# Tempest in a Tea Kettle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831 "2013-06-01T02:20:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/1 "2013-06-01T02:20:03Z")
This may be the funniest thing I’ve seen all month. (Granted, it is June 1 now over here, so June is only nine hours old.) I give you [the JC Penney Hitler tea kettle](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2013/may/29/jc-penney-hitler-tea-kettle). Take a look at that photo and tell me you don’t think of Hitler right off the bat. Tell me! The sold out from Penney’s website at US$40 and are now topping $200 on eBay. The linked story says $199, but I’m sure I’ve read elsewhere that bidding has hit $235. I’ve also read a billboard in Los Angeles that featured it had to be taken down after protests. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/2 "2013-06-01T02:27:31Z")
Ah, I see bidding has reached [$245.90](http://www.arabnews.com/news/453551). Quote: **"The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which monitors and campaigns against anti-Semitism, told the website: ‘We take JC Penney at their word that any resemblance to the Nazi dictator was completely unintended’.”** I bet never in the ADL’s wildest imagination did they ever think they’d be writing those words. ---
**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 1, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/3 "2013-06-01T02:33:02Z")
They should have seen trouble brewing; and they should have known that people would be steamed, if not boiling mad. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/4 "2013-06-01T02:34:50Z")
But it’s steeped in history! ---
**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 1, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/5 "2013-06-01T02:37:12Z")
I wouldn’t mind having one. It would be the subject of Constant Comment. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/6 "2013-06-01T02:40:03Z")
I so want that kettle. I can see why there is such a _führer_ over it. ---
**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 1, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/7 "2013-06-01T02:40:52Z")
Who would want to be reminded of Hitler’s cruel-tea? ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/8 "2013-06-01T03:01:55Z")
We _really_ need an animated brick-throwing smiley here… We were just discussing this very subject at dinner tonight. The family agreed that if you remove/obscure the handle that looks sorta like a hairdo comb over, then it’s just a teapot. Try it - just scroll the top half of the handle off your screen and all you got is a teapot. Yep. Now please, do commence with the bad pun-ditry. The tea party needs some help after all that IRS nonsense… ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/9 "2013-06-01T03:28:39Z")
That would be ideal if you had a Braun coffee maker. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/10 "2013-06-01T04:45:33Z")
At first I didn’t see it. But after looking several times the figure of a head with some hair, nose, and stash is recognizable. I still don’t see Hitler. But since people say it’s him then I can’t disagree. The resemblance is like a caricature that someone drew. Just the basic lines of the person. ---
**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 1, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/11 "2013-06-01T04:48:05Z")
I didn’t have to look at it for Ooolong time to see it. I think it’s the back of the handle that makes it look like Hitler. And the spout looking like a Nazi salute adds to the effect. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/12 "2013-06-01T05:29:15Z")
It helps, I think, if you picture it as [Emo Hitler](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6s02i0VO21rzmtkvo1_500.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/13 "2013-06-01T09:13:32Z")
I really like the companion [“Meín Kettle”](http://www.cafepress.com/meinkettle.857238510) mug. 10% of all proceeds go to the ADL. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/14 "2013-06-01T14:47:09Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > It helps, I think, if you picture it as [Emo Hitler](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6s02i0VO21rzmtkvo1_500.jpg). Or maybe Cartman as Hitler. ---
**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 1, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/15 "2013-06-01T15:37:24Z")
“Dieter, how many orders do you have so far…?” “Neun!” “Ah, we are above projections! I shall send a report…” ---
**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 1, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/16 "2013-06-01T16:12:18Z")
Ger-many good puns here are my cup of tea. ---
**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 1, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/17 "2013-06-01T16:14:31Z")
Then you should feel cozy! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/18 "2013-06-02T00:16:42Z")
There’s some real creativi-tea here. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/19 "2013-06-02T00:52:13Z")
You know what kind of tea that kettle deserves? T-34 ---
**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 2, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831/20 "2013-06-02T01:04:06Z")
Ha! I was thinking of that last night! 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempest-in-a-tea-kettle/659831.md?page=2)