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Cup-and-saucer is like a balancing act challenge for the nobs. Can you do small talk while elegantly nibbling on a tiny cookie? And if you pick up cup, cookie slides into center and has to be nudged out of the way when you put cup back. And doesn’t work for say nuts or chips
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This is a Homer Simpson type problem. Really need a y-shaped holder: cup holder on one side, snack receptacle on other. I might invent one.
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The wine and cheese solution. This is close for stemmed glasses. Almost elegant. Still looks a little too gluttonously practical. My beverage is usually hot coffee or tea though
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Saw this design at a meat and cheese festival, and made a set for myself. Works great!
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Desiderata: Serves for wide range of beverage/snack combos with existing cups/glasses Reusable Platonic elegance/near-symmetry Allows you to pretend efficient gluttony is not the goal Looks classy, not tacticool Does not look like HSN late night informercial product
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I bet a woman invented this. Women will literally invent black belt etiquette games instead of solving the problem.
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My college had an etiquette class and we practiced holding our glass and napkin in our left hands so our right hand was free for handshakes. For snacking, you either held a small plate under the glass, or you picked things off the trays as they were carried by...
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Whipped up a quick 15-minute design in OnShape. Some version of this would work. Cup in upper tier, snack in lower. I think the glass has to be on the surface, not suspended in a through hole, since that messes up containers with handles, or with straight sides.
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Hmm... I'd make this a 3-piece press-fit assembly and stagger the two tiers a bit, and perhaps raise the lower receptacle... you don't want something too tall
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