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February 02, 2006
The problem with mugs
I like a good mug for my coffee, though I’m very particular. Plain white are a favourite, not too thick on the rim mind you – not a pot. But not china either, china mugs don’t know what’s going on. They’re confused crockery, they feel they should be a tea-cup and dainty and all Earl Grey and be held between the thumb and forefinger of an aged Grande Dame, scone crumbs smattering the fine hairs gracing her upper lip, but instead they find themselves sloshing around just less than half a pint of Gardner’s tea and burning the lips of an eager builder.
The recent edition of mugs done out as old Penguin paperbacks I like.
And this brings me to my problem. There comes a time in the daily life of a creative person when it’s necessary to smash crockery, and what better than the nearly empty, slightly warm, mug currently arming your right hand. Well at around ten notes a throw it gets expensive when things are going particularly badly.
Imagine my delight when I saw six mugs for £1.50 in B&Q. They were white, so much the better. But they’re a bit thick and the handles aren’t all they could be and the proportions… well at 25p a go I can afford to get mightily pissed off. The paperback mugs though are so much better. But, when the urge to smash pots comes upon you, you can’t put down the good mug and go in search of the cheap mug. The dynamics of the event go to pieces.
So I either have to smash good mugs or drink out of crap mugs. The ratio of times I smash a mug compared to the number of mugs of coffee I drink favours the good mug scenario. Maybe I can set them against tax - Casualties of the Creative Process.
Posted by john at February 2, 2006 05:25 PM
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Laughing - lovely.
Posted by: Lawty at February 22, 2006 10:41 PM