Post #768 by woofmutt on Tue, Apr 16, 2002 8:46 PM

I'm wondering how long and how much Tiki_Bong and booze buddy had been drinking in order for the conversation to turn towards whether a mug must have a handle or not.

Of "mug" one dictionary said "often having a handle" another specified that a mug was meant to be used without a saucer. Just hazarding a guess I'd say the cylindrical drinking vessel came first in human history, the handle was probably a later addition. The Tiki mug was a later perfection.

According to the Encyclopedia Woofmuttica Tiki mugs are what one drinks out of, Tiki cups are what one finds on a coconut shell bra. Tiki cups can be drank out of as well but this usually only happens after a lot of drinking from Tiki mugs has been done.