Fuck me, I have just super glued a full mug of tea to my desk - how the hell do I un stick it?

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Exactly that!!!!! I am a MASSIVE idiot. Any suggestions?

If we end up in the post-Brexit zombie apocalypse, that mug will still be there. It’ll out-stick us all.

Burn the desk

Get some washing up gloves too, to give you better grip on the mug

I have nothing useful to say, other than this is why I'm also scared of superglue.

Next time try sugru?

You're going to need a new desk. And a new mug.

Purpleprick clearly left her lighthearted humour somewhere. Maybe superglued to a desk.

You don’t need to photoshop just squiggle on the photo you sent to your colleague . Takes about 3 seconds to squiggle.

I once couldn't get the top off a tube of superglue so used my teeth.
This worked, unluckily.
It wasn't as bad as you might imagine, luckily.

I'd have thought that wedging something rigid into the mug and then levering it, with the more glued edge as the pivot point, might do it.

I love this thread

Yes, yes, yes. Pegged it into town after the Skype meeting and got cheapo nail polish remover from pharmacy.

Was very nervous about doing something horrible to the desk but I used a keyboard cleaning bud (like a giant earbud) and dipped it and then ran it all around the base of the mug and it came off.

Am such an idiot. I think superglue must get very runny when hot. Thank you for nail polish remover tip. Glad it’s February - need wine!

Acetate. Better pure than nail varnish.

This thread has properly make me chuckle.

I'm glad it's sorted OP but Firstbornunicorn is an absolute genius!!!!

I'm glad to hear you have resolved the issue, but I am super curious as to why you would try to repair the mug when it was full of tea? Surely it would be easier to repair a chip in the mug when it was empty so you could hold it in place without burning your hands?

HeadsDownbelieve me, I asked myself the same question. I have no good answer. If one of the DC did it I would have worried about their reasoning skills. I put it down to snow madness!

Glad it's sorted! Now I don't need to tell you about the time that DHs new trainee superglued himself to the inside of the shop window and how long they left him there for several hours apparently

Whilst I'm glad the mug has been separated from the desk, I'm just feeling a bit sad about it. This has just perked up my afternoon no end.

If someone else would like to superglue something to their desk next week or to someone else's desk that would definitely cheer me up

I have no good answer. If one of the DC did it I would have worried about their reasoning skills.

This did make me chuckle, maybe hold off telling them unless they decide to use it as a sarcastic come back in future conversations.

At least the mug survived.

I genuinely aspire to be the type of intelligent adult Firstbornunicorn is

Why hasn't anyone asked OP why she hadn't used a coaster?

Glad it’s sorted OH. I came on to suggest syphoning the tea out.

Cornish once my colleagues glued my telephone receiver to the base unit so when I picked it up it came all up together and I nearly hit myself in the face with it

It was that kind of office where we just pissed around, they weren't bullying me

Gazelda are you my mother?

Permanent prank for someone though! I.e. your teas on the desk... And watch them go to pick it up! Could've had a unique pencil pot?!