Hitch and I were prerusing products on the 'web tonight. By blessed coincidence, I clicked on a product link by mistake and was brought to a page that sells coffee mugs and steins specifically for right-handed, left-handed, and ambidextrous users. I'd never seen this before. I then thought it was all a joke. Then I looked closer at the illustrations on the mug. That's when the trouble began. It fired off one of those pesky brain cells back in the back row.
By golly, the illustration on the mug is placed differently for each type of user. The "ambidextrous" version is directly opposite the handle, if you are wondering.
On to the useless debate:
What signifies the "handedness" of a coffee mug or stein? I had always assumed that when held properly, the emblem, picture, or saying that is plastered on your coffee mug should face away from you while you drink. That way it can entice/intrigue/disgust any innocent bystanders 'round the coffee machine. After a quick inventory of my mugs, I discover I've either got all left-handed mugs and I hold them wrong (I'm right-handed) - or - my assumption is wrong: The emblem, picture, or saying is supposed to face the drinker. Which made me wonder: Why? What purpose does it serve that I am the only one that gets to enjoy the emblem/picture/saying on my coffee mug?
Maybe I regard my mugs like I regard my t-shirts: a way to provoke reactions from the teeming masses. There is nothing like walking down the mall, through the flea market, or through the park and catching someone reading your shirt. But, as many people know, I am easily amused.
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