• dave (unregistered) in reply to vambala
    vambala:
    Barb:
    If it's $15 for US shipping and $5k for personal delivery, how much is a mug if we drive to Inedo and pick it up?

    This is obviously the inverse function, so you get the $5k from Alex...

    Ahh, but this is WTF and the inverse function must be implemented accordingly. That means you still owe the $5k, plus, in addition to paying for the gas to drive (what, about $6k if you drive from the next state over at this point? $7k tomorrow), you have to pay Alex for the gas too!

    So that works out to 15 + 5k + 3 * CostOfGas (it's 3, not 2, since you still have to drive home)

  • IV (unregistered) in reply to real_aardvark
    real_aardvark:
    I'm going to start saving that $5,555 and move to Darfur right now, just to teach you people a lesson.

    That would be foolish. Just have it delivered to someone already living there, and worry about getting another one for$15 (or pay the person to whom it is delivered to ship it back to you properly).

    Captcha: transverbero

  • (cs)

    $25 for a mug? That certainly is a WTF.

    What are you trying to do, mug us?

  • (cs)

    I actually have the other mug in the picture... I got 4 of them at Target, along with 4 big plates, 4 bowls, and 4 little plates.... for $6 USD.

    I broke one of them, so if you wouldn't mind sending me a replacement, I can't seem to find them anywhere....

  • (cs) in reply to sysKin

    @sysKin

    http://www.google.nl/search?q=15+oz+in+L Its almost 450 mL

  • (cs)

    Suppose I wanted 5 mugs, and I wanted personal delivery. Do I have to pay $5000 per mug? or Do you only deliver one and the other four are shipped standard? Do you say, hey, he was willing to pay the 5K throw in the 4 extra mugs.

  • Kuba (unregistered) in reply to Jake Vinson
    Jake Vinson:
    ieb:
    If you think $5000 is reasonable, you must have the most expensive red light district ever.

    Oh, I'll agree that it's unreasonable. We're just keeping our fingers crossed that one of our readers has more money than sense.

    I don't know if it's really unreasonable. Let's say someone wants it delivered to Antarctica. So, that's a flight to Chich (Christchurch in N.Z.), and then another flight from there, and that last leg is gonna be expensive. CMH to CHC is about 2100 USD, so that's almost half of the money gone already. Then Alex will need to rest a bit at the final destination, so I'd say $5k is cutting it short.

    Do we have any readers in Antarctica?

  • Saaid (unregistered) in reply to Kuba
    Kuba:
    Jake Vinson:
    ieb:
    If you think $5000 is reasonable, you must have the most expensive red light district ever.

    Oh, I'll agree that it's unreasonable. We're just keeping our fingers crossed that one of our readers has more money than sense.

    I don't know if it's really unreasonable. Let's say someone wants it delivered to Antarctica. So, that's a flight to Chich (Christchurch in N.Z.), and then another flight from there, and that last leg is gonna be expensive. CMH to CHC is about 2100 USD, so that's almost half of the money gone already. Then Alex will need to rest a bit at the final destination, so I'd say $5k is cutting it short.

    Do we have any readers in Antarctica?

    I bet we could get 5000 readers to chip in a buck each.

  • (cs) in reply to FredSaw
    FredSaw:
    Sam:
    Note to Editor: Yes, English. Not British, not "from the UK", English. If the Scots and the Welsh are allowed to be nationalist, then I can be too.
    How did "English" come to be passé, anyway? It brings to mind how in the 60's "Afro-American" came in vogue, and then somehow in the passage of years lost its approval and gave way to "African-American". A shame, really... what was joyously celebrated as a "'fro" wouldn't carry the same weight as a "'frican".
    I'll have you know that we of the English persuasion can do without your patronising attitude, thank you very much. And yes, that is "patronising" with an 's', not with a 'z'.

    Being touted as "passé" at least presupposes that we were once unsurpasséd. Indeed, as we labour under the stigma of being "passé," we can console ourselves with the thought that, with enough of that plucky resolve that you can see in Enid Blyton books and movies featuring James Mason, we will eventually become "retro."

    And from "retro" it is one small step to being "chic," n'est-ce pas, mon petit faible espece de Texanois?

  • eaf (unregistered) in reply to Kefer
    Kefer:
    Oversees shipping is expensive indeed... But luckily the US dollar is worth next to nothing these days :D
    Yeah... right... :P That's because you're paid in euros
  • (cs) in reply to SomeCoder
    FredSaw:
    When your nose is running, you don't say, "Got any tissue paper?" Likewise with coke.
    No, I say "God addie dishoo baber." Doesn't everybody?

