About a week before my last birthday the wife and I were having morning coffee. During the breakfast cleanup a slippery and soapy accident occurred which propelled my favorite coffee mug to the floor, shattering into hundreds of pieces. Her humble response was spoken to replace it with a more meaningful mug. I suggested that the mug have a nautical theme.
The next morning (I always prepare and pour the coffee before she awakes) I opted to provide a gentle, and amusing, reminder of her handling of glassware. Getting my trusty label maker I produced this with artistic license for her amusement upon her favorite mug:
A week had passed, and on the day of my birth she presented a box containing my new nautical mug for our morning coffee. It was beautiful. She explained it had my first Inital and a nautically themed icon. I was thrilled.
Two weeks later we had company for breakfast, a British coworker and friend named Ian whom started laughing loudly and pointing towards my mug. I was taken aback until he explained the symbolism and underlying purpose of the mug!
I still love my Admiral...