# Mug poll. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946 "2016-08-25T21:05:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/1 "2016-08-25T21:05:37Z")
[Puzzle on a mug.](https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/utilities-puzzle-mug) When I saw this I hit BUY before the page had fully loaded. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/2 "2016-08-25T22:40:49Z")
It’s meh at best. I mean, I’ve seen worse mugs, but dunno if I would call this one neat AND ISWTDT. So I voted that I already had a mug. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/3 "2016-08-25T23:22:01Z")
Why wasn’t this multiple choice? I have a mug, I hate maths and I was wondering about doughnuts. Worst. Mug poll. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/4 "2016-08-25T23:25:17Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Why wasn’t this multiple choice? I have a mug, I hate maths and I was wondering about doughnuts. Worst. Mug poll. Ever. I’m rubbish a polls about mugs. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/5 "2016-08-25T23:27:40Z")
The next time someone shows me that on paper, I’m going to curl the paper and tape it so it’s a cylinder. Hah! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/6 "2016-08-25T23:31:20Z")
Basically what they all said, down to the ISWYDT. I needed the option for “I already have 40 billion mugs, give or take.” I really, really want a donut. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/7 "2016-08-25T23:38:08Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > The next time someone shows me that on paper, I’m going to curl the paper and tape it so it’s a cylinder. Hah! Doesn’t work any better on a cylinder than it does an oblong of paper. I was \*very \*disappointed to find it doesn’t work on a Möbius Strip, which on the face of it (lol) seems to be ideal. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/8 "2016-08-25T23:56:17Z")
I saw what they were up to the second I saw the shape of the mug… NICE bit of work; highly admirable! I don’t use white-colored mugs. I like a dark one, that hides the coffee-stains. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/9 "2016-08-26T01:00:28Z")
I still prefer my t-shirt with Maxwell’s Four Equations on it - the macroscopic versions. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/10 "2016-08-26T01:51:09Z")
Jeez £17 for a mug with a simple graphic on it? I paid $10 for a Café Arts Mug with Van Gogh’s Starry Night on it. (They used to have an entire line of masterpiece mugs from various artists, but for some reason don’t carry any but his Café Terrace at Night anymore. Must have something to do with the name.) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/11 "2016-08-26T02:07:57Z")
I have no idea what that’s supposed to be. Without the suggestion of math or puzzled, I’d of thought those were webpage icons. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/12 "2016-08-26T02:27:07Z")
Why don’t they make donuts with handles that let you dunk it in the coffee anymore? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/13 "2016-08-26T03:13:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Why don’t they make donuts with handles that let you dunk it in the coffee anymore? Why don’t they make mugs out of donuts with handles you can put the coffee into anymore? Or ever? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/14 "2016-08-26T12:56:47Z")
Very interesting. Esp. if you know what “graph genus” means. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/15 "2016-08-26T13:00:01Z")
No matter how great it is, my mug must be washed before use :mad: It’s been a while since I used topology. OTOH, I am not familiar with that puzzle at all and I suspect I really don’t have any reason to want to be. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/16 "2016-08-26T13:27:53Z")
You have to use the handle. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mug-poll/763946/17 "2016-08-26T17:49:01Z")
I don’t think even once in 46 years have I actually purchased any mug. I accumulate them.