# What's the words/picture on your coffee cup? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 24, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334 "2000-09-24T03:32:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/61 "2000-12-27T07:20:03Z")
I got one this Cristmas from **Montfort** with Donald Duck on, and off course it’s my favorite now.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/62 "2000-12-27T07:34:25Z")
It’s from my favorite comic strip, [Soap on a Rope](http://www.soaprope.com). It says, “Decaf is bad for children and other living things.” ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/63 "2000-12-27T07:55:12Z")
My current coffee cup is the yellow M&M’s guy. It is deffinately the coolest cup I’ve ever had. The cup is shaped like his head and he has a little smirk on his face. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/64 "2000-12-27T16:45:10Z")
I got a new one for Christmas. It’s huge and has a picture of Grumpy on it. The text inside of the cup reads: I don’t have to be Grumpy, but then I wouldn’t be me. I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Simon\_Met\_a\_Pieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simon\_Met\_a\_Pieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simon_Met_a_Pieman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/65 "2000-12-27T17:23:53Z")
My newest and most treasured/sought after/much coveted mug, is a standard sized navy blue affair with the This Old House logo emblazoned in a pearly white. My other favorites are a Claritin mug that my wife got from work, and a travel mug with a really good lid that says Celestial Seasonings Boulder, Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/66 "2000-12-27T20:09:36Z")
Maxwell’s Equation, from MIT bookstore. ---
**Author:** ![racerx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@racerx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racerx)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/67 "2000-12-27T20:20:58Z")
i use a Nightmare Before Christmas mug. that silhouettes Jack against the moon. ---
**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/68 "2000-12-27T20:42:12Z")
I try not to let on that I have a favorite mug: the favorites, empowered by their new-found status, try to flee their shabby trappings for what? A rude sweeping and the trashcan of shame? If you ever glue your coffee cups back together make sure it is for display only. My current work cup says “Mitsubishi DIAMONDTRON CRT technology: MegaView, the big easy GIA” picked up at a trade show. ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/69 "2000-12-27T22:27:20Z")
Just thought of one that needs to be made: _If the hand holding this mug ain’t shaking, it needs more caffine._ ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/70 "2000-12-28T02:16:40Z")
My only coffee cup carries a cartoon featuring the New Orleans Saints running roughshod over the 49ers. The best part is a banner in the stands which reads “Geaux Saints.” ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/71 "2001-01-02T13:55:00Z")
My new one is a cartoon of an aardvark (sp?) with a briefcase, and it says underneath ::snicker:: “Don’t vark too aard.” I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/72 "2001-01-02T16:39:16Z")
I have a bunch of them at home, maybe a dozen. I have two favorites: One has Tintin and Miliou on it. Tintin is wearing a pith helmet and looking very determined, with a determined-looking Miliou following him. Another is a _Far Side_ mug with one of my favorite cartoons on it: “The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.” The one I use at work is one of three identical mugs given to me by a friend of mine who was cleaning house while moving. It’s sky blue with an engraved metal plaque on it that reads _Connecticut Public Radio: Celebrating 15 years, 1978-1993_. I don’t drink coffee from it at work, though; I drink green tea (in case you needed to know.) ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/73 "2001-01-02T18:12:40Z")
I have a mug advertising the campus graduate student center. When the grads from my department won a pumpkin-carving contest, we each got one. My backup mug is a lovely cobalt blue with a gold-leaf sun/moon/stars design. I have it at work because if I leave it at home, I tend to forget about the gold leaf and put it in the microwave, and sparks fly. ---
**Author:** ![aschrott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@aschrott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aschrott)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/74 "2001-01-02T18:38:36Z")
My work mug is a **National Security Agency** mug. I get a kick out of it because ten-or-so years ago we weren’t even supposed to know that this large govermnent agency even existed (and I think a lot of us didn’t); now, not only are they the official new g-man badguys in movies like _Enemy of the State_, but they have lots of souveneir merchandise, including sweatshirts and teddy bears (I got one for my girlfriend–it has a little NSA sweater on ;)). And no, I don’t work there. ---
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334/75 "2001-01-03T00:05:23Z")
I have 2 - one is trivial pursuit, one side has the questions and one side has the answers. unfortunately its no longer fun because i’ve memorized them by now. the other is from my dad’s firm picnic in 1991, i only like it because it’s clear 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-words-picture-on-your-coffee-cup/34334.md?page=3)