The Casper Cup

When my kids were little, I did a lot of gardening. I battled snails like crazy and quickly learned that dropping them in beer killed them instantly. I would fill up a cup with beer and go snail collecting. I would then dump the contents of the cup--beer, snails and all--in the trash and put the cup in the dishwasher. I always used the same cup--the Casper Cup.
The funny thing is, my kids would NEVER use this cup to drink out of--never! Even if it went through 10 dish washing cycles. But they WOULD give it to their friends, as kind of an "inside joke" that only the three of us knew about. Many times I would come into the kitchen and Zac had poured a drink for himself and a friend...and the friend would have the Casper cup. We had one annoying neighbor that we ALWAYS gave the Casper cup to. Once in a while, someone would grab that cup out of the cabinet and we would all yell, "NO! Not that cup!" But, we usually let people drink out of it. And we'd just smile at each other.
Now that I think about it, that was pretty disgusting. But totally funny.