"In fact, ordering a Coke might come across as kinda phoney in certain situations. I think that was my original point."
GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY---GREAT BALLS of FIRE. If I were a client and I went out drinking with an architect and he ordered a COKE, I wouldn't even consider him---I don't care what his reputation is. Well, allow me to restate that. If it was obvious he was a recovering alcoholic and he ordered a COKE, alrightee then, I'd consider letting him off the hook.
Maybe.
There can be magic in that firewater. But that doesn't necessarily mean you have to use it.
Use what? The firewater or the magic? What comes first the chicken or the egg? Forget that, everybody knows the egg comes first. It's how the chicken gets to the other side I've never been totally certain of.