Braingle: 'Duffus the Tea Tipper' Brain Teaser

Duffus the Tea Tipper

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Puzzle ID:	#10889
Fun:	(2.9)
Difficulty:	(1.96)
Category:	Mystery
Submitted By:	OD-1
Corrected By:	Dontrelle

Duffus Mcclutski loves his tea plain and hot. Every day he drank several cups which caused a rather large mess on his floor. You see Duffus didn't have the steadiest hands and he used his stove to boil the water for his tea; not wanting to buy a kettle. He also refused to have anything less than a full cup of tea (though after spilling it on the way he rarely had a full cup). You see he drank his tea out on his porch which was a good 100 ft walk through most of the house, which at the best of times was so cluttered that you could have lost a dozen small children (but that's another teaser), a large dog, a herd of sheep...well you get the picture, it was a mess.

Despite the clutter Duffus didn't like tea stains on the floor so he changed "one" thing about the preparation of his tea to make sure he would never have to clean up the floor again. He didn't use a different cup or get an electric kettle so he could boil the water on the porch or even half fill the cup. He did almost everything the same.

So what was the one thing he changed so that he wouldn't spill his tea?

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Comments

griphook Mar 14, 2003	Enjoyable as always. Not too difficult this time.
onetwo Mar 14, 2003	LoL Funny but way too easy.Where do you come up with this stuff.You should write kids boooks)
horse_luver Mar 16, 2003	I thought he carried the kettle with the boiling water, the cup, and the tea bag with him to the porch, and then mixed it all. But your answer is great too. OD-1, keep them coming!
bluetwo Mar 17, 2003	spill-proof cup with a lid.
bluetwo Mar 17, 2003	oops, missed the part about not using a different cup
Christina0213 Mar 19, 2003	Hah! Nice
singcan Mar 26, 2003	LOVE IT!! OMG, you should really set up your own website. If you do, I'll recomend it to all of my friends!
sammyboy57483 Apr 12, 2003	I thought he may have just Drank it in the kitchen!
AXTON Feb 11, 2004	VERY easy VERY enjoyable
kapnkrunchr Mar 24, 2004	I know its out there but I thought he could have frozen tea into ice cubes, carry them out to the porch, and let them melt into iced tea. But that's just my imagination. Good teaser, though.
I_am_the_Omega Oct 17, 2004	Nope. He hired a maid.
rugbys_girl Jan 26, 2005	HA HA....Good one, I love it. I was just fixing my 3rd cup of tea for the day....yum
poljay Mar 02, 2005	Stupid me! I thought of getting a pair of oven mitts so the cup wouldn't be so prone to burning his hands.
whaleycm Apr 05, 2005	I thought he just held a large plate under the cup to catch the spills.
whaleycm Apr 05, 2005	I thought he just held a large plate under the cup to catch the spills.
deadeye823 Apr 27, 2005	there's a lot of alternate answers for this teaser but i like the real one
babybabe1 May 22, 2005	I thought that it woz that he took his teain a bottle instead of a cup. all in all, good teaser.
padme May 30, 2005	i thought he used a saucer
Jeepcouple Jun 17, 2005	I thought he cleaned his house. Or put something on the floor to catch the tea. LOL.
FerretGirl Sep 28, 2005	LOL
rkaaland Nov 16, 2005	I thought he made a rolling table thingy! I like your scientific answer better
shadowdark Jan 11, 2006	smart
lessthanjake789 Jan 17, 2006	thoguht it was "put plate under cup" but hed still spill some, i guess. goodone.
OldChinaHand Apr 28, 2006	Doesn't everyone?
tonksrulez Jul 25, 2007	I said he put laminate flooring in...
mosca Sep 09, 2007	Well, the best cup of tea is made with bubbling, boiling water. If he waits till he is outside the water is no longer boiling and the quality of his cup of tea is not as good.
scallio Nov 08, 2007	Moved the saucer from the bottom of the tea cup to the top (like a lid).
luckypuppy Dec 06, 2007	Easy but so funny!
adrianlvr1123 Jan 30, 2008	IT WAS OK!!! IT totally made sense after i read the answer! LOL!!
sourdough Jul 09, 2008	SourDough simply loved this one Three Thumbs Up said ol' $ourDough $D
Vivica Oct 13, 2008	I thought he put the tea in a thermos bottle and poured it on the porch... (oh, and btw, green tea is best made with water that's not quite boiling. so if he drank green tea the cooler water wouldn't affect the quality at all )
Marisa_me Jan 04, 2010	You see..You see..you see..haha you suck
xdbtcp Oct 08, 2010	Said he went out the back door and walked around outside...