Teapot Tournament
March 23, 2009
I’ve never liked tea. Bagged, loose, black, green, it all tastes like murky dishwater to me. My distaste for tea makes it all the more absurd that I came up with the brilliant idea some years ago to collect teapots. I had Winnie-the-Pooh teapots and British flower wagon teapots and teapots in just about any shape the woman at the kitschy collectible store was convince my parents a real teapot collector couldn’t live without. When I finally came to my senses a few years later I was able to unload most of them on e-bay and on the few friends I had at the time who enjoyed steeped dishwater but I’ve held onto these last remaining four because my lack of interest in tea is only made up for in my predilection for all things whimsical.
These teapots were handmade by a Pacific Northwest artist and he dubbed each with a equally whimsical name. The first person who sends me the correct name for each of the four teapots will win a 20.00 gift certificate for Starbucks which can be used for coffee or dishwater, whichever strikes your fancy.
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Sweet Hope Cookies
March 24th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Oh! Those teas pots are hilarious! Hahahhaha.
I don’t like tea either, except for iced tea. I was just talking about that with a friend and couldn’t find the words to describe how I felt about hot tea. Murky dishwater sums it up very well!
March 24th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Here is my first entry…
1. Moo moo
2. Auntie Eats-a-lot
3. Uncle Forget-me-not
and
4. Woof you like that with honey
March 24th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Wendy—> ARGH! Hey Dear Doofus, look at the teapots and use your noggin and you’ll figure them out. If you get one, the rest will follow. Hurry up…the coffee’s brewing!
March 24th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Stephanie–> I once made the mistake of telling a friend from Britain about the dishwater analogy….suffice it to say, my comment wasn’t greeted warmly. Just another case of “foot in mouth” disease in its advanced stages!
March 24th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
They’re so cute!
March 24th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Doggie bag, elephant trunk, alligator suitcase, cowbell (ok, couldn’t really see the last one enough so it’s a wild guess).
March 24th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Waaaahooo Sandy!! You did it Woman! Email me at anita@sisterfriends-together.org with your mailing address and your Starbucks card will be in the mail.
March 27th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Completely unrelated to this post, but I wanted to thank you for this website. I’ve been having a lot of qualms with coming out of the closet (to my husband!) because of the whole “Christians think being gay is an abomination” issue. I’m a devout Christian and I can’t let myself believe that my God would have these feelings towards me…it just never made sense. Glad to see this site exists!
March 27th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Lynne–> LOL. Yep, your comment is a wee bit unrelated to the teapots BUT I’m so glad you added your comment. And don’t EVER let yourself believe God has a single thought about you being an abomination. You are God’s beloved and your life is safe and secure within such a great love.