The Mug is real – we have pix: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20117208#post20117208
They’re Mods-only of course; us riffraff can only gaze in wonderment from afar.
Please, that’s not a mug, it’s a topologically deformed donut.
There is a goat and mug but you have indeed been had. 
I don’t think you can search unless you are a member, and even if you’re not posting here, being able to search the accumulated knowledge is worth the price of admission (for me, anyway).
Anyone else thinking bagel penis? 
:eek:
You remember that?
Who doesn’t?
Your description was a tad…vivid.
The appearance was a tad . . . vivid.
We ALL remember that.
I just wish you would more than searching. Miss your posts, thoughts, and pix, Cat!
Personally, I have been trying hard to forget!
I missed the deadline for renewing my charter membership one year so now I’m just a regular member. Still bums me out a bit.
Buy a sig – “The Poster Formerly Known As A Charter Member”?
There might be a limit on the length, better go with a funny symbol.
Technically, so’s the goat.
I prefer being a “Guest”, seeing as how I don’t get invited anywhere else.
Actually, back in the old days, anyone at all was able to get a mug that was almost identical to the one that mods get. It had the same Slug artwork and all; it was just missing the “STAFF” label. I don’t think they do merch anymore, though.
You totally win the thread. Awesome.
This. I didn’t even read the full description and I remember it.
Awww, shucks. :o
They even gave you an extra one!
Yeah, I barely post, but I’m still lurking and paid up until 2018.
I just like having a fancy title OKAY? It’s not like I’m elitist or anything. >.>