From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   The True Melissa wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > blueshirt@indigo.news says...   
   > >   
   > > Nomen Nescio wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > When Marco went to China, the Chinese put saucers over   
   > > > their teacups to keep the tea warm. But sailing back to   
   > > > Europe, Marco found that saucers would fall off with the   
   > > > movement of the ship. So he said fuck it, the saucer goes   
   > > > underneath.   
   > >   
   > > Just as well, or how would we put out spilt tea back into   
   > > the cup if we didn't have a saucer, eh?   
   >   
   > I haven't heard of this in modern times, but people used   
   > to tip a little tea into the saucer to cool, then drink   
   > from the saucer.   
      
   Well technically I still do some of that, but for tip read   
   spill... usually as I'm carrying my tea from the kitchen to   
   the study. (aka man cave.)   
      
   I don't drink from the saucer though - as I'm not a cat!!!   
      
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