A Tale of Two Kettles

Mr G gets through kettles very quickly. This is 'cos Mr G drinks around 20 cups of tea in the average day. So many, in fact, that I reckon the blood in his veins has been replaced with tannin. But five days is surely a record? The white kettle in the photo was bought last Saturday. Yesterday, it was declared a write-off as the lid kept popping open. The kettle cost £5.00. It lasted five days. That is £1 per day.
Yesterday, Mr G went back to Tesco and bought the most expensive kettle he has ever bought in his life. A Russell Hobbs, half price at £25. A very handsome kettle it is, too. (It's in the foreground with the £5 kettle behind it.) It glows red while it is boiling, and turns blue when full of hot water. How long will it take him to wear it out? If you think of it as a £50 kettle (what on EARTH can make any kettle worth that price? It's not exactly encrusted with precious stones. The only thing it's likely to get by way of adornment is limescale and Mr G's grimy fingerprints), then it should have a tea-making life of 50 days. That is approximately 1000 cups. We'll see... Now, on the subject of sugar, he has two teaspoonfuls in every mug. Can someone please calculate how many lbs of sugar Mr G will get through in 50 days? Yet he's as thin as a broomhandle. Lucky bastard!!!