Mugs In Easter Eggs

[SpacePhoenix]

I had an Easter egg this Easter for the first time for many years. How long ago did they stop having mugs in the packets?

 

[gswindale]

They haven't completely gone - my "creme egg" egg contained a mug.

Slightly disappointed that they've changed the design so it doesn't match my most other mugs though!

 

[Cowley]

I've got a couple of those mugs in the house. I feel that they're not quite big enough to hold a proper cup of tea though.

 

[SpacePhoenix]

The mugs I remember them having used to be big enough to make a decent sized cup of tea. They used to have the mug, the egg (which seem to be 1/2 to 1/3 of the thickness) and a packet of whatever the brand was (eg packet of Smarties in a Smarties one).

Maybe it's just whoever makes Maltesers (it was a Maltesers egg) who have decided to stop including mugs

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Maybe it's just whoever makes Maltesers (it was a Maltesers egg) who have decided to stop including mugs

You need to be even more careful opening a Smarties Easter egg - discovered the hard way that this year they've stopped putting the Smarties in a packet; they're now loose inside the egg... :roll:

The abolition of mugs in eggs is probably a cost cutting measure.

 

[Cowley]

I do remember having a Lion Bar mug in an Easter egg. It was really big and shaped like the lions head on the packet but when you drank out of it too fast some of the tea would race into the lions nose part and then ricochet back into your face.

 

[telstarbox]

You need to be even more careful opening a Smarties Easter egg - discovered the hard way that this year they've stopped putting the Smarties in a packet; they're now loose inside the egg... :roll:

What a mess.

 

[Tetchytyke]

How long ago did they stop having mugs in the packets?

They still do, I got a Toffee Crisp one this year. The mug was tiny though...

 

[Cowley]

They still do, I got a Toffee Crisp one this year. The mug was tiny though...

Well I thought that too until this morning when I did a capacity comparison test between my favourite standard sized cup on the left and the Double Decker Easter egg cup on the right. They held exactly the same amount and I now realise I've been a fool shunning the Double Decker and Cream Egg cups all this time.

 

[Tetchytyke]

They held exactly the same amount and I now realise I've been a fool shunning the Double Decker and Cream Egg cups all this time.

I'll have to try this. My favourite mug is this one (not my picture), and I always thought it was bigger than the Toffee Crisp one. I'll have to measure it out now!

 

[Cowley]

I'll have to try this. My favourite mug is this one (not my picture), and I always thought it was bigger than the Toffee Crisp one. I'll have to measure it out now!

Nice. I think what it is is that when you look into the mug it tapers down towards the bottom giving the illusion of it being quite small.

This must be what they call 'A slow news day'...

 

[ExRes]

I believe that most companies stopped providing mugs on H&S grounds, there were far too many people injured while trying to eat the mugs .......

 

[DaleCooper]

It's time for a thread devoted to mugs, their design, shape, decoration and capacity.

 

[Cowley]

It's time for a thread devoted to mugs, their design, shape, decoration and capacity.

What about cups and saucers, will they need another thread?

 

[DaleCooper]

What about cups and saucers, will they need another thread?

Cups and saucers, there's posh!

 

[Cowley]

That's exactly how I drink my tea when I'm on a building site.

 

[507021]

I haven't had one for a while now, the last one I got was a Creme Egg mug a few years ago.

 

[Howardh]

Has this thread any connection to a "Mugwump"?

 

[DaleCooper]

Has this thread any connection to a "Mugwump"?

"Wump" is the Apache word for Easter egg.

 

[ExRes]

"Wump" is the Apache word for Easter egg.

While "Mug" is the Apache word for Custer

 

[NorthernSpirit]

I've got a collection of Creme Egg, Mini Eggs and Toffee Crisp mugs and all are accounted for as I won't have to buy any cups / mugs / hot beverage recepticals.

The problem I've found is that some have been smashed in transit, so you have to shake the box to ensure that the mug isn't bust otherwise you'd be paying for an egg and some broken pottery.

 

[SpacePhoenix]

I'll have to try this. My favourite mug is this one (not my picture), and I always thought it was bigger than the Toffee Crisp one. I'll have to measure it out now!

That seems to be the "standard" size for mugs. I've seen mugs large enough that they could hold the equivalent of a whole pot of tea!

I've probably had more Smarties mugs then any other in the past, got rid of them many years ago (wouldn't be surprised if I lost a couple through getting dropped)

 

[robbeech]

When the company in the unit next to mine moved out some years ago they left amongst other things boxes and boxes of branded mugs. They hold in excess of a pint and quite frankly it's borderline whether 1 teabag is enough if not made in a pot.

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[Cowley]

When the company in the unit next to mine moved out some years ago they left amongst other things boxes and boxes of branded mugs. They hold in excess of a pint and quite frankly it's borderline whether 1 teabag is enough if not made in a pot.

<this post has nothing to do with Easter eggs>

I don't like tea in too big a cup. It's quality not quantity, as you say one teabag isn't enough in a massive cup.

<this post also has nothing to do with Easter eggs>

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I've seen mugs large enough that they could hold the equivalent of a whole pot of tea!

Those are probably soup mugs.

 

[DaleCooper]

Those are probably soup mugs.

Is soup bigger than tea?

 

[D365]

Those are probably soup mugs.

And usually emblazoned with the name of a certain notorious sportswear retailer...

 

[krus_aragon]

I've got a collection of Creme Egg, Mini Eggs and Toffee Crisp mugs and all are accounted for as I won't have to buy any cups / mugs / hot beverage recepticals.

My wife went on a spree of buying Cadbury Easter Eggs with mugs about six years ago: I got all the chocolate because she was just buying them for the mugs. We've still got Dairy Milk, Creme Egg and Mini Egg-themed ones, and they're a fairly generous size.

(She's a habitual collector: at a quick count we've got 25 mugs in the kitchen, and that's excluding the posh crockery set!)

 

[krus_aragon]

Is soup bigger than tea?

Only if it's Souper-sized.

 

[DaleCooper]

Only if it's Souper-sized.

Or the tea is teany.