# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/21 "2015-06-15T12:07:17Z")
But the jackboots still fit, right ?? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/22 "2015-06-15T13:00:45Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > But the jackboots still fit, right ?? šŸ˜ƒ Yes, except now, itā€™s just cosplay. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/23 "2015-06-15T14:37:45Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > You fit inside the coffee mug? Was it giant, or are you tiny? šŸ™‚ It held pretty much exactly what I consider to be one serving of coffee, about 10 oz. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/24 "2015-06-15T14:46:15Z")
This is why I donā€™t use the important mugs. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/25 "2015-06-15T15:21:41Z")
Someone at my office stole my favorite mug, which has been with me at several offices over the past decade. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/26 "2015-06-15T18:10:49Z")
Hey! Youā€™re in Kettering! I always tell people Iā€™m from Dayton because no one ever heard of Kettering. I spent years 1 through 7 there before we moved to Florida. We lived on Renwood Drive near Archbishop Alter High. Are you familiar with the area? Looking on a map I see Ernst Park, Iā€™m sure that was the wooded area we used to cut through to go to George L. Ernst Elementary, so it looks like itā€™s a park now, but I donā€™t see the elementary school on the map. Maybe itā€™s now the YMCA or the church? Anyway, sorry about your mug. My cats usually break mine, but I did break my Star Trek mug I had at work when I dropped it in the sink. Thatā€™ll teach me for washing it. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/27 "2015-06-15T18:24:17Z")
My favorite mug handle recently broke and attempts to re-attach it have been futile, as have attempts to find another online. I guess Iā€™m going to have to drive 900 miles to Lajitas (just a bit past Terlingua) to get another. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/28 "2015-06-15T18:47:55Z")
I broke my Chewbacca mug long ago and I still miss him. ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/29 "2015-06-15T19:06:23Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > I broke my Chewbacca mug long ago and I still miss him. You broke your wookie? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/30 "2015-06-15T19:43:33Z")
Yes I did. Sniffā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/31 "2015-06-15T19:54:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 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)? > > Itā€™s a trick question. There is no explanation. Oh, thatā€™s easy. Unicorns donā€™t exist, but thatā€™s not a unicorn, thatā€™s an alicorn. Those are totally real. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/32 "2015-06-15T19:57:05Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Someone at my office stole my favorite mug, which has been with me at several offices over the past decade. In my first quick read of this, the word offices became orifices. Completely different mental image. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/33 "2015-06-15T20:17:23Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > In my first quick read of this, the word offices became orifices. Completely different mental image. Thundermugs, GO! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/34 "2015-06-15T20:23:55Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I drink Scotch out of mine. When you stop being a mod that will no longer be necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/35 "2015-06-15T20:27:28Z")
I recall taking a class on Buddhism in my senior year of college. In one lecture, the teacher talked about the idea of impermanence. Nothing last forever. So, when you lose an item (or, as the case here, it breaks), one should not be sad, or lament, but should exclaim with wonder and awe: ā€œI always wondered how it would end!ā€ ---
**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 15, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/36 "2015-06-15T20:58:08Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I drink Scotch out of mine. Its too big for Scotch and way to small for beer. ā˜¹ Iā€™m pretty sure the wife will break it soon enough anyway. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/37 "2015-06-15T21:58:16Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I recall taking a class on Buddhism in my senior year of college. In one lecture, the teacher talked about the idea of impermanence. Nothing last forever. So, when you lose an item (or, as the case here, it breaks), one should not be sad, or lament, but should exclaim with wonder and awe: ā€œI always wondered how it would end!ā€ Iā€™m Catholic so I always exclaim ā€œThis is why I canā€™t have nice things!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/38 "2015-06-15T22:35:45Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > My favorite mug handle recently broke and attempts to re-attach it have been futile, as have attempts to find another online. I guess Iā€™m going to have to drive 900 miles to Lajitas (just a bit past Terlingua) to get another. I reglued the broken handle onto my favorite mug. Later the handle came off and spilled hot coffee into the lap of my pregnant sister-in-law. It was terrible, that mug was irreplaceable. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/39 "2015-06-15T23:35:10Z")
Frank, Iā€™m sorry. Glue & make it a pencil cup? Again, sorry, but as I get keep being remindedā€¦ Iā€™m lucky to be allowed to post. Best Wishesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536/40 "2015-06-16T16:11:13Z")
Sorry to hear that. I still have my Eastern Airlines coffee cup, from my days at the airline. I also still have a t-shirt that says ā€œMarry me, fly freeā€. šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-broke-my-moderator-coffee-mug/722536.md?page=3)