As my 'community obligation' in my retirement, I am Hon Secretary for a couple of groups.
When I went to set out the morning-tea items last week I noticed that the usual coffee mugs at the organisation where the meeting is held, had been replaced with older (and dirtier) examples of the same mug.
I wasn't very happy but put them out anyway as I had no option.
One of the Members came out to the kitchen and made themselves a coffee, and the mug promptly dropped off the handle, and he was left standing there with only the handle.
We had a bit of a laugh about it and both made a cup of coffee (same type of mug) and took them into the meeting.
They decided to have a publicity photo before we started so everybody headed off to line up and I grabbed my mug for a quick sip before I did likewise.
The body of the mug dropped right off the handle, hit the toe of my boot and (fortunately) sprayed the contents all over the carpet (instead of my leg)
In 60 years I have never seen a cup fall off the handle before.
I felt very lucky I wasn't sitting in which case the hot coffee would have been all over me and the laptop.
I can only think that the older mugs must have seen a lot of action and the introduction of the hot water was the straw that 'broke the camel's back'.
Anyone ever seen this happen?
When I went to set out the morning-tea items last week I noticed that the usual coffee mugs at the organisation where the meeting is held, had been replaced with older (and dirtier) examples of the same mug.
I wasn't very happy but put them out anyway as I had no option.
One of the Members came out to the kitchen and made themselves a coffee, and the mug promptly dropped off the handle, and he was left standing there with only the handle.
We had a bit of a laugh about it and both made a cup of coffee (same type of mug) and took them into the meeting.
They decided to have a publicity photo before we started so everybody headed off to line up and I grabbed my mug for a quick sip before I did likewise.
The body of the mug dropped right off the handle, hit the toe of my boot and (fortunately) sprayed the contents all over the carpet (instead of my leg)
In 60 years I have never seen a cup fall off the handle before.
I felt very lucky I wasn't sitting in which case the hot coffee would have been all over me and the laptop.
I can only think that the older mugs must have seen a lot of action and the introduction of the hot water was the straw that 'broke the camel's back'.
Anyone ever seen this happen?

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