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plonqOK, maybe we're starting to descend into the realm of crazy collectors now. At least we only have two cats.
She's real cute, though. What can I say, I'm a sucker for skunks.
We wandered through the antique mall on Thursday and fell victim to yet another little collectible-type thing, though this one is ostensibly useful.
We couldn't resist the little silver dragon fork holder. It was pretty cheap, so I'm certain that it's not real silver (not even sure if that's real silver plating).
These tiny forks that it holds are barely large enough to pick up a small pickle. Not sure what we'll use them for, but I'm sure we'll think of something.
Some of the otherloot gifts that I scored for Christmas include a tee-shirt from Mike's Place, a black hoody, a Bathroom Reader daily calendar, some underwear (score!), a moose that shits candies, some rice china bowls from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vichan, a juicer (major score!), a book on everyday science (entitled "The Velocity of Honey") and a crack pipe bosun whistle.
It's going to take me awhile to figure out how to properly sound this whistle, but I have to admit that when I first opened the package and saw something that looked like this:
My first thought was, "... what is it? Is it a crack pipe? Why would my inlaws give me a crack pipe?" It was only when I was lifting it out of the box that I finally figured out what it was. Thanks guys! Your daughter (and our cats) don't thank you quite as much, mind you.
She's real cute, though. What can I say, I'm a sucker for skunks.
We wandered through the antique mall on Thursday and fell victim to yet another little collectible-type thing, though this one is ostensibly useful.
We couldn't resist the little silver dragon fork holder. It was pretty cheap, so I'm certain that it's not real silver (not even sure if that's real silver plating).
These tiny forks that it holds are barely large enough to pick up a small pickle. Not sure what we'll use them for, but I'm sure we'll think of something.
Some of the other
vichan, a juicer (major score!), a book on everyday science (entitled "The Velocity of Honey") and a It's going to take me awhile to figure out how to properly sound this whistle, but I have to admit that when I first opened the package and saw something that looked like this:
My first thought was, "... what is it? Is it a crack pipe? Why would my inlaws give me a crack pipe?" It was only when I was lifting it out of the box that I finally figured out what it was. Thanks guys! Your daughter (and our cats) don't thank you quite as much, mind you.
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Date: 2004-12-25 12:38 pm (UTC)("Officer on deck!")
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Date: 2004-12-25 06:59 pm (UTC)Ahhhh, a Bosn's pipe!
Date: 2004-12-26 12:09 pm (UTC)The pipe itself can be tuned, either by making the hole on the buoy larger, or using candlewax to make it smaller. If you put it on a simple necklace, then you shouldn't have too much trouble wearing it around town. But if you get-or even better, MAKE-a decorated lanyard, then you'd better know how to play it, cause' some old sailor is sure to ask you to play them a call.