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Why has there never been a successful solution to problem of holding a beverage and snack in one hand while eating/drinking with the other? The saucer is a solution stub that doesn’t work except for perhaps a single small cookie. Something that doesn’t look like an HSN gizmo
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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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double-decker saucer - top saucer holds tea/coffee - top saucer connected via stem to bottom saucer - bottom saucer holds snacks - user places hand under top saucer w/ stem between fingers to hold like this but w/out top-stem
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I'm not sure the product exists, this was just an image of something similar for reference (what I am imagining is this but *without* the top-stem)
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