Moire Opie
2 years ago
We Ropey In 100 Objects
https://images.plurk.com/7wuPCLUY1eUDYkWQcDAOqi.jpg

I must have inherited this or found it in a box of somebody else's discards.

I keep it in the same drawer as as my plastic gears and similarly obscure items.

It has no identified purpose. So I keep it it as as both a mystery token and as something that I may someday find a purpose for.

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Moire Opie
2 years ago
Another way of saying that is that I keep it because it has no purpose, which means it is useful as a reminder that some things are inscrutable; that there are things whose purpose we will never know. It is important to be reminded of that. So the purpose of this thing is as a reminder...
PlurkDevi
2 years ago
...that some things are inscrutable; that there are things whose purpose we will never know?
PlurkDevi
2 years ago @Edit 2 years ago
Actually, I think that is a child's scissors that has had its blades masterfully forged together into a perfect ring.
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Moire Opie
2 years ago
perfect... for a child https://images.plurk.com/23A6uqBKDdrLrkpfxiY2aH.jpg
PlurkDevi
2 years ago
That is a sixteen-toothed silver-handled stainless-steel Scandinavian cigar muncher!
Moire Opie
2 years ago
I've been on the Scandinavian Cigar website and am bemused by one of their lead stories about How To Sell Cigars In A Pandemic. so far no information about cigar diameters but other websites list cigars sizes up to 1". still too small for this perforator...
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