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A few weeks back on our work Slack, someone asked people to post their favorite cup now that everyone's working from home. A lot of people are apparently collec

A few weeks back on our work Slack, someone asked people to post their favorite cup now that everyone's working from home. A lot of people are apparently collecting Moomin-cups here in Norway. My favorite is the orange cup with the Hattifnatt ghosts.

djxfade 6y ago
Funny! I am from Norway too. My girlfriend just moved with me, and she has so many Moomin cups (and dinner plates, bowls, etc). My favorite is Hufsa (The Groke). Used to give me nightmares when I was a child, so now I am facing my fears
- ginko 6y ago
  Yeah, I also have a hufsa cup which I use pretty much daily.
royjacobs 6y ago
In The Netherlands people tend to do the same with products based on Nijntje (known as Miffy internationally).
- radicalbyte 6y ago
  Which is another lost-in-translation thing. "Nijn" is the second syllable of "Konijn" (Rabbit) with "tje" being the diminutive. So her name is an affectionate kid version of "Little Rabbit". I have know idea where "Miffy" came from.
  - 082349872349872 6y ago
    For anyone in the US who needs ear bleach after too many civil war doccos, allow me to present "cute little bunny had a fly upon its nose": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwDhzl_O6qY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwDhzl_O6qY (and for dutchies, it's a long way until 11 november, but here's an early reminder for the times of covid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRkqkBjlmqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRkqkBjlmqw )
- kilian 6y ago
  We also have Alfred J. Kwak[1], which looking back on it is surprisingly on-the-nose with a lot of topics that completely passed me by as a child. The israel/palestine conflict, apartheid and fascism to name just a few. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_J._Kwak https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_J._Kwak
  - miohtama 6y ago
    I remember watching this as a kid. Even though one did not understand it, you felt it had way more substance in the story than Moomins. Like evil corporations, scheming, politics,...
mcraiha 6y ago
Some of those cups are very valuable in Finland. They can have price near 10 000 euros. https://www.iltalehti.fi/asumisartikkelit/a/bbcf1c62-17e3-46d3-abbf-8f3abc6b9476 https://www.iltalehti.fi/asumisartikkelit/a/bbcf1c62-17e3-46...
unhammer 6y ago
https://media.wired.com/photos/5933170baef9a462de9854c8/master/w_660,c_limit/linus-coffee.jpg https://media.wired.com/photos/5933170baef9a462de9854c8/mast... moomin mommy also seems popular

djxfade 6y ago

Funny! I am from Norway too. My girlfriend just moved with me, and she has so many Moomin cups (and dinner plates, bowls, etc). My favorite is Hufsa (The Groke). Used to give me nightmares when I was a child, so now I am facing my fears

ginko 6y ago
Yeah, I also have a hufsa cup which I use pretty much daily.

royjacobs 6y ago

In The Netherlands people tend to do the same with products based on Nijntje (known as Miffy internationally).

radicalbyte 6y ago
Which is another lost-in-translation thing. "Nijn" is the second syllable of "Konijn" (Rabbit) with "tje" being the diminutive. So her name is an affectionate kid version of "Little Rabbit". I have know idea where "Miffy" came from.
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  For anyone in the US who needs ear bleach after too many civil war doccos, allow me to present "cute little bunny had a fly upon its nose": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwDhzl_O6qY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwDhzl_O6qY (and for dutchies, it's a long way until 11 november, but here's an early reminder for the times of covid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRkqkBjlmqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRkqkBjlmqw )
kilian 6y ago
We also have Alfred J. Kwak[1], which looking back on it is surprisingly on-the-nose with a lot of topics that completely passed me by as a child. The israel/palestine conflict, apartheid and fascism to name just a few. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_J._Kwak https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_J._Kwak
- miohtama 6y ago
  I remember watching this as a kid. Even though one did not understand it, you felt it had way more substance in the story than Moomins. Like evil corporations, scheming, politics,...

mcraiha 6y ago

Some of those cups are very valuable in Finland. They can have price near 10 000 euros. https://www.iltalehti.fi/asumisartikkelit/a/bbcf1c62-17e3-46d3-abbf-8f3abc6b9476 https://www.iltalehti.fi/asumisartikkelit/a/bbcf1c62-17e3-46...

unhammer 6y ago

https://media.wired.com/photos/5933170baef9a462de9854c8/master/w_660,c_limit/linus-coffee.jpg https://media.wired.com/photos/5933170baef9a462de9854c8/mast... moomin mommy also seems popular