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 Post subject: Cups and Mugs
PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:15 pm 
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What, strictly speaking is the difference?

I'd genuinely like to know.


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 Post subject: Re: Cups and Mugs
PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:19 pm 
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A cup always comes with a saucer whereas a mug is someone who thinks North Korea will draw 0-0 with Brazil.


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 Post subject: Re: Cups and Mugs
PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:43 pm 
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Its all about a handles.

If you can comfortably get all 3 or 4 of your fingers in the handle = MUG.

Any less than 3 you are in cup territority.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:48 pm 
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What about the FA Cup or the World Cup for that matter? Do they come with a saucer? Hmmm? Do they? Mr not-top-of-all-the tables?


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:54 pm 
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The rule clearly applies to the drinking-type-of-cup not the shiny tournament variety. I think that would need a different rule, Mr-prematurely-(-in-more-ways-than-one)-top-of-the-table.

I'm playing the long game, not a gratifyingly short and successful one.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:57 pm 
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Haa!

The old Division One trophy used to have a base, didn't it. So does the FA Cup. Um... not quite... a saucer. No. No.

What about the Skol Cup? That had a "saucer" for sure.

Err... the Makita International Tournament?

Oh, where's Sowton when you need him...


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:13 pm 
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I would say the difference between a cup and a mug can be boiled down to three salient details:

Prestige: 'Cup' has a higher prestige value than 'mug', as demonstrated by the etymology of the two words. 'Cup' comes from Late Latin whereas 'mug' is Scandinavian in origin.

Size: A mug can holds, on average, 15-20% more liquid than a cup.

Shape: Cups taper outwards and can, as Mrs Kibble's fine collection indicates, have an array of detail and irregularities, whereas mugs tend to be regular cylinders.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:12 pm 
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You are all wrong. Just apply both types of drinking vestle as a verb (past tense) in the following sentence:

I turned round and he _________ed my testicles.

That clearly illustrates the difference in my opinion.


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 Post subject: Re: Cups and Mugs
PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:16 pm 
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My dear Koupaphiles

Mugs are not as good as cups. Fact. Otherwise there is no significant difference.

I hope that clarifies things,

All my best of happy regards,

- Mrs. K


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:28 am 
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I enjoyed this thread so much, I'm going to do a cross-stitch of the whole thing and hang it on my wall.

There, I said it.


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:53 pm 
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I believe you would.


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You gave me a stitchy penis!


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