The teapot stood amongst the bric and brac with its pretty head held high.
It could be worse it thought,
Feeling bad is just a new sensation,
Tomorrow is another day,
I will survive.
Every cloud has a silver lining, and I am a pretty-darn-good-looking, silver teapot.
There is a light at the end of the tunnel and inside my belly too;
Never forget that you are unique, that is my motto.
I am playing my own game haven't you heard,
"You are a loser only when you fail to try;"
So I stood tall and sure enough--
Along came Corey, grabbing me out of the bric a brac muck;
Looking me over, asking the price $15.
"Not to shabby, though there must be a problem if it is this cheap."
Making a bad decision is better than making no decision at all.
"Importance is always relative, it looks good and for $15, why not give it a shot."
She sealed the deal.
It is as good as it gets...a teapot strainer, fills several cups at once.
When it rains it pours.
Photo: The teapot that fooled me. It leaks in several places.
Having a tea and thinking of thee
I'm a little tea pot short and stout
Here is my Handle here my spout.
Love you
Posted by: Jeanne | 11 January 2007 at 12:37 PM
This just shows that you don't have to be functional to be special. Also that each of us can be beautiful - leaks and all!
Posted by: Penny | 11 January 2007 at 12:48 PM
It's adorable, I love it Corey!! It would make a beautiful addition to my collection of teacups and saucers.
Anna
Posted by: Anna | 11 January 2007 at 12:48 PM
LOL! Well done! (You get what you pay for :)
Posted by: Pauline Clarke | 11 January 2007 at 12:52 PM
That's too funny!My morning chuckle!Thank you smiling.
Posted by: naturegirl | 11 January 2007 at 12:55 PM
Why not lift the lid, pop in a small vase or bottle and have flowers gushing from such a beautiful teapot? No-one need ever know it leaks (except the thousands of us who read your blog!!!!!!). LOL from Australia.
Tongue in Cheek Responds: Great idea, except for the moment I am having to much fun pretending to serve tea with it!! Everyone gets a good luagh and alittle wet!!
Posted by: leanneshouse | 11 January 2007 at 01:13 PM
I love it!!! I'll take mine steaming hot.
Tongue in Cheek responds: When I serve tea from this pot, I serve it cold, it flows everywhere, I think there are seven leaks in all.
Afterwards I serve hot tea, what type do you like?
Posted by: patpaulk | 11 January 2007 at 01:21 PM
Gorgeous tea pot, make mine Lady Grey please.
Posted by: carolyn | 11 January 2007 at 01:35 PM
LOL.
Aww, everything needs to feel wanted and useful. The leaky teapot found a new role as a conversation piece....or at the very least a comedy bit.
Posted by: Shannon | 11 January 2007 at 01:40 PM
Very good! I think you've managed every cliche there is. Glad you rescued teapot from the unknown.
Posted by: tut-tut | 11 January 2007 at 01:44 PM
[your version of "the leaky cauldron" in harry potter.]
well, at least it looks good. set it in the corner like one of those "antique" disfunctional things they sell all at Bombay [ the store ]
Posted by: [a} | 11 January 2007 at 02:17 PM
But still so pretty!
Posted by: Judith | 11 January 2007 at 02:21 PM
yes! bring friends...the more the merrier!!!
Posted by: risa | 11 January 2007 at 02:46 PM
A lucky Tea Pot indeed!
Posted by: constance | 11 January 2007 at 02:51 PM
My dear Dad made several beautiful lamps for me out of antique silver coffee pots....yours could have another long and lovely life, just with a different function (*~*)
Posted by: Anna | 11 January 2007 at 03:02 PM
Clever teapot, just wanted to be adopted...can you buy Stop Leak in France?
Posted by: phyllis | 11 January 2007 at 03:08 PM
Poor teapot--with age comes incontinence sometimes. But it has a good home with you and can count on being the center of attention when a good story is called for.
Nice contribution for PT.
