# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/41 "2011-08-28T19:27:38Z")
I have a coffee mug with a tiny image of _Guernica_ by Pablo Picasso on it. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/42 "2011-08-28T19:58:47Z")
Mine is the Far Side Mug pictured here: [Damned if you do…](http://lechatnoirboutique.com/proddetail.php?prod=FSOOO) ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/43 "2011-08-28T20:20:04Z")
Mine says: bitch Bitch BITCH mmm… coffee ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/44 "2011-08-28T20:46:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Staff > The Straight Dope > Fighting Ignorance since 1973 > (It’s taking longer than we thought) > > And a Slug illustration, of course. This. The closest runner up is from a Get Fuzzy strip, back when they were funny. Bucky notes that there are poet laureates, and declares that he will be a “slap you upside the head” laureate. The human says that nobody will pay for that, and Bucky says that he’ll provide it as a free service. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/45 "2011-08-28T21:23:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Jennmonkye** : > Mine doesn’t say anything but is a perfect replica of a TARDIS. People who aren’t familiar with Doctor Who are always shocked to see a square mug How big is it on the inside? And since folks are mentioning mugs that change with heat, I had one many years ago that changed from Pangaea to the modern continents (or the other way around, I can’t remember). It was a free gift with subscription to Science News. The mug itself is still fine, but after a while the heat-sensitive dyes wear out, and it’s permanently stuck with both scenes half-faded-out. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/46 "2011-08-28T21:38:06Z")
My University’s name, and its logo (emblem? Dealie…?). ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/47 "2011-08-28T21:41:57Z")
It has various sketch drawings of Tinkerbell around it ending with a completed, colored drawing as we know her now. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/48 "2011-08-28T22:12:18Z")
“DAD” in a heart. My daughter made it for me at one of those paint-your-own-ceramic places. It’s a good mug anyway, but is even better because of what she did. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/49 "2011-08-28T22:23:59Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > 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. Nothings better for coffee that well-thrown pottery, is there? > [@Chronos](#): > > How big is it on the inside? > > And since folks are mentioning mugs that change with heat, I had one many years ago that changed from Pangaea to the modern continents (or the other way around, I can’t remember). Mine was a 'GBH Mystery Mug; when heated, the Murderer was revealed skulking behind the draperies. I wonder if they still have them … ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/50 "2011-08-28T22:39:23Z")
Mine is a big thick ceramic thing that holds lots of coffee and keeps it hot. Decorated with a full-length portrait of Grumpy (the Disney dwarf) in full surly glower. My ex-wife gave it to me years ago - said it was an accurate depiction of yrs. truely just prior to getting my morning coffee. I treasure the mug and the thought behind it. SS ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/51 "2011-08-28T22:39:33Z")
It doesn’t say anything. It just has patterns on it. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/52 "2011-08-28T23:16:50Z")
> [@inkling](#): > > Not mine, but I gave this to a friend a while ago: > > [http://despair.com/pessimistsmug.html](http://despair.com/pessimistsmug.html) I have this. My favorite one I found by the recycling bin: U.S.S. Nautilus SSN 571 ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/53 "2011-08-28T23:29:38Z")
> [@j66](#): > > Nothings better for coffee that well-thrown pottery, is there? > . Nope, Tea or hot chocolate too. I love their pottery and my goal is to eventually have a whole dish set from there. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/54 "2011-08-29T00:34:02Z")
I have three favorites at the moment. 1. Capitol Orthopedics. It’s my favorite because it’s big. 2. FEMA. It’s also big, but it’s not as stable of a shape. 3. Pritchett Engineering. It’s not as big, but it’s a smaller diameter which is nice. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/55 "2011-08-29T00:41:53Z")
I drink my weekend coffee out of a clear glass “Elder Care Alliance” mug that I snagged from the apartment complex “freebie table”. At work I have a boring plain green travel mug. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/56 "2011-08-29T02:56:24Z")
Mine is a handmade pink and blue mug that is shaped sorta like a nuclear cooling tower. It holds a lot. However, its main claim to fame is that I have used it at least weekly since 1985. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/57 "2011-08-29T04:00:02Z")
Mine is a brown handmade ceramic mug made in a style vaguely evocative of Native American pottery. Given to me when I was a little kid by my big sis as a Christmas present after she went off to college. Handmade by AN ARTIST! I spent my childhood thinking that meant, y’know, a _working artist_. After spending a year as an art major, I realized it meant “bought for a couple bucks at an end-of-semester craft sale from a stressed-out art student” Didn’t make me like it one ounce less. ---
**Author:** ![chaosshifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@chaosshifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaosshifter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/58 "2011-08-29T07:15:21Z")
Mine says “rebel againt the god” from the anime angel beats. The thing i like is that it came with a lid which is nice for when going up and down stairs. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/59 "2011-08-29T07:25:23Z")
[Rohm and Haas.](http://www.rohmhaas.com/history/) It’s the company where I started working as a “lab tech, weekend shift” and ended being part of the team that implemented SAP. Their HR department sucked (specially their dependency on a certain migration lawyer with plumber-like sales techniques) but the immense majority of the company was great people. It was bought by Dow a few years ago so, although the brand’s still in place, the company is simply not quite the same, nor will it ever be. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368/60 "2011-08-29T07:51:30Z")
My favorite coffee cup depicts a group of naked Greek males, using sticks to roll a hoop; I have no idea where they are rolling it to but I suspect it depicts an athletic competition of some sort. On the bottom, my favorite coffee cup says “Made in China” along with some Chinese characters that I can’t read. I bought it from a museum gift shop; IIRC I bought it in Tampa. At the time I bought it, the museum was holding a special exhibit of Greek art and artifacts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368.md?page=4)