    I mean, stick to the point, my good man.

    And what's a runny nose got to do with coke, anyway?

  • LEGO (unregistered) in reply to real_aardvark
    real_aardvark:
    Sean:
    How much for the mug personally delivered by the Irish Girl (TM) ?
    With or without t-shirt?

    Yes, exactly!

  • (cs) in reply to real_aardvark
    real_aardvark:
    ...we will eventually become "retro."

    And from "retro" it is one small step to being "chic," n'est-ce pas, mon petit faible espece de Texanois?

    Careful... rather than leading to "chic", (and yes, that's with the comma outside the parentheses) "retro" may go the way of "'fro" and become "retrican".
    real_aardvark:
    And what's a runny nose got to do with coke, anyway?
    Not sure. Check with Stevie Nicks on that one. Or Steven Tyler.

  • bramster (unregistered) in reply to Eduardo Habkost
    Eduardo Habkost:
    Lefty:
    Is the logo only on one side? And if so, any chances for a lefty mug? Sorry, but have the logo on the "wrong" side just doesn't go it for me anymore.

    Maybe you were joking and I didn't notice, but the text says "feature the WTF logo both sides". You can notice that if you look at both pictures, also: the mug is on a different position on each picture.

    Anyway: what would be the correct side for the logo? Should it be on the side you look at, or on the side where people look at when you are drinking?

    The outside

  • Michael (unregistered)

    The real WTF is that there were no articles today =(

  • frustrati (unregistered) in reply to JR
    JR:
    Technical question: What areas are considered war zones?
    Any place outside of the US that is deemed in need of democracy. Eventually.
  • Josh (unregistered)

    Only a 10% mark-up for war zones!? I'd mark it up eleventy-billion percent, personally.

  • (cs) in reply to Michael
    Michael:
    The real WTF is that there were no articles today =(
    Submit! Submit! Submit!

    (Oops. Just had a flashback to the Pro-Dom thing. Excuse me while I go to the bathroom for a bit.)

  • moz (unregistered) in reply to SomeCoder
    SomeCoder:
    Only in the south. The rest of the world knows that "coke" = Coca-Cola (or cocaine as the situation may be), not a generic name for carbonated sugar water.
    That's really weird. Here, "coke" could be Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, or anything else behind the bar which tastes fairly similar when mixed with enough vodka.

    Strange part of the world you live in.

  • (cs)

    If I pay $5,000 for 334 mugs, will Alex deliver them in person?

  • Justice (unregistered) in reply to moz
    moz:
    SomeCoder:
    Only in the south. The rest of the world knows that "coke" = Coca-Cola (or cocaine as the situation may be), not a generic name for carbonated sugar water.
    That's really weird. Here, "coke" could be Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, or anything else behind the bar which tastes fairly similar when mixed with enough vodka.

    Strange part of the world you live in.

    The real WTF is that you mix Coke and vodka. That's what rum is for.

  • Grant (unregistered) in reply to WhiskeyJack
    WhiskeyJack:
    Canada's not overseas...

    I can't justify $23 for a single mug, but I would consider a set of two if the shipping were collectively lower.

    Failing that, I'll just have to ask an American friend for a favor (favour)...

    You forgot the great lakes. They are inland seas.

  • (cs)

    TRWTF is that instead of getting a nice WTFfey article today, I get this stupid announcement.

  • (cs) in reply to FredSaw
    FredSaw:
    DeLos:
    DavidC:
    Pop!?!!?

    Dude, where I come from we blow our nose at so-called coders that say 'pop', you and all your silly friend coders that say 'pop', we fart in your general direction, your mother was an orphaned database record, your father was a ....

    Anyway, nice mugs, I gotta get one.

    So are you a tonic or soda man?
    Pfffaph! Pop. Tonic. Soda. Wassup wif dat? It's called "coke", man. No matter what it is. It's like Kleenex... the brand name has transcended the product association. When your nose is running, you don't say, "Got any tissue paper?" Likewise with coke.

    Joe: "Hey, Moe, I'm going to the fridge. Want a coke?" Moe: "Sure!" Joe: "What kind?" Moe: "Bring me a root beer. No, wait... Dr Pepper."

    NOOOOOOOOO Coke is Coke, short for Coca-Cola. Coke is not Pepsi, nor is it RC Cola. It is most definitely not a root beer or Dr Pepper. It is COKE. When I ask for a Coke I meant that I want a Coke.