Posted by: Star | 11 January 2007 at 03:26 PM
It's stunning, even if it leaks :) -come to the river of life you will find healing here, come and drink freely here, come if your heart is searching, come if your soul is thirsty, draw near and drink. Your love like its beauty overflows...
Posted by: cruststation | 11 January 2007 at 03:58 PM
Cool! tea for two or tea for three. Depending on how many leaks you see!
Posted by: CathyC | 11 January 2007 at 04:10 PM
I love coming to see what cool poem you have written! It is so much fun! It is life and poetry in one!
Posted by: Pam Aries | 11 January 2007 at 04:25 PM
HA! You had us all fooled there... What a delightful 'fairy-tale', with such a funny ending... Poor little Miss Teapot, certainly she needs a mate???
Posted by: Ulla | 11 January 2007 at 04:36 PM
Oh, how delightfull.....at least it is lovely!!!
Posted by: Gypsy Purple | 11 January 2007 at 04:59 PM
Thanks for starting my morning with a chuckle. Maybe you can host a special April Fool's Day Tea.
Posted by: Darla | 11 January 2007 at 05:06 PM
she is beautiful! lovely leaks and all.
Posted by: stephanie s | 11 January 2007 at 05:10 PM
I too have leaks. Leaks from the mouth when I don't engage the brain first. Leaks in my heart when I try to hard to protect it. Leaks in my love when it scares me too much.
But with all those leaks people get in, or love gets out. depends on the perspective.
Now to work on those word leaks.
Posted by: teresa (maggiegracecreates) | 11 January 2007 at 05:28 PM
Giggle. I love that swirl pattern on it. She is lovely and will look so nice up on a shelf. Her pouring days are done and clearly she worked hard at one time to have all those worn through spots!
Posted by: Heather T. | 11 January 2007 at 05:33 PM
Leaks? It will make a beautiful setting for seasonal dry floral arrangements. An Ugly Duckling of a pot. How lucky she was to be found by you.
Posted by: AnnieElf | 11 January 2007 at 06:29 PM
Leaks and all, a lovely tea pot! I couldn't have resisted it either. :-)
Addicted to tea in Vienna,
Merisi
Posted by: Merisi | 11 January 2007 at 06:55 PM
Since I will be away tomorrow I am already on my way over to muerto de risa's tea party.
Posted by: Britt-Arnhild | 11 January 2007 at 07:03 PM
So cute! It's pretty despite its leaks!
Posted by: Paris Parfait | 11 January 2007 at 07:31 PM
It conjures up a wonderful image for me of a handsome teapot con artist, batting his eyes at you - who cares for a couple of tiny leaks when I'm just so good-looking!
Posted by: Kit | 11 January 2007 at 07:39 PM
this little beauty would
look lovely with a few
flowers in it...:)
Posted by: sophie | 11 January 2007 at 07:45 PM
I love it! The tea pot and the story.
I would open the lid and arrange some silk posy's in it and find a very special place for it to live.
Posted by: Mountain Mama | 11 January 2007 at 08:07 PM
Put a small vase in it Corey, so it won't leak and fill it with flowers. I have a pewter one that is battered but beautiful and that is what I use it for. Or am I teaching my Grandmother to suck eggs? That's an English saying not meant to be rude.
Posted by: Di Overton | 11 January 2007 at 08:26 PM
That teapot is a fairly good representation of my menopausal brain some days. I keep thinking, "this too shall pass".........yikes, I sure hope so !
Posted by: paula | 11 January 2007 at 09:05 PM
Ah C, but this pot she is so elegant ( even if she has a continence problem!).
Posted by: herhimnbryn | 11 January 2007 at 09:45 PM
You are pretending to serve tea with this? Ah, Corey, your mischief knows no bounds! Nor does your appreciation of beauty. It's a charming combination.
