How To: Knots Coffee Mug – Learn How to Tie Eight Different Knots – Comes in a Fun Gift Box – by The Unemployed Philosophers Guild
Brought to You by The Unemployed Philosophers Guild The origins of the Unemployed Philosophers Guild are shrouded in mystery. Some accounts trace the Guild’s birth to Athens in the latter half of the 4th century BCE. Allegedly, several lesser philosophers grew weary of the endless Socratic dialogue endemic in their trade and turned to crafting
Brought to You by The Unemployed Philosophers Guild
The origins of the Unemployed Philosophers Guild are shrouded in mystery. Some accounts trace the Guild’s birth to Athens in the latter half of the 4th century BCE. Allegedly, several lesser philosophers grew weary of the endless Socratic dialogue endemic in their trade and turned to crafting household implements and playthings. (Hence the assertions that Socrates quaffed his hemlock poison from a Guild-designed chalice, though vigorous debate surrounds the question of whether it was a “disappearing” chalice.)
Others argue that the UPG dates from the High Middle Ages, when the Philosophers Guild entered the world of commerce by selling bawdy pamphlets to pilgrims facing long lines for the restroom. Business boomed until 1211 when Pope Innocent III condemned the publications. Not surprisingly, this led to increased sales, even as half our membership was burned at the stake.
More recently, revisionist historians have pinpointed the birth of the Guild to the time it was still cool to live in New York City’s Lower East Side. Two brothers turned their inner creativity and love of paying rent towards fulfilling the people’s needs for finger puppets, warm slippers, coffee cups, and cracking up at stuff.
Product Features
- Are you a sailor, a whaler, or just a good scout? UPG will help get you ship-shape with our How to Tie Knots mug. The mug has a cleat for a handle and comes with a length of rope. As soon as you open the box, you can follow the step-by-step instructions to learn eight classic knots.
- So what are you waiting for? Pour yourself a hot cup of joe or chai, or cocoa, or hot buttered rum, and practice tying knots you’ll need for sailing, fishing, or earning a merit badge. Is it the perfect coffee mug or the perfect pastime? (It’s a tie.) You should probably buy two, one for home and one for the boat! For sailors and lubbers. Brine not included.
- 10 oz. mug. Dishwasher and microwave safe.
- From the Unemployed Philosophers Guild. Don’t worry. We are employed, just not as philosophers. We’re a small, Brooklyn based company specializing in gifts for the sophisticated gift giver. For whatever you need, we have presents of mind.
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A great gift for sailors I bought it for my sailor husband to give him something to do at his new job when he gets sad that he is working instead of sailing. Not only does he really like it, but all his coworkers came by to meet him and continue to stop by his desk to mess with knots so its also helped him integrate into the new group.
Knot me! My spouse and I recently took a sailing class and knots were one of our biggest challenges. We were constantly tying knots, trying to get the “hang of it”….pardon the pun! So when I saw this mug I knew my spouse would get a kick out of it. So I surprised her with it…..and she loves it! Now she can practice tying cleat knots with the handle, LOL.
Love them all This is my fourth mug from this company. Love them all. Great humor, quality and fast shipping. Have yet to have a problem. This one is for my friend who has a PhD in knot theory and does not know how to tie a knot…lol