I feel the same way about my wife’s teapot! Her Irish granny always insisted that water come to a full, rolling boil for tea, and she follows that tradition.
That’s not a teapot. That’s a kettle. You boil the water in the kettle. You put tea leaves (or bags, in these degenerate days) into the pot. When the water in the kettle boils, you then pour it into the teapot to brew the tea.
I really don’t get the obsession with stove top kettles in the U.S.A. Other countries have this thing called ‘electricity’ that’s used for them. Nice to see Sunflower Elvis again.
Whistling kettles are pretty ingenious, IMO, but I wish there was a way to test them out before buying one. The one we have is very pleasing to the eye — bell-shaped body with a very round, high arched handle, but the whistle is your basic shrill-screamer, which I tolerate … My friend has a kettle whose whistle was designed to sound like a train whistle. The first time I heard it I was surprised at how melodious it was! The downside was its handle would get so hot that it’d give third degree burns to unsuspecting house guests …
My great-grandmother had a chiming mantle clock. The kind you had to wind once a week, with mechanical chimes. I don’t think her cat ever got used to it.
I have one of those too, but I must admit, there are days when I can’t bear the strident whistle of my tea-kettle; I microwave the mug of water instead.
That looks like a kettle holder in the last panel. I knit some and they are so useful! No as bulky as a pot holder, they fit perfectly around the kettle handle.
All my fellow tea drinkers- did you know there is a satirical rap song about tea? I present to you “Cup of Brown Joy”. Like our beverage of choice, please enjoy responsibly. You know, whenever you need a good laugh.
Just when I think Georgia cannot get any funnier, she does! Robin is correct when he says the “teapot” is really a kettle…trust an Aussie to point that out! We Yanks don’t really notice the difference.
good to see a happy Lupin for a change, but tomorrow is another day. Pucky looks a little concerned in panel 3, then there is Elvis all puffy, but he better be careful about swatting the teapot .
Lol, I somehow became in charge of tea (and cocoa or cider for my dad) for myself, my mom, and my sister in the evenings, and I don’t let the water get all the way to a full, rolling boil for two reasons: 1) so it doesn’t make a horrible shriek, and 2) so it doesn’t take away the beneficial nutrients in the raw honey I use in our tea =)
Get with the 21st century! For years now I’ve made my tea by putting the teabags in the electric kettle, when it boils and switches itself off the tea is ready to pour. Simples!
Le'letha Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Another comic I suspect is drawn absolutely from life. Elvis vs. the teapot – place your bets!
lpayne.1632 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Love the tea cozy!
Jungle Empress almost 5 years ago
Elvis is so adorable when he pouts!
BillJackson2 almost 5 years ago
Hmm… do I go ahead and add the teapot, or wait ’til it makes another appearance? The cuckoo clock… the fuzzy blanket… the haunted cookie jar…
At least in the Sunday strips Lupin is his old happy self…
DennisinSeattle almost 5 years ago
I feel the same way about my wife’s teapot! Her Irish granny always insisted that water come to a full, rolling boil for tea, and she follows that tradition.
fullmoondeb Premium Member almost 5 years ago
SUNDAY FUNDAYA place to tell us all some fun thing going on, a joke or story, anything that makes you smile!
Robin Harwood almost 5 years ago
That’s not a teapot. That’s a kettle. You boil the water in the kettle. You put tea leaves (or bags, in these degenerate days) into the pot. When the water in the kettle boils, you then pour it into the teapot to brew the tea.
Robin Harwood almost 5 years ago
The answer, Elvis, is “As many as The Woman can get hold of.” And that kettle is probably cursed as well.
WelshRat Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I really don’t get the obsession with stove top kettles in the U.S.A. Other countries have this thing called ‘electricity’ that’s used for them. Nice to see Sunflower Elvis again.
Sue Ellen almost 5 years ago
Elvis looks so bedraggled when his poof is fading! A very dignified bedraggled, of course.
Robin Harwood almost 5 years ago
And what was wrong with 1939?
Oh, wait. September.
Never mind.
saobadao almost 5 years ago
Is the woman pregnant a again?
dmah Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Whistling kettles are pretty ingenious, IMO, but I wish there was a way to test them out before buying one. The one we have is very pleasing to the eye — bell-shaped body with a very round, high arched handle, but the whistle is your basic shrill-screamer, which I tolerate … My friend has a kettle whose whistle was designed to sound like a train whistle. The first time I heard it I was surprised at how melodious it was! The downside was its handle would get so hot that it’d give third degree burns to unsuspecting house guests …
Gent almost 5 years ago
I’m a tea drinker. Team Tea!
Leanne almost 5 years ago
I think I’m going to quote Elvis in future when something gets on my nerves!
maggijoseph Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Elvis in full sunflower mode! Lupin being an anchorcat instead of a puke-rampaging idiot! The world is back to normal.
dadoctah almost 5 years ago
My great-grandmother had a chiming mantle clock. The kind you had to wind once a week, with mechanical chimes. I don’t think her cat ever got used to it.
Jonathan Mason almost 5 years ago
That is not a teapot, that is a kettle. Who would make tea in a kettle?
Kim Metzger Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I used to have a kettle with an outside painted like a black cat and the whistle was a canary. Loved it.
BTW, I’m a little kettle doesn’t work.
Martin 78 almost 5 years ago
Proof that the earth is round: If it was flat, cats would have knocked everything off it by now.
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
That’s one smug looking kettle.
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
Party on, Burt!
