I’ve owned this beautiful dog/shotgun mug for a long time. It has sat on my desk, holding my pencils and pens, for more than a decade.
It sat there throughout almost the entire run of Tastes Like Chicken.
It sat there on the day I brought Mr. Fabulous home from the shelter.
It even sat there on September 11th, 2001. (I remember that one especially because we’re never supposed to forget.)
But last week, as KB and I hung out in the living room, our new nightmare (to be read: Heisenberg) jumped up on my desk in the office and pushed my beautiful dog/shotgun mug onto the floor. On purpose. Or so I assume.
The result… is tragic.
Why, Heisenberg? Why?!?
Thankfully, after a quick Google search of “dog” and “shotgun” and “mug,” I found two eBay entries selling similar mugs. This one is close, but this one is a dead ringer! High-five!
What’s that? Did I buy either of them? Ummm… no. I mean, it’s cool and all, but I’m not sure it’s worth $20 or $35, respectively.
Still… DAMN YOU, HEISENBERG!
The end of an era… or at least the end of a beautiful dog/shotgun mug,
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January 15, 2013 at 5:13 am
MOM
Maybe she was trying to scare off a burglar who was going to steal all your other cool possessions and . . it worked, didn’t it. Well worth the loss of your mug. If Heisenberg had been around for 9/11, who knows what the outcome would have been. Many lives might have been saved 🙂
January 15, 2013 at 9:40 am
jshady
Maybe. But probably not!
January 15, 2013 at 8:05 am
DOHERTY
Are you certain it was Heisenberg? Evidence? Maybe there is a Heisenberg Uncertainty principle at work here- a quantum uncertainty?
*everything I know about science comes from Futurama
January 15, 2013 at 9:40 am
jshady
She was locked in the bedroom, alone, while we worked out (because apparently she likes being stepped on while we jump around the living room like assholes).
So it was either her or a ghost.
January 15, 2013 at 10:34 am
casinoskunk
Did it occur to you that maybe your cat hates dogs and shotguns? In light of recent events, your cat is clearly stating her case on the gun control issue.
January 15, 2013 at 12:13 pm
jshady
Hmmm… never thought of it that way before.
January 15, 2013 at 10:46 pm
Jorge Garcia
That’s what you get when you take in a cat from “the streets.”
January 15, 2013 at 10:48 pm
jshady
HAHA! True!
January 15, 2013 at 10:47 pm
Jorge Garcia
p.s. totally gluable.
January 15, 2013 at 10:48 pm
jshady
Sadly, no. The bottom shattered into about a million pieces.
January 16, 2013 at 5:13 am
MOM
I think Casino Skunk may be correct. What better way to convey her feelings on the state of gun violence in the US. Beans agrees!
January 16, 2013 at 9:43 am
jshady
For a second I read that as “US Beans.” I think you should change her name.
January 16, 2013 at 7:12 am
jeremyrscott
What the hell!?!
Remember I found that mug in the back seat of my red, 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calias – way back in 1997. My Dad bought it in a car auction, had the car completely detailed and nobody thought to steal that beauty.
January 16, 2013 at 9:44 am
jshady
That’s right! I knew it came from you, but couldn’t remember the actual details. Man… I had that WAY LONGER than I realized. More than fifteen years! Wow.
January 16, 2013 at 9:45 am
jshady
Also, someone emailed me asking if this was a sad ploy to have someone else buy me a replacement mug. Let me be clear: IT IS NOT!
Mostly because I don’t believe that ANYONE should pay that much for a silly dog/shotgun mug, but also because even if I did get a new one it would never replace the awesomeness or the history that came with the original.
Sometimes it’s best to just let go.
January 17, 2013 at 2:34 pm
jeremyrscott
Oh right so HEISENBERG can break your glasses and not have to buy replacements, but if poor Jocco does…
January 18, 2013 at 12:54 am
jshady
HAHAHA!
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