# What Does Your Favorite Coffee Mug Say? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2011, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368 "2011-08-28T10:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/1 "2011-08-28T10:23:04Z")
Mine says, “Are we having fun yet?” And it usually takes 2-3 cups before I can say, “Why yes, I do believe so…” What do you like to wake up to? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/2 "2011-08-28T10:48:59Z")
My favorite mug is actually a clear glass beer stein etched with my company logo. I love stirring in a bit of sugar, removing the spoon and dropping in some cream and watching it swirl itself in. It’s like my meditative morning lava lamp. They were selling them at work but I got one given to me as a kind of thank you, so I dig it even more because it was free. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/3 "2011-08-28T10:58:02Z")
Coffee mugs are inanimate objects, and say nothing. If your coffee mug starts talking to you, you may safely conclude that something more than coffee has been added thereunto. Does that help? ---
**Author:** ![Fearless\_Leader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Fearless\_Leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fearless_Leader)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/4 "2011-08-28T12:56:54Z")
Mine has a line going around it about halfway up, above the line it reads “Good Day” and below the line says “Bad Day”. It was part of a birthday gift from my best friend a few years ago. How well she knows me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/5 "2011-08-28T13:10:03Z")
I’ve got a variety of mugs, and like to vary them. The ones I use most are souvenirs from places I’ve been. Except at work, where I often use mugs from previous companies I worked at… ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/6 "2011-08-28T13:15:19Z")
My favorite says Puerto Rico ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/7 "2011-08-28T13:29:50Z")
Boring. My favorite says Starbucks Coffee. I like it because a) it’s large, b) it has a soft touch handle, and c) the base is also soft rubber. Does it make things worse that I’m actually drinking Starbucks coffee out of it? Tastes pretty good, though. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/8 "2011-08-28T13:32:16Z")
Mine had a cartoon of Jesus on the cross and it says “T.G.I.F” on it. I don’t remember where I got it, but I have had it since University. It goes to the back of the cupboard when my Mother comes to stay. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/9 "2011-08-28T13:35:54Z")
Moo. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/10 "2011-08-28T13:43:16Z")
Dad. Given to me by Mrs Piper for my first Father’s Day after the Cub arrived. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/11 "2011-08-28T13:52:30Z")
Nothing. My favorite mug(s) are the ones I got from Old Sturbridge Village and are hand made red pottery. We have 3 of them and if one is clean, I will use it before anything else. ---
**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 28, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/12 "2011-08-28T13:55:28Z")
Mine is solid black, just like my soul! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/13 "2011-08-28T13:59:42Z")
Mine used to be Me boss, you not, which was given to me by one of my girls. That’s no longer true, so I don’t have any words on my current favorite cup. It just fits my small hands and warms them up cause I’m usually a little chilly when I first get up. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/14 "2011-08-28T14:00:37Z")
**Blue Bitch Bar. A cool place if you’re in heat!**. [Complete with their logo.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/erica_marshall/2095930531/) From the Blue Bitch Bar in St Maarten. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/15 "2011-08-28T14:04:36Z")
I have several. One says ‘everything tastes better with a little cat hair in it’. One is from my daughter’s college gift shop and we are fond of pointing out that mug cost us $75,000. But my favorites are from the wildlife association, with flowers and birds on them - cardinals, goldfinches, blue jays - because we are enthusiastic birdwatchers. Reminds me in the morning when I’m drinking coffee and thinking about some awful thing I have to do that day, that there’s still beauty and life going on outside my own sad little world. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/16 "2011-08-28T14:38:36Z")
[This](http://us.penguingroup.com/static/covers/all/3/2/9781933438023H.jpg) is my everyday coffee mug. I like it so much I’m on my second one - the first got broken and I missed it enough to buy another one. ---
**Author:** ![inkling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkling)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/17 "2011-08-28T14:43:37Z")
Not mine, but I gave this to a friend a while ago: [http://despair.com/pessimistsmug.html](http://despair.com/pessimistsmug.html) ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/18 "2011-08-28T14:48:21Z")
I don’t put coffee in it, but my favorite mug says “Galileo” on it and has a diagram of JPL’s Galileo spacecraft. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/19 "2011-08-28T15:05:45Z")
My mug has 'S’s on it for Speedway gas station where I got it. It also has 32 oz. in several places showing the capacity. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/20 "2011-08-28T15:08:03Z")
Just two weeks ago, my daughter came to visit and left a mug that said, “The first cup of coffee in the morning recapitulates phylogeny.” I howled, but YMMV. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368.md?page=2)