How about a “Gecko” glass? Has that amazing non glue surface that adheres to practically anything, yet will not be able to budge without considerable force (ie. not a force like being lightly brushed by a sleeve or a hand).
Such glass-makers would make a fucking fortune by selling to airlines/transportation companies.
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In the meantime, we offer this interim solution in the hopes that it will at least prevent you from spilling your juice all over yourself. We also recommend protective clothing in case these initial measures prove inadequate.
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The problem with things like suction cups or electromagnets or glue or heavy weight keeping your glass upright is that you have to pick the glass up eventually, and breaking the suction of your suction cup will likely result in the glass suddenly breaking free and shooting up, sending your liquid flying everywhere. Electromagnets can have the same effect – in many cases you can induce magnetization in your core, or whatever, so that the magnetic field doesn’t all go away when the current’s off.
You don’t have to go to those extremes. You could do something like they did in the original Skylab. The astronauts wore special boots that kept them on the floor – only they weren’t magnetic or Velcro – they had what looked like “mushrooms” cleats on the bottom, with the “head” away from the sole. These mechanically interlocked with a grid on the surface intended to be the “floor”. You put your foot down so that the cleats went through the grid, then slide your foot slightly sideways, and the “mushroom heads” locked you in place.
You can make a glass/cup/mug with a dedicated base that you secure to the surface with glue/a strong magnet/nails/suction cup/Velcro/whatever. The base mates to the underside of your cup with some sort of mechanical locking mechanism – those mushroom cleats, or a half-screw, or a bayonet clip with a release in the cup handle, or whatever.
That way you have a secure, un-tippable base, a mug/cup that fits securely into it, and is easy to release without flinging your contents all over the room when you want to pick it up.
I hear you saying “Velcro”.
Don’t just put Velcro on the bottom of your mug and a mating strip on the surface. Not only will the cloth part get wet and disgusting, but you’ll find that Velcro won’t want to let go easily, and you’re back to the suction cup problem. Also, eventually you’ll pull all the loops in the fiber out or break too many of the Velcro hooks, and your Velcro won’t hold anymore, like the straps on an old pair of sneakers.
You need a glass with legs that’s a miniature version of the unkickoverable BigDog robot- you bump it and it self-corrects with an angry buzzing sound.
Can God create a glass that not even HE can knock over with his elbow while reaching for the remote?
You could go old school with a large ceramic mug. If it is wider than tall, it will slide instead of tipping over.
Why would god need a remote?
I think the problem is your table. Replace it with a huge pile of putty, and everything is unknockoverable.
Uh, so he can pause the porn?
Duh.
Maybe something like this will suit your needs: http://www.novatech-usa.com/core/media/media.nl?id=31264&c=ACCT119126&h=15ce5e75ec61c7dc41f9
Yankees. Y’all have no common sense whatsoever. Pull $12 out of your pocket and buy yourself a case of mason jars. Or spend $15and get the ones with handles.
If you get the ones with a square bottom, they are nearly untippable. If you still feel unprotected, poke a hole in the lid, screw it on and put a straw through.
If you are having all-around klutz problems (like I did when I was pregnant) then you can buy plastic ones which are nearly unbreakable.
Its true that they don’t fit in most standard drink holders. I would have said that was a negative, but obviously a bonus for you.
Maybe what the OP needs isn’t so much a glass or mug, as a bowl with a handle.
I was thinking of these, but after searching, maybe one of these would work better. Look at all the stylish colors to choose from.
Missed the edit window: The plastic ones.
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Hah. I have an 8-year-old. Kids will pick this cup up by the bumper, and there go all the contents onto the floor.
It’s not difficult to find ceramic mugs like this. A glass of that design might be harder to come by.
I’d look into glasses and cups made to be used aboard ships & submarines - they typically have a wider & weighted base so as to not tip over when the boat rocks this way and that. Like so.
Not sure if they make 'em out of plastic though (the only ones I came in contact with were glass glasses and ceramic mugs)
How about this as a simple DIY solution: take a tea cup with a saucer and glue the saucer to the bottom of the tea cup?
A friend of mine was told she couldn’t bring her wine to her child’s swim meets because of the danger that broken glass would wind up on the deck. So she started bringing one of these.
Or maybe you are looking at the wrong end of the problem.
