From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   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.   
      
      
      
   Melissa   
      
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