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Have you got a favourite mug?

Sunflower
over 5 years ago

Have you got a favourite mug? This is one of mine.

  • Bought for my mathematician daughter but kept for myself (bit selfish!)
  • I love numbers but get maths anxiety (so full of contradictions!) 
  • My ginger 'fresh' tea is 2 years out of date (frugal streak!) 

Do share your favourite mug - photo or description - I find mugs fascinating 


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  • over 5 years ago

    I did have, until the wind blew it over and smashed it just this morning :0(

    It had that picture of a smiling soldier with a mug in his hand, with "how about a nice cup of shut the f*** up. I bring my own mug to work, and my own spoon, which I also keep in a cupboard separate from the rest of the cutlery at home, because it is exactly the right size and I can not find another one like it anywhere 

  • over 5 years ago in reply to NAS36932

    Oh no, so sorry to hear this.

    When I break or lose a favourite object I mourn it quite deeply.

    Is this the picture that was on your mug?

    Edited to get past censors...

    You are sensible to take great care of your special spoon. 

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Sunflower

    currently the spoon with British leyland logo is absent without leave, AWOL. I hope it turns up,,, the cowley canteen was about to be shut down and all new everything, it had just been taken over by the Japanese!

    when BMW took it over to produce the new look mini they rather quickly covered all the old brick work with cladding! I don’t suppose for one minute it was because you could still see the camouflage paint put on during the Second World War, back then they produced Jerry cans and so many essential items to keep the troops going. 

    It  is now a sterile looking place,, if you look hard you can still find reminders though.

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Robert124

    That sounds amazing - I like the visual image of the orange glow coming from the steel works. This image from Google is what the Middlesbrough industrial area looks like at night 

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Sunflower

    I've never been to Middlesbrough.  I have spent time in the area, Newcastle, Sunderland, Durham, Whitby, Darlington.  

    But in Sheffield I travelled in daytime and after dark when the steel works were operating and I could see the orange glow coming from the buildings.

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Robert124

    This is exactly the same type of spoon  that is £20 on Gumtree! 

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Robert124

    Sounds amazing! Have you ever seen industrial areas at night? I got lost in Middlesbrough after dark and ended up in an incredible dystopian fairyland. Lights, steam and buildings bigger than cathedrals. 

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