Customer says, “Waiter, taste this soup.”
Waiter: "Is it cold?"
Customer: "Just taste the soup."
Waiter: “Didn’t you order the chicken noodle?”
Customer: “Taste . . . the soup!”
Waiter: “O.K., already. Where’s the spoon?”
Customer: “Aha!”
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30FOB-onlanguage-t.html)