Maggie Thatcher teapot

Posted by Cory Doctorow, May 28, 2008 5:33 AM | permalink

This one-of-a-kind prototype Margaret Thatcher teapot (modelled on the Spitting Image version of the Iron Lady) sold recently on eBay for a mere £82.06. I would have paid more than that for the privilege of drinking from Thatcher the Snatcher's distended nose every morning. Link (via Making Light)

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#1 posted by Robbo

, May 28, 2008 6:13 AM

Remember those goofy punching puppets - with caricature heads and little spring operated arms that flail their boxing gloves out in front of them?

We had one of a nun and for some reason ended up undressing it (don't ask) and discovered the nun was actually Margaret Thatcher.

This was after her reign had ended and she was no longer a popular selling item - so she got repurposed - as a boxing nun.

Cheers.

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#2 posted by Fee , May 28, 2008 8:06 AM

Cory... you don't drink from the teapot. You brew the tea in the teapot and drink from a cup or mug.

I'd say a vast majority of people nowadays brew their tea in a cup courtesy of tea bags, actually. What they don't do is what a French family once did for me - put the tea bag, water and milk in a saucepan and heat to incandescent and then serve!

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#3 posted by mork the delayer , May 28, 2008 8:56 AM

What beautiful glaze.

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#4 posted by Anselm , May 28, 2008 9:32 AM

Wow, they captured her skin coloration remarkably well! ;)

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#5 posted by hep cat , May 28, 2008 9:40 AM

Looks like Prince Charles to me.

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#6 posted by r1ch , May 28, 2008 12:00 PM

To be truly authentic, bullshit would have to pour from her lips...

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#7 posted by KyleTexas , May 28, 2008 10:32 PM

In a recent Peggy Noonan column (I know, I know), Peg Wrote:

"it comes up zero if you Google 'Thatcher' and 'You're just picking on me because I'm a woman.'"

Since she was writing for wsj.com as well as the Wall Street Journal, I found that a profoundly asinine statement. So I've decided from henceforth to include the text 'Thatcher' and 'You're just picking on me because I'm a woman' wherever it's mildly apropos.

Now, whenever you Google 'Thatcher' and 'You're just picking on me because I'm a woman,' Not only will you get Noonan's column in which she proclaims you'll get no such result, you'll also get the Margaret Thatcher Teapot.

My favorite is some Rightwing Republican Grammer who has a blog, who simply typed:

Peggy Noonan does it again: "it comes up zero if you Google 'Thatcher' and 'You're just picking on me because I'm a woman.'"

Yep, sure does. Feel free to join in if you like.

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#8 posted by Beanolini , May 29, 2008 1:18 AM

It's not 'Thatcher the snatcher', it's 'Thatcher, Thatcher, milk snatcher', which seems even more appropriate.

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#9 posted by error404 , May 29, 2008 2:04 AM

The only way I would drink from Thatcher's head is from her actual skull.

Woman causd untold misery.

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#10 posted by MarkMarko , May 30, 2008 1:12 PM