# Ever had a mug drop off its handle while you were carrying it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317 "2014-07-04T01:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MizQuirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317/1 "2014-07-04T01:59:05Z")
I don’t know why, but every time I pick up my mug of tea in the morning and start walking with it, I worry about it falling apart and spilling hot tea all over me. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317/2 "2014-07-04T03:10:58Z")
Yes ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317/3 "2014-07-04T04:11:06Z")
**Ever had a mug drop off its handle while you were carrying it?** Not since the CB craze was in full swing. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317/4 "2014-07-04T04:30:13Z")
molded glass and ceramics have parted on me a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317/5 "2014-07-04T04:43:52Z")
I came home from work one day and wanted to drink water right away. Some jerk had taken my favorite water glass (a one liter Oktoberfest stein) and placed it in the dishwasher. I took it out and filled it with water from the fridge door. As soon as I heard it creak I realized my mistake, and less than a second later the mug exploded into a bazillion pieces, leaving nothing but the handle in my hand. Every time I use its surviving twin I tell myself “this mug is not Pyrex.” ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317/6 "2014-07-04T05:44:19Z")
I’ll do y’all one better – although this happened to my office mate who was doing my job while I was on vacation. While carrying a [disk pack](http://www.tpub.com/neets/book23/0066.GIF) across a parking lot that was on a sloped hillside, the pack fell out of the carrier. And being on a hillside, I guess it not only splattered on the asphalt, but the pieces rolled down the hill too, as I heard it told. (Our packs were about twice as many platters as the one shown in the linked photo, BTW.) That would never have happened to me. I ALWAYS carried disk packs (and did so frequently) by holding the handle with one hand and the other hand under the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317/7 "2014-07-04T06:20:59Z")
I usually picture myself carrying the mug in my left hand and then absentmindedly turning over said hand to look at my wristwatch–though I don’t currently wear a watch! I know it won’t really happen, or at least I’m pretty sure it won’t. Sort of. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317/8 "2014-07-04T15:40:55Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > I usually picture myself carrying the mug in my left hand and then absentmindedly turning over said hand to look at my wristwatch–though I don’t currently wear a watch! > > I know it won’t really happen, or at least I’m pretty sure it won’t. Sort of. Scene: The local Sushi restaurant. For some reason, we were talking about writing on the bottom of bottles. My friend picked up the [soy sauce](http://thucphamplaza.com/wp-content/uploads/products_img/soy%20sauce%20dispenser_150ml.jpg) bottle and turned it sideways to see what it said underneath. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317/9 "2014-07-04T15:56:03Z")
I haven’t had a mug fall off, but a couple of times I’ve reached to pick up a cup or mug and had the handle come away in my hand while the rest of it remained sitting on the table. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317/10 "2014-07-04T16:01:42Z")
We could also turn this into a slang discussion. Like in HHGttG FOr instance: Mug: Hoopy frood, regular guy, ugly woman Drop off: Go berserk, have sex with, meet for dinner Its handle: private parts, sanity, mother-in-law Now, it’s a story game! ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-mug-drop-off-its-handle-while-you-were-carrying-it/692317/11 "2014-07-04T20:50:45Z")
Yep - the mug broke off as I was carrying it in the kitchen as a teen, and stepmother blamed me for hitting it on something and breaking it. Maintained that the handle broke as I was carrying it and was called a liar. Bah!