Deep and Important Questions involving Tea

[giving_ground]

Hattifatteners (Hattifnattar). They're the dudes from the Moomin books who are basically little perambulatory electric condoms. They're kind of awesome, in that personality-less and vaguely horrifying kind of way. We have tea-cups with pictures of them on! Mysteriously, in one part of the design, they are sitting around (inasmuch as a little

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[darknightrain]

It is a perfectly valid question.

[giving_ground]

I thought so!

[yuki_scorpio]

Ah, but are we concerned about their nonexistent arms, or nonexistent mouths?

I think the answer is osmosis. *nod*

[giving_ground]

Either! Both! D:

But do they even have anywhere to PUT the tea?

[yuki_scorpio]

Well, when your electric condom oozes its own brown-coloured lubricant...

[giving_ground]

;;;;;

(Hi! Did you have a good holiday?)

[vanillafire]

Argh! They freaked me out as a child, and they're still quite creepy now. XD

[giving_ground]

Aren't they just! Them and their weird thunderstorm-seeking hive-(lack-of-)mind...

[tongari]

they don't get to drink the tea. that is the true tragedy of the hattifatteners :(

btw glad to hear you successfully moved to and are being happy in sweden (and posting photos!)

[giving_ground]

So sad. :(

thanks! :D I'm definitely glad to be here.

[innerchorus]

Those things used to terrify me! I do love that mug, though.

[giving_ground]

They are pretty freaky, I grant you. Was that in the books or one of the animated ones? (I haven't seen any of that stuff, but they're quite creepy enough in the books sometimes.) And I'm very fond of the mug... the moomin mugs are pretty gorgeous in general, and I especially like the one I have of Snufkin. :D

[innerchorus]

It was the animation - might have to have a poke for it on Youtube...