    It isn't even anything like tissue paper vs Kleenex. I mean maybe if Dr Pepper taste similar to Coke.

    Coke is not a synonym for a cola nor even for a carbonated sugar water drink. IT IS COCA-COLA! GRRRRR

  • M (unregistered) in reply to chrismcb

    Coke is indeed coke. The drink is cola.

  • (cs) in reply to chrismcb
    chrismcb:
    When I ask for a Coke I meant that I want a Coke.

    So does he. Just that coke is something different to him than to you.

  • Stu (unregistered) in reply to FredSaw

    Hm.. in the US you say kleenex, we still say Tissues.. Generally we don't go with the brand exceptions include Ketchup, Selotape.. Heh it wouldn't suprise me if Americans used brandnames for fruit..

  • (cs) in reply to real_aardvark
    Sam:
    Dude, those are not synonyms...
    • Soda is carbonated water
    • Tonic is carbonated water with quinine added

    To prove this, try "Gin and Tonic" (nice) vs. "Gin and Soda" (not nice)

    TRWTF is that I care about this.

    But whiskey and soda is good, whereas whiskey and tonic... I've never even tried that.

    real_aardvark:
    I'm English.

    I believe it was PG Wodehouse who asserted that "All Englishmen are born two gin and tonics under par." (I notice that, according to google, this has since been misappropriated by the appalling Hurley woman.)

    Why would I want to drink a "Gin and Soda" and slip another stroke?

    And why is it under par, anyway?

    Because under par is what you are trying to achieve in Golf. Thus he is a couple of drinks the right side of sobriety.

  • mizchief (unregistered)

    I was late to a meeting because I was buying this mug. When I told my boss this he said "What the Fuck?"

    awesome. I guess now I can stop hording "the good mug" It will be a sad day, you can count how long i've worked there by counting the coffe stain rings.

  • mizchief (unregistered) in reply to derula

    Seriously, Use the same Confused face guy with that slogan and you won't have to put up with our asses any more.

  • (cs) in reply to chrismcb
    chrismcb:
    Joe: "Hey, Moe, I'm going to the fridge. Want a coke?" Moe: "Sure!" Joe: "What kind?" Moe: "Bring me a root beer. No, wait... Dr Pepper."

    Dr Pepper is Coke because Coke the company produce it.

    The real WTF is that those mugs cost so much to be delivered to Scotland and that it is only 15 ounces.

    I have a 25 ounce mug from starbucks.

    Lyle.

  • Daniel Persson (unregistered)

    Weehaa finally a fantastic device to use next to the computer, tv, bed, table, ... I wonder what is best, recently "getting" a girlfriend or now this... hmmm

  • (cs) in reply to FredSaw
    FredSaw:
    Pfffaph! Pop. Tonic. Soda. Wassup wif dat? It's called "coke", man. No matter what it is. It's like Kleenex... the brand name has transcended the product association. When your nose is running, you don't say, "Got any tissue paper?"

    Yes we do.

    FredSaw:
    Likewise with coke.

    Yes, and likewise with Coke.

  • modo (unregistered) in reply to sysKin
    sysKin:
    Hi, a question, I see you're shipping it overseas but is a 15 oz mug even compatible with our beloved non-oz drinks?

    Can I use it to drink a 350 mL of our beloved iced coffee or will it throw (spill?) an exception of sorts?

    Thanks.

    No only "443.602943 ml" drink would be compatible with a 15oz mug...

  • (cs) in reply to modo
    modo:
    sysKin:
    Hi, a question, I see you're shipping it overseas but is a 15 oz mug even compatible with our beloved non-oz drinks?

    Can I use it to drink a 350 mL of our beloved iced coffee or will it throw (spill?) an exception of sorts?

    Thanks.

    No only "443.602943 ml" drink would be compatible with a 15oz mug...

    I believe what you're looking for is that hilarious Visual Basic dribble mug artefact: "On Error Resume Next."

    You're welcome.

  • (cs) in reply to sysKin
    sysKin:
    Hi, a question, I see you're shipping it overseas but is a 15 oz mug even compatible with our beloved non-oz drinks?

    Can I use it to drink a 350 mL of our beloved iced coffee or will it throw (spill?) an exception of sorts?

    Thanks.

    Thanks for your interest in our products. We hope you will come again soon.

    A 15 oz mug is compatible with non-oz drinks, you just have to convert it first. For example, type "350 mL in oz=" in Google and it converts it for you automatically.