Posted by: MB | 11 January 2007 at 09:51 PM
oh! and don't forget to send me your snail mail so i can send you some party favors. :)
Posted by: risa | 11 January 2007 at 10:31 PM
Love this post and that teapot. It's unique and inspiring - just like you!
Posted by: susanna | 11 January 2007 at 10:51 PM
Love does not require perfection!
Posted by: pinkmohair | 11 January 2007 at 11:12 PM
This made me laugh out loud like a hyena!! Thank you.
Posted by: Lisa | 12 January 2007 at 12:22 AM
So much truth, so much wisdom in this post.
Posted by: Veronica TM | 12 January 2007 at 12:43 AM
Wonderful, good drainage, fill it with potting soil and grow flowers and ivy, you don't have to drill holes in the bottom, set it on a pretty plate. That's what it is crying to be now in its old age, potted!
Posted by: Pauline | 12 January 2007 at 02:26 AM
Hi Corey,
Beautiful find! Why not turn your teapot into a light?I made one that is a light,a secret piggy bank and whenever one goes to dip into the pot music plays.
Annabelle ~^..^~ xO
Posted by: Annabelle | 12 January 2007 at 02:31 AM
Decorative, but not functional..I could live with that..!
Posted by: sheila | 12 January 2007 at 02:39 AM
Corey,
C'est la vie ma cher. Laughter is the best medicine!
I like your use of cliches.
And besides, Sometimes the look of a thing is what matters more than functionality. It'll look good on the shelf while making for a good tale.
rel
Fri. is strength traing day, ;-)
Posted by: rel | 12 January 2007 at 02:51 AM
What a sneaky, wee teapot. It will have to coast on its good looks!
Posted by: Maryam in Marrakesh | 12 January 2007 at 04:48 AM
Maybe it was designed to work that way???
Never mind, I still think your motto of "Making a bad decision is better than making no decision at all" is worth keeping.
Posted by: louise | 12 January 2007 at 05:10 AM
It is still a lovely teapot. I would have bought it leaks and all. I like the idea from above of putting plants in it.
Posted by: Sarala | 12 January 2007 at 06:45 AM
That made me giggle :)
Posted by: meredith | 12 January 2007 at 08:21 AM
I loved your post : words and picture... as usual they helped that little door within me open into a gazebo, in which a pot of warm tea was awaiting me... My eyes appreciated while I was sipping a mug of hot "tisane" made by my husband especially for me... How spoiled !!! THANK YOU !!!
Posted by: Marie-Noëlle | 12 January 2007 at 10:25 AM
i so know what you mean! the teapot is lovely though!
i saw an old round wooden stool. at an antique fair. it was distressed, time-worn, shabby-chic white...i wondered why it was only $7? the dealer, i'm not kidding, placed the stool on his head, like a hat, & i saw it was missing a leg...it only had 3 legs. we both laughed & i told him i'd take it anyway! i just loved how it looked, even that it was 3-legged! in fact, it stands proudly in our bedroom & holds magazines!
so corey, sometimes we can still salvage a "sneaky" find & repurpose it...
enjoy your leaky teapot!
xo, mary ann
Posted by: mary ann | 12 January 2007 at 02:45 PM
It makes a lovely watering can. Teapot, what teapot?
Posted by: Tiel S-K | 12 January 2007 at 03:33 PM
Well, even leaky, it's still pretty!
Posted by: Sarah | 12 January 2007 at 08:48 PM
Oh how wonderful - I love it anyway and Im sure you do too!! so pretty!
Posted by: Anastasia | 13 January 2007 at 01:44 AM
oh it is so pretty...wonder if you can repair it at all...it would be fabulous to use!!
Posted by: wendy | 13 January 2007 at 04:20 PM
A teapot and fountain rolled into one! A steal!
Posted by: Marilyn | 14 January 2007 at 08:06 PM
Can you get better? 3 in one...cheap, strainer and teapot
Posted by: simple me | 15 January 2007 at 12:50 AM