Malfunctioning Mug

You’re all familiar with mugs, right? The things you put hot liquids in, and they have the little handle so that you can hold it without burning your hand. That is essentially the ONLY purpose of a mug. Having a little handle with which you may pick up hot liquids and move them into your mouth, without burning your hands.

Apparently some of the mugs I own are defective, because on a couple occasions, notably the other night, I put a mug full of water in the microwave to heat up for tea. Imagine my surprise when I reach in to grab the mug by the handle and I FEEL BURNING PAIN IN MY HAND BECAUSE MY HAND IS BURNING. Oh what’s that Mr. Mug? You have somehow transferred lots of heat INTO THE HANDLE? Where it is supposed to be NOT HOT? Thanks I appreciate that. Now my hand is ON FIRE.

Here is an artist’s (read: not really an artist, just me) rendition of my reaction to the defective mug:

Badly drawn picture of me screaming in pain

In case you are wondering, that is me, screaming in pain with my burnt hand in the air.

So basically, do not trust your mugs, because they are jerks and they will hurt you. Or maybe I am just a clumsy fool who shouldn’t be trusted with appliances.

P.S. A few plugs. First, go vote for my friend Kaden in The Trevor Project. You have to register but it is REALLY easy! And you can vote every day for the next 3 days! SO VOTE! Second, Aisy and I started a new YouTube channel. GO WATCH US.

Posted on: July 10, 2010

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  1. Manda
    July 10th, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    But boiling water in the microwave is BAD! Maybe your mug is just trying to warn you about that. When you boil water in the microwave, it superheats the water and forms a “skin” which can explode in your face and give you really bad burns. Or so said the documentary I once watched about it…

    Reply: That’s only if the water has NO impurities in it. And I don’t boil the water, I just heat it up. Like 1 minute in there. So it’s FINE. :P



  2. Meg
    July 11th, 2010 at 1:28 am

    I think the handle only keeps your hands from burning if you pour hot beverages into a mug, not if you put the whole thing, including the handle, in the microwave to heat up… :P

    Reply: Listen, you and Aisy say the same thing, but this has only happened to me ONCE before. It is an isolated event. :P



  3. Clem
    July 11th, 2010 at 4:55 pm

    I always heat stuff up in the microwave, and the handle is always fine, so I don’t know what Meg is talking about. :P

    I enjoyed your illustration. It looks just like you. Now I can never draw stuff for my blog again, because your picture is so great.



  4. Ashley
    July 13th, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    HAHA I’ve never had that problem with a mug. Maybe mugs just hate you?! :O I’ve had issues with bowls though, but that really is my own fault. I’ll warm things up and the bowl will be on fire hot and I whine like a little baby about it, but then all is well. haha.