Aaarghh! I've got the broken mug blues...

I had my first broken mug last night. My wife shouted out from upstairs, asking if I wanted to put on a sweatshirt. She waved the sweatshirt at me, and the arm swung out, knocking a mug of a shelf we have at the top of the stairs. The mug bounced downstairs at me in slow motion, with a sickening crunch. Turned out to be a Mark Thomas Outrigger 3-Tiki 'plant-pot' style mug. Could have been a lot worse, but the loss of any vintage mug is a tragedy of sorts.

Trader Woody

Doing! This should be under 'Tiki Mug Misfornues'. I was looking for 'mishaps' in the search facility and couldn't find it. (unsurprisingly)

Trader Woody

Trader Woody,

I'm not saying this is like the jealous cat smothering the baby....yet. Nevertheless, keep an extra eye the missus just to be safe. :)

-JTD

I'm sure the heartbroken look on your face was enough to encourage her to be more careful in the future.

I have a shelf sharing the kitchen wall with the door out to the garage. Everytime one of my boisterous loved-ones SLAMS that door shut, every tiki mug creeps a little closer to the edge. A Westwood plummetted to his death several years ago.

Now I scoot them all back at regular intervals and there have been no recent fatalities.

My condolences on your loss.

Yet another series of reasons to invest a couple $ in quake paste! :)

Quake Hold Products

[ Edited by: Traderpup on 2003-06-22 20:05 ]

I use the Quakehold product too TraderPup. Most of the hardware stores carry it, but for those that can't find it, it is well worth the on-line purchase. The package will last through thousands of mugs!