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
Ah, time to drink a relaxing cup of tea while watching British people (fake) murdering each other.
andy.capone12 almost 5 years ago
We’re gonna party like it’s 1939! That’s awesome! Kinda the way I like to party (sips tea).
xsintricks almost 5 years ago
Georgia: The late Mr. Nelson would like a word with you.
Zoomer&Yeti almost 5 years ago
Check out today’s 9 Chickweed Lane. Solange even makes an appearance. :-)
https://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2020/01/12
Kitty Katz almost 5 years ago
A little Gilbert and Sullivan: Titwillow
On the top of the stove a tea kettle did sit,
Singing Tea, oh Tea, oh Tea,
It’s getting uncomfortable on this stove, I admit
Singing Tea, oh Tea, oh Tea,
Surely the Woman is ready for tea,
But she’s nowhere in sight, oh where could she be?
And Elvis is getting so much madder at me!
Singing Tea, oh Tea, oh Tea.
…….
Now I’m getting impatient as the cuckoo clock
As I sing Tea, oh Tea, oh Tea,
And Puck and Lupin are expressing their shock,
As I sing Tea, oh Tea, oh Tea,
Oh Woman please get here quite soon I implore,
Or a dignified sunflower will happen, I’m sure,
She says it’s so relaxing, as a cup I pour,
Of Tea, oh Tea, oh Tea!
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
Careful with your swipe, swipes Elvis. You really don’t want to pull that down on yourself.
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
Elvis, I’d trade the clock that makes noise for the (evil) doll that doesn’t.
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
“Party! Party! Party!”
cat19632001 almost 5 years ago
But what, if anything, has the Woman done with any of the previous outrages that Elvis has (in Siamese vocal tradition) submitted?
GSD Mom Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I have one of those too, but I must admit, there are days when I can’t bear the strident whistle of my tea-kettle; I microwave the mug of water instead.
Michael G. almost 5 years ago
I reiterate my observation on pussycat prima donnas …
rs0204 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Mr. Angry Fussy-Paws is back into form this morning.
jonesbeltone almost 5 years ago
Is the Woman pregger’s again?
Miss Mina almost 5 years ago
That looks like a kettle holder in the last panel. I knit some and they are so useful! No as bulky as a pot holder, they fit perfectly around the kettle handle.
Jayfbird1969 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Such a beautiful Sunday. The “Sun” is out. There’s a gentle hiss, er breeze and Lupin is his old self, if only for one day.
oliver :) almost 5 years ago
elvis in the last panel lolololol d:P
Catmom almost 5 years ago
I hope everyone is safe and sound after yesterday’s weather, we ended up with just a lot of wind and a few periods of heavy rain.
willie_mctell almost 5 years ago
At least Elvis found something good about it.
diskus Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Thats like the cat calling the kettle “pot”
tims145 almost 5 years ago
This is where deafness is an advantage.
mistercatworks almost 5 years ago
I think this exposes a marketing niche for a teakettle that whistles at frequencies only people can hear. :)
Gloria Fleming almost 5 years ago
“I have a new outrage to submit”. LOVE it! I just may borrow this for work, ha ha.
Queen of America almost 5 years ago
If Lupin is deaf, how can he hear the whistle?
azleslieb Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Final Update :(
Ayshela almost 5 years ago
Electric tea kettle – best thing ever.
Kit'n'Kaboodle almost 5 years ago
All my fellow tea drinkers- did you know there is a satirical rap song about tea? I present to you “Cup of Brown Joy”. Like our beverage of choice, please enjoy responsibly. You know, whenever you need a good laugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eELH0ivexKA
Mx Crazy Cat Person almost 5 years ago
Elvis, please wait till the relaxing cup of tea has been consumed. Outrages are easier to submit once this has happened.
knight1192a almost 5 years ago
Considering all the modern things that make noise, I’ll take the “old timey” things and their noise.
deadheadzan almost 5 years ago
Just when I think Georgia cannot get any funnier, she does! Robin is correct when he says the “teapot” is really a kettle…trust an Aussie to point that out! We Yanks don’t really notice the difference.
Janetb689 almost 5 years ago
good to see a happy Lupin for a change, but tomorrow is another day. Pucky looks a little concerned in panel 3, then there is Elvis all puffy, but he better be careful about swatting the teapot .
almost 5 years ago
I can hardly stand loud noises.
Comiclover277 almost 5 years ago
☕️ wait is this emoji tea or coffee?
asrialfeeple almost 5 years ago
Looks like Elvis and the kettle are having a tearific fight.
mountaingreenery. almost 5 years ago
It’s a kettle with a very cute little face.
Mx Crazy Cat Person almost 5 years ago
OT: I am going to change my name to Mx Crazy Cat Person. So if you see that person commenting, you will know it is from me.
whybother almost 5 years ago
I have officially caught up with the comics and comment section! Woo hoo!!
Taracinablue almost 5 years ago
Lol, I somehow became in charge of tea (and cocoa or cider for my dad) for myself, my mom, and my sister in the evenings, and I don’t let the water get all the way to a full, rolling boil for two reasons: 1) so it doesn’t make a horrible shriek, and 2) so it doesn’t take away the beneficial nutrients in the raw honey I use in our tea =)
markstephenmitchell almost 5 years ago
Get with the 21st century! For years now I’ve made my tea by putting the teabags in the electric kettle, when it boils and switches itself off the tea is ready to pour. Simples!
adoragem123 over 3 years ago
teeeea? TEEEA!!! HSSSSSS!
B E A N (the sequel) over 2 years ago
Are you sure you want to party like it’s 1939?
Fennec! at the Disco 9 months ago
Lupin thinks it’s wonderful because he can’t hear it.