    Yes you can use it to drink a 350 mL iced coffee. It will not throw (spill?) an exception of sorts unless someone deliberately throws or spills it.

  • jake (unregistered)

    If I pay 5000, can I keep you? plz??

  • Peter (unregistered)

    Mug bestellt, und ersten Kommentar abgegeben.

    Und sobald die Post da ist, lad ich mir von der Tassimo 2 Latt-Macc in die Tasse (sollte ja groß genug sein), gehe zu unserem EDV-HiWi (mein Vorgänger) und gebe damit an, dass ich eine WTF-Tasse von der Größe eines Weissbierkruges habe.

    Sehr gut übrigens, dass das Logo auf beiden Seiten zu finden ist! Und das es per Kreditkarte bestellbar war, zu einem Preis der ... naja ... ein wenig lächerlich war. 5 cent oder so, grins

  • (cs)

    "15 oz" - which ounces? I'd expect US (given that's where TDWTF is based, and the only country to still so widely use fluid ounces),

    15 US fluid ounces = 443 ml

    but if it were to actually be Imperial, then

    15 Imperial fluid ounces = 426 ml

    (both metric figures rounded down to nearest whole ml)

    Which is it?

  • (cs) in reply to Peter
    Peter:
    Mug bestellt, und ersten Kommentar abgegeben.

    Und sobald die Post da ist, lad ich mir von der Tassimo 2 Latt-Macc in die Tasse (sollte ja groß genug sein), gehe zu unserem EDV-HiWi (mein Vorgänger) und gebe damit an, dass ich eine WTF-Tasse von der Größe eines Weissbierkruges habe.

    Sehr gut übrigens, dass das Logo auf beiden Seiten zu finden ist! Und das es per Kreditkarte bestellbar war, zu einem Preis der ... naja ... ein wenig lächerlich war. 5 cent oder so, grins

    Well, I still think that the logo should have been on the inside, sehr gut übrigens aber nichts.

    I don't believe that this guy is genuinely German, though. What, he tries the mug out with some spurious Starbucks abomination before using it for the obvious purpose of sinking a Weissbier?

    Has he no shame? Is he Austrian?

  • Some anon guy (unregistered) in reply to Math_Teacher

    $55 moving expenses of course!

  • Peter (unregistered)

    Österreicher? Was zum Schnitzel ?(to quote a some animation movie i've seen awhile ago)

    Das glaube ich nicht, Tim!

    Aber Bier aus einer WTF-Tasse. Keine schlechte Idee.

  • (cs) in reply to Peter
    Peter:
    Österreicher? Was zum Schnitzel ?(to quote a some animation movie i've seen awhile ago)

    Das glaube ich nicht, Tim!

    Aber Bier aus einer WTF-Tasse. Keine schlechte Idee.

    Yup, I thought it was, too.

    And stop calling me Tim. My father wanted to do that, but I kicked hell out of my mother until he gave up and called me a reasonable name. (Clue -- yours is reasonable.)

    Sorry about the Austrian thing.

  • Peter (unregistered)

    NP

    Note to self: must remember that not everyone watches Tool Time as much as I do (hence the "Tim joke").

    Prost!

  • Rik (unregistered) in reply to Mike in business development
    Mike in business development:
    When you hold it, you don't feel like your holding a mug so much as perhaps a battle axe that is simply in mug form.

    This closed the sale for me.

  • J (unregistered) in reply to Justice
    Justice:
    The real WTF is that you mix Coke and vodka. That's what rum is for.

    You mix rum with vodka?

  • Anders (unregistered)

    Too bad you 'mericans drink such pathetic "coffee". Drink the real stuff instead and you'll realize those mugs are about 10 oz too big...

  • Weissbier (unregistered) in reply to Peter
    Peter:
    und gebe damit an, dass ich eine WTF-Tasse von der Größe eines Weissbierkruges habe.
    Weissbier trinkt man nicht aus nem Krug! BLASPHEMIE!
  • Rami (unregistered)

    Hmm, mug seems a bit too expensive. Maybe I'll just download it from Piratebay..

  • (cs) in reply to Weissbier
    Weissbier:
    Peter:
    und gebe damit an, dass ich eine WTF-Tasse von der Größe eines Weissbierkruges habe.
    Weissbier trinkt man nicht aus nem Krug! BLASPHEMIE!

    You people DO realise this site is in English? IIRC there's a german version too. Go posting there, if you need to do it in german. Though I and a few others might understand your babbling, I bet most of our oversees colleagues may not.

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