A spider would be better, dangerous.

I think they're kind of neat.

I want a Cthulu mug.

Ed Finnerty: Cutesy thing takes away from space that could be used by coffee booze. NO DEAL!

..what?

Sparky The Wonder Ferret: Where's the one with a penis in it? Who wouldn't want to see that appearing in their morning coffee?

I need a new cup of coffee. That last one had dick in it.

Meh. In the '70s had tea from a mug with a little leering gargoyle-like thing at the bottom. Amusing more than startling.

Now, finding a realistic--yet not quite identifiable--organic-looking blob-thing, maybe with an eye and/or tentacle, at the bottom of the cup? THAT would be freaky.

Sparky The Wonder Ferret

Where's the one with a penis in it? Who wouldn't want to see that appearing in their morning coffee?

A little man in a canoe?

When I was in elementary school (1970's), our art teacher made a cup with a fly built-in to the bottom of it for another teacher.

This doesn't look like "news" to me.

Ed Finnerty: Cutesy thing takes away from space that could be used by coffee. NO DEAL!

It also prevents proper biscuit dunking!

Am I imagining it, or have they been selling an octopus variation of these in the fark shop sidebar thing for ages?

It looks like a bother to wash properly.

Fun idea though.

ManicParroT: It looks like a bother to wash properly.

Fun idea though.

Who washes their coffee mug? Just put more coffee in it.

/15 years so far without washing

Just want to know one thing: Why?

I used to have a mug with a fairly realistic ceramic frog in the bottom of it from back in the 70s. I wonder what happened to it. I'm sure it's in a box somewhere

Sparky The Wonder Ferret: Where's the one with a penis in it? Who wouldn't want to see that appearing in their morning coffee?

Cythraul: I want one with an errect penis instead of an animal head.

brantgoose: And yes, I also thought of a penis, first thing. It's pretty obvious, really.

It was the first thing that came to my mind as well, not because I'm as perverted as everyone here, but because I've seen them with my own eyes. It was an afternoon back in '92 at a street market in a town in Portugal where my family had stayed for a few days on vacation. There were various other penis-themed items being sold, but this is the one that sticks out in my mind. They were green handmade ceramic mugs, with an erect penis pointing up in the middle.

Several years ago I read an article (probably linked here) about a married couple who were still getting behind the tradition. I didn't think to bookmark it, but a quick google gives this link. (new window)

No word on whether the mugs were for coffee with or without cream. Back then I would have been too young to be aware of the double entendre.

brantgoose: Poor little drowning animals. They look sad.

Some better ideas:

1) a salmon or goldfish (any fish that's popular, in fact)
2) an octopus or squid
3) a mermaid / merman
4) submarine periscope
5) Patrick Star holding a little sign that reads "I thought you'd never finish the cup!"
6) little Titanic hitting an iceberg
7) Penguin
8) inevitable dolphin
9) Killer Whale
10) Captain Jack Sparrow
11) Open clam with a pearl in it
12) Drowning sewer rat
13) Submerged Greek columns (ruins of Atlantis)
14) sea monster
15) Kraken--motto on cup: Release the Kraken!
16) message in a bottle
17) Neptune
18) Sponge Bob Square Pants and his Pineapple House
19) beluga or other whale (see killer whale, dolphins, above)
20) Great White Whale and Captain Ahab


You forgot "Goa***"