The Mug is Dead, Long Live the Mug

[Aristeros]

Was having a pretty good shave, no kid-distractions, first shave with Sterling soap (Scots Pine sheep soap, it is a great performer and lathers effortlessly, like it a lot), one of the last before some travel for work, and as I am cleaning up, I drop my mug. It was one of the VDH apothecary mugs from the luxury set and has been my only mug for the entire time I have spent wet shaving--a little less than a year, maybe--and the only thing from the set that I still used. Rocking an OS mug now that i got awhile back.

Tl/dr: Mug. Dropped it, replaced it.

 

[Pedro Navaja]

Rip

 

[ClintO]

Ouch, it's a pretty solid mug so I kinda surprised it didn't just shatter.

 

[Howie]

Ummm,.... If you say "The mug is DEAD", why do you follow with "long live the mug"???

Maybe the death of a mug causes temporary irrationality....

My condolences...

 

[inspiringK]

Nice, kind of a forced upgrade, albeit under sad circumstances.

Ummm,.... If you say "The mug is DEAD", why do you follow with "long live the mug"???

Because, not enough people know French, so we wouldn't have appreciated it as much if he had said "Le roi est mort, vive le roi!"

 

[Dharuma]

Ummm,.... If you say "The mug is DEAD", why do you follow with "long live the mug"???

My understanding is that the old mug is dead, long live the new mug...

 

[August West]

I am sorry for your loss.

 

[ironfist]

Lucky you don't have to repair your floor

The OS mug is a decent upgrade though!

 

[MicBaldy]

Ummm,.... If you say "The mug is DEAD", why do you follow with "long live the mug"???

Maybe the death of a mug causes temporary irrationality....

My condolences...

It's just a common phrase that is used when a king dies and a new king is crowned.

 

[Aristeros]

My understanding is that the old mug is dead, long live the new mug...

Exactly. There can only be one mug at once. The others just sort of rove about and have the paparazzi follow them about unless and until Their Appointed Time comes.

 

[Bentley72]

may it rest in pieces

 

[EloquentRune]

I feel for your loss. The exact same thing happened to my Edwin Jagger mug a few months ago.