls’ wine night and your Bachelorette discussion club.
But it’s also popular, so the Sawaya Law Firm in Denver, Colorado, decided to have some fun with the trend and introduced a new recipe for a drink they call the Pumpkin Spice Lawsuit — which I assumed was heating up a Starbucks to McDonald’s temperatures and spilling it on your lap, but is actually this homemade recipe.
It’s probably quite tasty. I haven’t tried it myself of course, because I’m trying to cut back my pumpkin intake to 85 percent of my consumables a day this month.
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Joe Patrice is an editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.
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