Sex Pistols merchandise: it's a mug's game

The other week it was a God Save The Queen t-shirt, faded and/or distressed in the modern fashion. Today, it was this chipped Never Mind The Bollocks mug. Both spotted in my workplace, an office crammed full of sparkly 20/30-somethings (mostly) in east London.

Teatime in the UK / It's coming sometime and maybe

Why the Sex Pistols stuff? And why now? Could it be that it's the design classic aspect of Sex Pistols materials that appeals to a lot of people these days, not least as we appear to be living in an increasingly "design-conscious" era. Or is it some kind of irony? Or ... affection for the "simpler" times of 1977 (or at least a latter-day view of what 1977 represents)? Gawd knows, guv'nor! I ain't got a clue. I could, I suppose, have asked my work colleagues about their Sex Pistols merchandise but, frankly, I couldn't be bothered. It would only lead to some turgid/meaningless chit-chat-cum-banter about the Pistols, their music, Johnny Rotten, about punk rock, about the past. Who needs that? Anyway, given the size of the chip on this - rather ugly - mug, I should think drinking anything from it would represent a distinct health and safety risk. You'd be in danger of lacerating your mouth - cutting it wide open. Instead of Never Mind The Bollocks, this particular drinking vessel should have said, "Don't give me no lip child".