Teapots

If it weren't for the fact that their energies are so tragically misplaced, this latest example of Republicans stirring tempests in teapots would be hysterical. mary saunders ❋ Unknown (2009)

Along with porcelain teapots and copper candle snuffers, the inventories locate Indian Ocean slaves in frontier households, while collateral sources indicate the presence of Khoisan inboekselinge. ❋ Unknown (2008)

While online communities are notoriously susceptible to tempests in teapots, the Flickr crowd has always been an especially prickly bunch, lashing out at any whiff of censorship or corporate heavy-handedness. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Oh good grief – tempests in teapots – "losing his bearings" does not equate to raising the age issue. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It is this quality that causes it to stain teapots and mugs ... ❋ Unknown (2004)

By this time the pewterer had seized two bright teapots from the counter. ❋ Unknown (1949)

From a community building standpoint, this is the kind of weather that you need to be extremely careful of, because these tempests in teapots can wreak havoc on the livelihood of your broader community ecosystem and can do untold damage if you’re unprepared when it happens. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"The 'too-too' Wrangham, who loves lilies because they are pure, and calls teapots 'consummate' because -- well, I don't exactly know why -- he couldn't have put his one idea so neatly --" ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)

Ignatz in Tiger Tea features the very best of the infamous 1936 "Tiger Tea" episodes, in which Krazy and the other citizens of Coconino County drink a psychedelia-inducing substance, and dreamy tempests in the teapots are a result! ❋ Unknown (2010)

That has certainly been the case with 100 or so small refineries, or "teapots," which are scattered across China's provinces and provide employment for local communities and valuable tax revenues. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Pots with lids such as teapots and jars should be fired with the lid in place so that the lid and the pot will fit together after firing and the colours will be the same. ❋ Unknown (1987)

You are the kind of teapots Arunah Hyde wanted for his Mansion House. ❋ Unknown (1949)

"Coming About" will be Irvin's first solo presentation at Rockport Center for the Arts. Irvin's work in "Coming About" features elegantly created utilitarian objects such as teapots, cups and bowls. ❋ Elizabeth Reese (2010)

Glass teapots are awesome, because you can see the color of the tea. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The company's operating margins have increased from 7.5% in fiscal 2008 to nearly 19% in fiscal 2010, and Teavana said it thinks they, too, could go even higher as it shifts its sales mix away from merchandise like teapots and toward higher-profit loose-leaf teas. ❋ Lynn Cowan (2011)

I made this because I used to have a collection of too-tiny flower pots and teapots whose lids had fused to them that I put on top of the garden wall to look at. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the back of Steven Smith Teamaker's ivy-covered brick Portland tea salon is a blending room, or "lab," with long metal tables and teapots. ❋ Nancy Keates (2011)

Colourful patterned kimonos for children and adults hang from rails; tables are piled with exquisite Japanese plates, bowls, and cups; and teapots line the walls. ❋ Unknown (2011)