Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Pippin: The cup comes in pints? I’m getting one!
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
J.R.R. Tolkien: One Cup to rule them all, One Cup to find them, One Cup to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Charles Dickens: It was the best of cups, it was the worst of cups, it was the cup of wisdom, it was the cup of foolishness, it was the mug of Light, it was the beer stein of Darkness
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Pippin: The cup comes in pints? I’m getting one!