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{{quote|''I like my women the way I like my coffee: detrimental to hippocampal neurogenesis, but conducive to short term memory and attentional control.''|[http://lesswrong.com/lw/1w1/coffee_when_it_helps_when_it_hurts/1qg4?c{{=}}1 Steven Kaas]}}

{{quote| "I like my women like I like my coffee... COVERED IN BEES!"<br />

"I like my women like I like my coffee... In a plastic cup."<br />

{{quote|"Okay," Ritsuko said, turning around. "MAGI! Coffee, black, twelve sugars!" There was a whir, the sound of gears grinding and engines thrumming, and soon a little trapdoor on the workstation opened and a paper cup filled with coffee ascended from the depths of the MAGI's operating system.

* In the movie ''[[Clue (Filmfilm)|Clue]]'', Mrs. White says, "Husbands should be like Kleenex. Soft, strong, and disposable."

* ''[[The Naked Gun (Film)|The Naked Gun]] 33 1/3'': "I like my sex the way I play basketball: one-on-one and with as little dribbling as possible."

* An inversion of this trope from the Scenes From A Hat game on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' is "Things you can say about your X, but not your girlfriend". Popular versions are "car/truck" ("Yeah, you could fit twenty in there!") or "dog", which results in an epic, single-word instance of [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: {{spoiler|"Come."}}

* ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' did a bunch of these in an episode concerning magazine compatibility tests. For example, in a question comparing husbands to kitchen appliances, Jill said Tim was most like a tea kettle: "Hot and steamy, done in two minutes" (adding that he does "whistle when he's done"). Tim and his friends also came up with their own test, with one question comparing wives to hockey equipment; choices included a stick ("Long, skinny, and likes to hit things"), elbow pads (A good housekeeper - "Takes care of the joint"), and a jock strap ("Gets in the way a lot, but basically supportive").

* ''[[One Foot in Thethe Grave]]'': I like my toast like I like my women. Golden, brown, and covered in marmalade.

{{quote| '''Buffy''': "The thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: Evil!" }}

* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' (who else?) gave us a rather distasteful one towards the end of season two, saying he liked his coffee black, the same way he liked {{spoiler|his brain damaged neurologists.}}

{{quote| '''Mira's mother''': I like my wine like I like my men: white and hairy.<br />

* ''[[The Daily Show (TV)|The Daily Show]]'' segment about Joe Scarborough's [[Product Placement]] of his morning show's new sponsor Starbucks had Jon Stewart saying, "I like my news like I like my coffee: black and sponsored. No, wait, that's how I like the NBA."

* Fez on ''[[That '70s Show]]'', after Donna changes her hair from red to blonde, and he disapproves.

{{quote| '''Fez''': I like my women the way I like my wine: red and full of alcohol.}}

* There was a bit of an [https://web.archive.org/web/20110829132403/http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/I_Like_My_Women_Like_I_Like_My_Coffee Internet kerfuffle] when someone complained of seeing a T-shirt that said "I like my women like I like my coffee: [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|ground up and in the freezer]]." The ''Fandom Wank'' community listed the many ways in which they like their men like they like their coffee:

* Was a [https://web.archive.org/web/20091005044553/http://wikifaqs.net/index.php?title=I_like_my_women_like_I_like_my bit of a meme] at one point on ''[[Game FAQsGameFAQs]]'' before the mods cracked down on it.

{{quote| '''<Jaayy>''' BLACK YOU FUCKING RACIST BASTARDS! I LIKE MY COFFEE BLACK!}}

{{quote| I like my fish like I like my women: pretty, but deadly, pawns in my larger game.}}

{{quote| I like my coffee like I like my women... with my dick in it!}}

* Used as a [[Running Gag]] by Sir Philip Bin on ''[[Bleak Expectations (Radio)|Bleak Expectations]]'':

{{quote| Clocks should be like women; placed in the corner, and once a year, given a good servicing.<br />

* [[Noel Coward|]]: "Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs.]]"

* Telltale's ''[[The Adventures of Sam and& Max: Freelance Police (Video Game)|Sam and Max]]'' games give us this exchange while examining the coffee pot at Bosco's Inconvenience:

{{quote| '''Sam:''' I think it's the tinge of green that makes this coffee especially appealing.<br />

{{quote| '''[[Tin Tyrant|Mordekaiser:]]''' I like my weapons like I like my music : [[Heavy Metal (Music)|heavy and metal]].}}

* [[Tailsteak]] has [http://tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=402 a take on it] with various webcomic characters. [[Dinosaur Comics (Webcomic)|T-Rex]] is particularly in character.

** His new comic, ''[[Leftover Soup (Webcomic)|Leftover Soup]]'', [http://leftoversoup.com/cast.html has covered the cast page in these, all but one pertaining to coffee.]

* [http://www.octopuspie.com/2008-09-26/200-i-like-my-coffee/ Another fresh-ground set ] from ''[[Octopus Pie]]''. Including [[Shaped Like Itself]].

* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100129 One that's sadly cut off] in ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'': "Well, a circuit is like an elegant lady - spot-weld her enough and -"

* From [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series]] Episode 31:

{{quote| '''Joey Wheeler''': [[Funetik Aksent|Eh-rihga-toe]] back at ya, pal! Just Remember, you treat a Duel Disk just like a woman: you fasten it to your arm and place Trading Cards into it at regular intervals!}}

{{quote| "I like my drinks like I like my men: strong, sweet, and under an umbrella."}}

* During an episode of ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'', Stan asks [[It Makes Sense in Context|a drunk President Bush]] how he takes his coffee. Bush responds with:

{{quote| "I like my coffee, like I like my Secretaries of State. [[But Not Too Black|Not too dark,]] and a little sweet!"}}

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