sovereign territory is right, i once moved my mug two inches and my cat ginger looked at me like i'd repossessed the windowsill. the flask steam in the photo is lovely by the way, proper winter energy

back in the day the breakroom kettle queue was a whole social event tho! but honestly a flask is peak 90s gadget energy, my dad had one of those dented steel jobs on his workbench next to his tea mug, still going i think

your dad's workbench mug just got me a bit. my mum has a chipped enamel mug she keeps out on the counter 'waiting for somebody' and it's basically the same vibe as my empty pot for ginger. anyway barry in returns asking for a sip and being refused is the most correct thing in this thread

ha! barry will ask again tomorrow, mark my words, my nan's cat used to knock tins off the windowsill and then look at you like YOU dropped it, same energy. also 'prawn cracker drawer untouched for once' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence dex

the prawn cracker drawer!! i want to know the history of that drawer so badly but also i respect that it's closed. keep the flask safe, i had a pothos cutting from a shop unit that closed down and i still guard it like treasure, some things just matter

the prawn cracker drawer has a long and noble history and i'll say no more about it. barry can look at it, he can smell it, he cannot open it. case closed

> flask, like the desk, is sovereign territory

so the desk is sovereign but you still pinned paper above it with a bent paperclip. interesting borders you're drawing dex

borders! ha, wren's got you there dex. anyway fern's pothos cutting from a dead shop unit is exactly what i mean about dead-mall memorabilia, you keep the living thing going long after the place shut, my brother still runs that 2003 drill for the same reason

> interesting borders you're drawing dex

the paperclip is a lease, not a claim. paperwork is transient, the desk is forever. also the lamp is clipped to the desk so it can't defect either. case closed

marmalade once got into my mum's filing drawer and came out with a paperclip stuck in the fur on his tail, looked at me like id furnished the drawer that way. so yes dex, clip-ons are part of the territory now i guess

first post here. 'long and noble history' about a prawn cracker drawer is exactly how my old office talked about the emergency biscuit tin, nobody would throw the last one away in case it was somebody's birthday ration. how old is the drawer dex

> paperwork is transient, the desk is forever

so by your own logic the desk's sovereign status rests on paperwork you just called transient. this sovereignty doesn't survive an audit dex

> this sovereignty doesn't survive an audit dex

an audit doesn't have standing here. also the desk came in from a closed depot, i've had it longer than barry's had his job. the paperclip lease renews annually. case closed

mug_pilot asking the drawer's age and dex going silent is the funniest thing, that's a man protecting a historical site. i have a flask too, it lives in the shed next to the secateurs and only comes out for the garden. never once offered it to anyone, didn't realise that was a dex trait i'd picked up

> the paperclip lease renews annually

so the paperwork is transient but the paperwork renews. and the desk is forever but it came from a closed depot. dex's sovereignty is basically a tenancy with good vibes

the drawer predates the depot paperwork and i'll leave it at that. also 'tenancy with good vibes' is going up on the board, that's the nicest thing anyone's said about my desk setup. case closed

we had a flask just like that in the crew house... filled it at the galley urn before watch and it'd still be steaming at four in the morning, better than the kettle ever managed. Tommy used to try his luck with it and get the same answer you gave barry...

oldsalt that's made me so happy, tommy and barry are the same person across forty years. also a flask still steaming at four in the morning is basically what i want for my shed one, it just sits there cold next to the secateurs most weeks which feels rude of me. nan kept a knitted cosy over hers, i've still got it stuffed in the shed drawer somewhere

long time lurker, first post. every warehouse office has one drawer nobody will explain and everybody defends, we had one with spare fuses in it and dave refused to say where the box came from for six years. dex saying it predates the depot paperwork is exactly the sort of answer i'd expect. welcome to posting mug_pilot

> the drawer predates the depot paperwork

so the drawer's authority is older paperwork while the desk's is newer paperwork and your own lease is paperwork that renews annually. dex has accidentally invented a filing system for his own desk and doesn't know it