Seriously Large Office Uber Mug

Ever so often we see something that we know, in our heart of hearts, is not really worth a post but we go ahead and post it anyway and, thankfully, we had the foresight from the very inception of this site to include a Wacky Gifts Category that, we like to feel, gets us firmly off the hook in this respect (the formation of this category was either an act of subdued genius or a not in the least transparent bid to cover all eventualities – it is not for us to say which).

I’m in a conversational mood today, have you noticed? Incidentally, in light of this, the choice was stark. I could either post about my cat or how it came to pass that I found myself unconsciously tapping my foot to a Mariah Carey track – something I will never quite get over – or posting about a giant mug. All things considered, posting about a large mug is therefore an act of compassion lest I bore you to death with trivialities that have even resulted my cat try to shape its tail into a loose with which to hang himself from the top of the stairs.

Shall we get on with the post?

Measuring in at a colossal 30cm in diameter this is the sort of mug that you hold back in the office – difficult considering its size, but we don’t doubt that your resourcefulness will come to the fore - until it’s someone else’s turn to make the coffee (ideally the woman in cubicle four who never makes a drink for anyone) before whipping it out with a thinly veiled sneer on your face and asking for a milky coffee with 24 sugars whilst knowing that the milk’s about to run out and the cup probably weighs more than she does.

Retailing at ¥1500 (roughly $6.29 – that can’t be right) excluding the cost of re-mortgaging your house in order to pay for the shipping, the Uber Mug can be obtained from this Japanese online outlet.