Milk and sugar, you infernal harpy?
December 2, 2017 5:56 PM Subscribe
It's tea time! "Please, go die." "No one likes you." "Kindly fuck off." "Stop talking." "We hate your baby." "I could poison you." "You are tedious." "I hope you choke." Oh, and let's not forget "Wretched", "Tedious" and "Loathsome".
Reminds me of something I saw earlier this week: Sometimes a 'tea party' isn't what it seems.
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:24 PM on December 2, 2017 [5 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:24 PM on December 2, 2017 [5 favorites]
This is great. I need the Stop Talking cup as a reminder for myself.
posted by Bella Donna at 6:55 PM on December 2, 2017
posted by Bella Donna at 6:55 PM on December 2, 2017
And creepy. Like the demented auntie you are forced to spend time with that you absolutely suspect poisons her guests and buries their bodies in the backyard.
If I am going to pay good money for teacups, I am going to track down some nice Clarice Cliff cups instead.
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 7:38 PM on December 2, 2017
If I am going to pay good money for teacups, I am going to track down some nice Clarice Cliff cups instead.
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 7:38 PM on December 2, 2017
I normally like this kind of thing but these seem really mean spirited. Maybe I'm just having a hippie lovey day or something.
My favorite vessel for tea or coffee is the heath studio mug. I don't smoke, but I like being able to pick it up while a pen or brush is still in hand.
posted by poe at 10:04 PM on December 2, 2017 [6 favorites]
My favorite vessel for tea or coffee is the heath studio mug. I don't smoke, but I like being able to pick it up while a pen or brush is still in hand.
posted by poe at 10:04 PM on December 2, 2017 [6 favorites]
Wow, those Heath mugs are gorgeous!
I normally don't like really mean spirited things, but for some reason the insult teacups made me laugh, particularly this one.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:07 AM on December 3, 2017
I normally don't like really mean spirited things, but for some reason the insult teacups made me laugh, particularly this one.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:07 AM on December 3, 2017
Cute idea, but this feels like yet another item that will be laughed at and discarded. Can’t imagine a scenario where I’d actually want to convey a nasty message during an interaction which is supposed to be the definition of civility—the sharing of hot tea. If I felt that way about someone I sure as heck wouldn’t be putting the pot on the stove.
posted by kinnakeet at 2:16 AM on December 3, 2017
posted by kinnakeet at 2:16 AM on December 3, 2017
The “I could poison you” could be funny to the right friend (although the same inscription on the saucer gives away the joke too early), but I agree that they need more passive and less aggressive in them.
posted by cardboard at 2:38 AM on December 3, 2017
posted by cardboard at 2:38 AM on December 3, 2017
These seem a bit too on the nose tbh... really needs 'Oh, not had time to get in the garden yet?' 'I see you prefer more vintage styling', etc
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:42 AM on December 3, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:42 AM on December 3, 2017 [2 favorites]
I do like the fortune telling ones (though I'm more of below stairs, big mug type)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:43 AM on December 3, 2017
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:43 AM on December 3, 2017
I want a set of tea cups which when you lift them, instead of playing a little midi christmas tune, has Sibyl Fawlty saying "Oh, I know".
posted by Dumsnill at 3:21 AM on December 3, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by Dumsnill at 3:21 AM on December 3, 2017 [4 favorites]
You know those mugs that have a cute little frog smiling up in the bottom, if you need to do this, just use a real frog.
posted by sammyo at 4:39 AM on December 3, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by sammyo at 4:39 AM on December 3, 2017 [1 favorite]
"I prefer coffee, you tedious, ill-bred dullard."
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 5:54 AM on December 3, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 5:54 AM on December 3, 2017 [1 favorite]
Alice Roosevelt had a pillow embroidered with "IF YOU CAN’T SAY SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT SOMEONE, SIT RIGHT HERE BY ME"
posted by brujita at 9:05 AM on December 3, 2017
posted by brujita at 9:05 AM on December 3, 2017
So, one of my wife's clients has a very particular sense of humor. She also has a lot going on. I didn't know that, but - I forwarded the link to my wife while she was at work and pointed out how perfect for her these were. And lo! For apparently, these are exactly the things she needs to set some clear boundaries in a very formal setting.
She is not mean. She is very very sweet and nice to the point where people have been mean to her. And because of that, these are the perfect way for someone like her to explicitly draw boundaries with some of those folks.
Also, who cares if they are mean or pricey? These are the sort of heirlooms grandkids will eventually go nuts for when you die.
posted by Nanukthedog at 2:15 PM on December 3, 2017
She is not mean. She is very very sweet and nice to the point where people have been mean to her. And because of that, these are the perfect way for someone like her to explicitly draw boundaries with some of those folks.
Also, who cares if they are mean or pricey? These are the sort of heirlooms grandkids will eventually go nuts for when you die.
posted by Nanukthedog at 2:15 PM on December 3, 2017
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