Her Cup Runneth Over
One of the persisting confusions these days is that between a shaving mug and a mustache cup. In fact, they are quite different things.
A shaving mug is a mug in which soap, cream, or lotion is worked into a lather with a brush, which lather is then applied by brush to some area to be shaved.
A mustache cup is a drinking cup, with a guard to keep the drinker’s mustache from being wet by and drawn into the drink.
Though, really, the guard of a mustache cup would simply be in the way if it were used as a shaving mug, none-the-less, in era in which relatively few people use shaving mugs, and almost no one uses a mustache cup, it’s not a terrible surprise that the two should be confused. So I don’t typically much reäct when seeing one listed as the other (or as both) on eBay.
However, I’m definitely amused when seeing a mustache cup listed as Antique Mustache Shaving Lavender Ladies Cup & Saucer
(underscore mine). ![[images of mustache cup]](wp-content/uploads/2010/10/mustachecup.jpg)
There were and are women who’ve been unfortunate when it came to facial hair; and some have had enough of a mustache that they could have got use from a mustache cup as such; but I really doubt that anyone has manufactured mustache cups specifically for ladies.
Tags: eBay, everyday absurdity, shaving
Frida Kahlo would approve.
Rotated 180°, it becomes an eye-brow cup.
yeah, you've obviously not met my missus, mate. . .
Support an entire sideline by herself, eh? (Some girls are like a time-bomb of hair.)
When considering a spouse there are three key qualities to bear in mind: they can be attractive, they can be intelligent, they can have a relatively normal amount of body hair for their sex. Only the very lucky find a partner possessing two of the three.
Should I infer that you're going to bust-out in a mustache within a few years? And, meanwhile, on what leg (or vertex) of the Triangle o' Doom do you place me?
Technology being what it is these days, my future mustache need never come to light.
As much as I like them, do you really consider your side-burns normal?