Cuppa or Hot Beverage?

[HelenMumsnet]

Hello. The result of our cup of tea emoticon poll show a clear win for the cuppa fans.

So.... all that remains is to decide what text we all type in to make our cup of tea emoticon appear.

Would you like [cuppa] ?

Or the rather less liquid-specific/more amusing but longer-to-type [hot beverage] ?

Do let us know...

ok, [mug] better.

But definitely, a mug emoticon. There's just not enough liquid in a cup!

[cuppa] is cockney geezer and is terraced cobbles

[mug] with all it's connotations is lovely

[cup] runneth over is fine with me too.

I always drink from a mug never a cup so mug for me!

me for mug!

now there's a campaign slogan for Nick Clegg if ever i heard one ...

Radical compromise measure proposed there by MmeLindt: with your stand-off defusing skills you should be in Egypt advising Mubarak.

Yes, make the key-text customisable. Tea, coffee, hot chocolate, etc could all generate the same emoticon and be available as options on the cusomise page. We ought also to have options so that people can use their favoured brand of tea/coffee. So: Earl Grey, PG Tips, Java. Kenya AA. I hope they will all be Fairtrade brands though.

I can't see any reason for not taking the time and discussion to do this properly.

[mug] for me

has anyone else noticed the smiley instructions have changed?! Links still aren't at the top though

What poll?

tea would be my word of choice.

and where's the bear???

Am hoping MNHQ make their mind up soon, as I'm rather looking forward to using it.

The bear is here -->

Well being from the Midlands i would say [mash] but failing that is good too.

@Eleison

Radical compromise measure proposed there by MmeLindt: with your stand-off defusing skills you should be in Egypt advising Mubarak.

Yes, make the key-text customisable. Tea, coffee, hot chocolate, etc could all generate the same emoticon and be available as options on the cusomise page. We ought also to have options so that people can use their favoured brand of tea/coffee. So: Earl Grey, PG Tips, Java. Kenya AA. I hope they will all be Fairtrade brands though.

I can't see any reason for not taking the time and discussion to do this properly.

Oh No! Please, we can't have your head exploding. We need it intact so we can get this emoticon into use.

It's easy Helen:

In Customise, under Select Cup Generation Options, you have a main menu with four options:

Tea
Coffee
Chocolate
Other

Each of these has a dropdown sub menu

Tea: PG Tips; Tetley; Twinings Breakfast; Lapsang Souchong ... (etc)

Coffee: Java; Costa Rican, Peaberry, .. (etc)

Chocolate: Cadburies, Green & Black ... (etc)

Other: Horlicks, Bovril, Marmite, Yerba Mate ... (etc)

There will also being intermediate dropdowns so you can choose orgainic, fairtrade, decaff, etc.

Simples!

Do we get an option for builders' tea? And how about options for milk, sugar, etc. And don't forget the people who like peppermint tea, fruit tea, boiled bush etc.....

It will be the world's first emoticon vending machine.

Ok, it's and we'll work on a more mug-shaped emoticon with no saucer

could i suggest a few herby/fruit/redbush types in that tea list too please.

You should be thankful you didn't have to go through all this discussion with your AtYourCervix!

ahem, AtYourCervix, did you not see the

but i'm not mad keen on builders or earl grey. i like cammomile.

or coffee.

is a bit, well, common, don't you think?

is rubbish. The only thing you brew is tea. Again, it marginalised and/or excludes other hot beverages.

Vote [mug]! (another one for Mr Cameron perhaps?)

Happiness comes in a [mug]

God! We forgot soup!