Mugshot Monday - Fully functional “Henry VIII & Disappearing Wives“ heat sensitive mug by The Unemployed Philosophers Guild with piping hot Breakaway Blend by Peace Coffee
Two weeks ago, I posted my ineffectual “Henry VIII & Disappearing Wives” heat sensitive mug that I giddily bought at Goodwill.
I knew it was a heat changer mug and I naively thought it was all black because -- duh -- the mug was in its cold state. Score! But in reality, that heat sensitive imagery had melted off in someone’s dishwasher long ago.
Well, the fine folks at the Philosophers Guild saw my post on Instagram and decided to help write Chapter 2 of this story. They sent me a working mug!
Then I found myself trying to explain what this mug was all about to my kids. I’m no historian, but I told them Henry VIII was a power-hungry misogynist asshole who as a “devout Catholic” had divorced, annulled, or killed many of his wives primarily for not giving birth to a baby boy.
Only I said “jerk” instead of “asshole”.
And biologically speaking, no boy babies was all his own fault anyways.
This mug attempts to at least acknowledge the identities of a few of his “disappearing” wives by displaying their names and fates when you’re drinking coffee.
Cheers to that, Philosophers Guild! And thank you kindly for the rad mug.
Here’s the a panoramic of the empty mug:
Here’s a panoramic of the mug with hot hot coffee:
See also my 445+ photos from the Mugshot Monday project here: www.MugshotMonday.com – Every Mug Has A Story