# I broke my moderator coffee mug **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536 "2015-06-14T22:01:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/1 "2015-06-14T22:01:25Z")
When I became a moderator here on the SDMB–jeez, must be ten years ago now and my name was **This Year’s Model** –the powers that be sent me an SDMB Staff coffee mug. It was a nice design and just the right size for me. I dropped it today. It broke. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/2 "2015-06-14T23:00:25Z")
If you got reinstated as a moderator, would they give you another mug? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/3 "2015-06-14T23:07:22Z")
Did you find the locator chip? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/4 "2015-06-14T23:08:03Z")
I know this guy. I can get you a new one. Highest possible quality. Only $20. Also, Gucci sunglasses and Yves Saint Laurent t-shirts. All fully genuine and totally legit. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/5 "2015-06-14T23:08:39Z")
I can sympathize. It was a sad day when I broke my favorite coffee mug. It was a souvenir mug from Disney World and couldn’t be replaced; it had an old Pirates of the Caribbean logo from before the movie and Disney hadn’t made any of them in years when I broke mine. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/6 "2015-06-14T23:11:56Z")
Speaking of which, when the hell is SDMB swag coming back? I need a t-shirt and coffee cup myself. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/7 "2015-06-14T23:24:12Z")
I broke a coffee mug that I’d received in a SDMB coffee mug exchange. Though it broke rather cleanly into two pieces, and I glued it back together, and although it wasn’t good enough for drinking after that, I found I could still use it as a pencil/paintbrush holder. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/8 "2015-06-14T23:28:00Z")
I got a coffee mug for my birthday. I don’t drink coffee. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/9 "2015-06-14T23:46:52Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > just the right size for me. You fit inside the coffee mug? Was it giant, or are you tiny? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/10 "2015-06-14T23:51:09Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Speaking of which, when the hell is SDMB swag coming back? > I need a t-shirt and coffee cup myself. I’ve got mine. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/11 "2015-06-14T23:52:38Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I got a coffee mug for my birthday. > > I don’t drink coffee. I drink Scotch out of mine. ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/12 "2015-06-14T23:55:18Z")
As can I. My favorite Philadelphia Eagles mug got a large chip in it a couple of years ago. Then again, so did the Philadelphia Eagles. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/13 "2015-06-15T00:42:19Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’ve got mine. So the rest of us can just suck eggs? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/14 "2015-06-15T00:44:01Z")
I treasure my SDMB coffee mug. Not enough to retire it from use, but still . . . ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/15 "2015-06-15T00:50:39Z")
I’ve heard all SDMB coffee mugs are made from recycled toilet bowls. That’s why I sent mine back. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/16 "2015-06-15T00:51:55Z")
I just assume they’re a mythical beast like unicorns. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/17 "2015-06-15T01:52:42Z")
I feel your pain. If anything ever happened to my Air America coffee mug, I would be sorely bummed. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/18 "2015-06-15T02:29:11Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I just assume they’re a mythical beast like unicorns. I disagree. I actually know what unicorns look like, in theory. The mug remains an utter mystery to me. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/19 "2015-06-15T02:47:50Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I disagree. I actually know what unicorns look like, in theory. The mug remains an utter mystery to me. Point. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/20 "2015-06-15T07:34:09Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I just assume they’re a mythical beast like unicorns. If unicorns are mythical, how do you explain [this](http://i0.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/spock-unicorn-timobrien.jpg?fit=854%2C%209999&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C1200px)? It’s a trick question. There is no explanation. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536.md?page=2)