This Stoneware's Low Price is Just Obscene

If I ever want to redecorate my kitchen with a testicle theme, I've got it made!

I just wish I could improve on the postings about this subject.

From the Straight Dope Message Board:

If I ever want to redecorate my kitchen with a testicle theme, I've got it made!
I need new dishes. But I don't want to spend a fortune on them, because they will not stay a complete set for long. I would also like them to look nice in my kitchen. My kitchen is cobalt blue with a fruity theme.

Last week I found a 16 piece set of stoneware, banded in cobalt blue, with "Golden Pears" in the center. And they were only $7.99 for the whole set! They were on clearence at an outlet site . But the shipping was $12.00 and I don't really like stoneware. I thought about it for a few days, then my husband convinced me to go for it, (he wasn't paying), because we're running low on bowls.

They arrived today.

* Some of them are banded in cobalt, but most are light blue
* the cups have random marks all over them
* the blue bled into the white areas of some of the dishes
* The pears are NOT golden, but a fleshy pink
* They look like they were painted by several people, no 2 designs match
* They're Balls!