Category: Flotsam

Whimsical fire hydrant with googly eyes
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It makes me nervous

Whenever we are walking the dog down by the airport, I feel like I am being watched. It just occurred to me, my dog never…

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A disturbing hall table with mannequin legs.
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But is it art? And will the cat tip it over?

I was looking at designs for the Altoids robot I am working on, and ran across this; I would be concerned that it would wander…

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The Landlord's Game board. Go directly to jail
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And you thought Monopoly started fights…

Before Monopoly, there was “The Landlord’s Game”, very similar yet it seems more foreboding than the current versions.

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Kaleidoscopic image of hardware store springs
Posted in Flotsam Grey Gardens West

This right here, is spring fever.

I was at McLendon’s Hardware in Renton a few weeks ago, and I was impressed with their assortment of springs. Sadly, I could not think…

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Amazon’s dumbest idea yet

Doesn’t Amazon know, out of the tens of thousands of people getting Amazon packages in this particular style of box with the whimsical suggestion on…

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Dig or dig not, there is no try.

Just moving some dirt down by the creek, and look who turns up. Lovable green and wrinkly Yoda. Don’t know how long he had been…

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WWII USN Relay in a can
Posted in Flotsam MARKETPLACE Mildly Interesting

The chief is selling stuff online again!

I was messing around in the garage and found this WWII relay in a can! Sorely tempted to take a can opener to it, but…

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Strange comic from 1986, looks like 1956
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Not so Boffo

I ran across this old copy of “Boffo Laffs” – Surprisingly from 1986, and with an ad for the “Kiss me in the dark baby” tie! How strange.

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Talking outhouse gag
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When you gotta go

e. It (loudly) says things like “Did someone DIE in here??” or “HEY Where’s the toilet paper?”.

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Saul Goodman Business Card
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When you need a CRIMINAL lawyer

maybe it would be prudent to find a local bus-bench lawyer and get his or her card.

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