A Mug's Game.

Many moons ago I worked for a newspaper chain. Myself and two colleagues with a similarly absurd sense of humour instated a G5 Power Mac (at the time a state of the art machine) for the sole purpose of keeping a record of all the drinking vessels in the department. The types of mugs you find in workplaces made us laugh. In the interests of irrelevancy, said document will now be archived in this repository.

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Observer Graphics Production Department Mug Inventory:

• 3 tier navy blue mug • Abstract pattern x4 • "Albion - Loyal Supporter" • "Andrew" • Arçopal France (white with floral) • Aspro Holidays • Birmingham City "Blue Army" • Churchill (green speckle with white base) • Cleggy's Baggies (West Bromwich Albion) mug • Cow & butterfly design • "Crunchy Juicy Apples" • David Beckham • Debon Air • "England" • Excelsior (white with gold trim) • Floral design • Friends • Garfield (Libra) • "Groovy John" • "Have An Ice Christmas" • "Hot Stuff" • "I Could Learn to Hate Jane Fonda" • "I Feel a Right Tit" • Just Mugs (turquoise with flower) • Leicester City Official Supporters' Mug • Lexus - Pauline • "Liverpool - Champions of Europe" • Behemoth Metallica Rebel Skull ceramic Mug • Octagonal mug with ship scene • Pale green Accounts mugs x6 • Pink & yellow with red swirls • Pink conical mug with elevated base • Plain blue x2 • Plain green • Plain smoked glass mug • Plain yellow • Ransat - bone china floral x2 • Royal Norfolk (white with floral) • "Screw U" • Sheep & insects design • "Shibden Hall, Halifax" • "Shopaholic" • "Snail, My House, Dog" • Snap-On • Star Wars - Luke Skywalker • Steelite International (white) • Summer Fruits • Takeaway Cantonese • That bloke with his ballbag out • The Beatles • The Blues (Birmingham City) • Tigger • Kanti's "Tone Please!" mug • Wallace & Gromit - "Yummy!" • "Whirlpool - The Big Turn On" • White with raised food pattern • "Wolves & You" (Wolverhampton Wanderers) • "www.cashforcans.co.uk"