What are they thinking?

As I said in a previous post, I love my parents.  However, I wish they would stop doing something that I think is a little dorky and lends itself to old age status.   Whenever they go on holidays they always bring back a souvenir.  Not just any souvenir but one that is, according to them, both decorative and functional.      It's a mug.  Recently they went to New York and brought back not one but two mugs.  Not only did they bring back two mugs but one is giant size.  It's ridiculous.   I am constantly clearing out all the decent size mugs to accommodate these hideous, giant mugs.    They don't just get them from overseas but also from their trips in Australia.  Dad likes to have a good size mug for all the soup he consumes but doesn't take into account the fact that he uses only one mug at a time that can be easily washed between soup meals.   So there are mugs from Egypt, New York, Inverell (a country town in Australia), one P&O mug, one from each of the Holland America cruises they have been on and one from Papua New Guinea just to name a few.   Mother also brought back a mug for each of her daughters.  Luckily they were beautiful and from one of our favourite stores.  

In conclusion, Mum and Dad, please PLEASE stop wasting your money on trashy souvenir mugs.  They will not be considered family heirlooms.