5.20.2004
Moose Cup
I'm distressed because at work the other day, I got pissed off and slammed my cup onto my desk and it cracked near the lip. It is the very same Hardee's Moose Cup that I bought the day I moved into the dorms at UW-Eau Claire my freshman year.
The cup says Summer '89 and features the Moose in a variety of mildly amusing situations, including fishing (he's tangled up by the fishing line), bowling (he didn't let go of the ball and is himself crashing into the pins), swimming (there is a fish in his scuba mask which is half full of water), and the other side shows him standing on a skateboard, sipping pop with one hand and balancing books of various subjects on one finger of his other hand.
The bad thing is that I tried to melt the crack and repair it, but only made things worse. It became discolored and warped (much like myself). I wound up having to break the entire section off, and now it looks kinda dumb and holds about an inch less water. I figure I've dranken a couple thousand gallons o'water from that cup over 15 years of faithful service. Moose Cup!