lol, I see your point Subbi. Although in my situation it's a little different. I think a christmas gift a friend got for me was crap because I have no use for it. She got me a travel coffee mug that is ceramic (modeled after a starbucks cup). I don't make my own coffee, so it's pretty much useless. However I have a few other friends that do reguarally make their own coffee; so why not give it to them? I wouldn't give it to them as a b-day gift or anything, I would just let them have it if they like it. No sense having this mug sit in my cabinet when some one else would get good use out of it. less