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    Alessi Silver Tea & Coffee Tower May Contain a Robot Voiced by Paul Reubens

    Teapots Have a Dribbling Problem—Who Knew?

    Space Invaders Tea Best Served With Side of MIDI After Dinner Music

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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/30/09

    In reply to Alessi Silver Tea & Coffee Tower May Contain a Robot Voiced by Paul Reubens
    Weirdly, the site is blocked in the UAE.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/30/09

    In reply to Alessi Silver Tea & Coffee Tower May Contain a Robot Voiced by Paul Reubens
    Weirdly, that site is blocked in the UAE.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    11/29/09

    In reply to Alessi Silver Tea & Coffee Tower May Contain a Robot Voiced by Paul Reubens
    You get one in Shanghai for $7. Which is about what it is worth.
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    11/29/09

    In reply to Alessi Silver Tea & Coffee Tower May Contain a Robot Voiced by Paul Reubens
    30large would buy a house full of pretty little Filipino ladyboys.
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    Image of chasmdance chasmdance
    11/29/09

    In reply to Alessi Silver Tea & Coffee Tower May Contain a Robot Voiced by Paul Reubens
    $30K is a lot of money, but it's obviously not just a "teapot." Based on the press-release, Alberto Alessi invited 22 "leading lights" in architecture to contribute their designs and each piece is limited to an edition of 99. Zaha Hadid is widely considered one of the most creative architects in the world; $30K for a sculpture by her doesn't surprise me.
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/29/09

    @chasmdance: Agreed. When you design buildings like this you can charge whatever you want for your art.
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    Image of CaseyG CaseyG
    11/29/09

    In reply to Alessi Silver Tea & Coffee Tower May Contain a Robot Voiced by Paul Reubens
    This is not a teapot. This is an expensive way to trip, fall on a sharp object, and die.

    It's the rich man's "running with scissors".
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/29/09

    In reply to Alessi Silver Tea & Coffee Tower May Contain a Robot Voiced by Paul Reubens
    Wait, a robot voiced by Pee-wee Herman? That's a little weird...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/29/09

    @Platypus Man:
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/29/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Never heard of it, but ok. At least the reference wasn't quite as random as I thought...
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    Image of coktailmunky coktailmunky
    11/30/09

    @Platypus Man: how can you be a breathing human and never have seen Flight of The Navigator! It was probably the first appearance of Sarrah Jessica Parker.
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/30/09

    @coktailmunky: It came out 2 years before I was born, for one. And because my parents were too old for it when it came out, they probably never saw it and therefore never showed it to me or mentioned it to me.

    If it were more successful, like Star Wars or Back to the Future, I'd have seen it, but I guess not.

    Also, there are a lot of older movies that I've never seen. Most of the classics, really...
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    Image of coktailmunky coktailmunky
    11/30/09

    @Platypus Man: that sucks, you should get caught up on all the oldies-but goodies. Next you might tell me you've never seen "Goonies"
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    12/01/09

    @coktailmunky: I've seen "Goonies," but I don't really like it.
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    Image of coktailmunky coktailmunky
    12/01/09

    @Platypus Man: you are hopeless..lol
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    Image of Rejexted Rejexted
    11/29/09

    In reply to Alessi Silver Tea & Coffee Tower May Contain a Robot Voiced by Paul Reubens
    I like the design a lot but I honestly can not harness the three dimensions it possesses!
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/29/09

    @Rejexted: That's because it is actually the first piece of artwork that stretches into dimensions heretofore unknown.
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    Image of Rejexted Rejexted
    11/29/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Carl Sagan funded this, didn't he?
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/29/09

    @Rejexted: I'm not saying he did, but I'm also not saying he didn't.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/29/09

    In reply to Alessi Silver Tea & Coffee Tower May Contain a Robot Voiced by Paul Reubens
    And you're also paying $30,000 for mimetic poly-alloy poisoning.
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    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    11/29/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Actually, that's the reason it doesn't cost $60,000.
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    Image of liveinabin liveinabin
    10/25/09

    In reply to Teapots Have a Dribbling Problem—Who Knew?
    No!!! As I started reading this, I figured that the longevity of this problem was indicative of the downward slide of Britain as a scientific power (as, obviously, we're the tea drinkers - it's practically our job to fix this).
    But my heart froze as I read on.

    THE FRENCH?!?!?

    I almost dropped my pipe. #teapots
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    Image of Scott Muller Scott Muller
    10/25/09

    In reply to Teapots Have a Dribbling Problem—Who Knew?
    Lol, I didn't realize this was still a problem, I've been using these metal clips for years. I found them in a Japanese grocery store, think I paid $2 for a pair. It's a simple device but it works perfectly because the last drops of tea stick to the grooved underside of the metal clip and run back into the pot.
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    10/25/09


    @Scott Muller: Image didn't upload correctly :-P #teapots
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    10/25/09

    In reply to Teapots Have a Dribbling Problem—Who Knew?
    Kind of sad. For years I've used these little 2" mylar disks for the same purpose. Roll into a tube, insert into wine bottle, pour wine over sharp edge with no drips.

    Wonder why it took technology that long to migrate to a damn kettle.

    Yeah, yeah. Insert teabagging joke here-
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    Image of j.billinson001 j.billinson001
    10/25/09

    In reply to Teapots Have a Dribbling Problem—Who Knew?
    I just microwave water and put the tea-bag in that. Tastes fine to me, I don't need no fancy hydrophobic doo-dads and thingamajigs.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    10/25/09

    @j.billinson001: Well, except for the microwave. Which is, you know, kind of fancy and doo-dad-ey. #teapots
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    Image of ophmarketing ophmarketing
    10/25/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: You put the bag in the water? Ew. The bag goes in the pot first, then the water—boiling, please—goes over the bag. #teapots
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    10/25/09

    @ophmarketing: If I don't put the bag in the water, how do I get the underside clean?

    Oh, we're talking about tea again aren't we. #teapots
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    Image of sneakypoo sneakypoo
    10/25/09

    In reply to Teapots Have a Dribbling Problem—Who Knew?
    Aint no party like my nana's tea party #teapots
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    10/25/09

    @sneakypoo: Hey! Ho! #teapots
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    Image of Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam. Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam.
    10/25/09

    In reply to Teapots Have a Dribbling Problem—Who Knew?
    It's all about skill. I'll try to explain:
    First pour fast. There will be a single drop. If you tilt the teapot enough, this drop will not fall to the floor. At the finish, tilt the teapot back and move it forward so that the last drops run all the way along the spout and fall in your glass.
    Still, strange that the french solved this problem for teapots, but _not_ for winebottles that suffer the same problem, which can also be alleviated with skill. #teapots
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    10/25/09

    @Bluecold: My parents have a coffee pot that requires a similar set of wrist movement mastery.

    The problem is: That is ridiculous! We manufacture, sell, and use cars that frigging parallel park for us, but for our pouring instruments you have to at least spent 6 years playing semi-pro tennis to consistently not pour coffee or tea all over your counter? #teapots
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