Butterflies Mug Pour hot water to see colorful butterflies appear. Cool silhouettes transform into classic naturalist illustrations. Our heat-transforming mug reveals 18 different species (common and Latin names on the bottom). Witness a beautiful metamorphosis every day! Perfect for any hot beverage: coffee, tea, hot chocolate, pumpkin spiced beverage.
• 14 oz. Ceramic coffee cup with a comfortable handle.
• All of our disappearing mugs come in a beautifully designed, colorful box.
• Heat activated color changing mugs are microwave safe, but not dishwasher safe. Hand wash only. Don't soak.
About the brand... Unemployed Philosophers Guild is a novelty gift company specializing in smart and funny gifts.
The origins of the Unemployed Philosophers Guild are shrouded in mystery. Some accounts trace the Guild's birth to Athens in the latter half of the 4th century BCE. Allegedly, several lesser philosophers grew weary of the endless Socratic dialogue endemic in their trade and turned to crafting household implements and playthings. (Hence the assertions that Socrates quaffed his hemlock poison from a Guild-designed chalice, though vigorous debate surrounds the question of whether it was a "disappearing" chalice.)
Others argue that the UPG dates from the High Middle Ages, when the Philosophers Guild entered the world of commerce by selling bawdy pamphlets to pilgrims facing long lines for the restroom. Business boomed until 1211 when Pope Innocent III condemned the publications. Not surprisingly, this led to increased sales, even as half our membership was burned at the stake.
More recently, revisionist historians have pinpointed the birth of the Guild to the time it was still cool to live in New York City's Lower East Side. Two brothers turned their inner creativity and love of paying rent towards fulfilling the people's needs for finger puppets, warm slippers, coffee cups, and cracking up at stuff.
Most of the proceeds go to unemployed philosophers (and their associates). A portion also goes to some groups working on profound causes.