Line-talk: Whazzit returns......?

{Subject: RE: WHAT IS THIS ?

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The intrepid reporters were researching the "WHAZZIT" pictures presented
by Bob Allison, and, as you know, the search has been very difficult,
and many solutions found. Your reporters formed a committee and came to
a new conclusion:

On further examination, we believe this is a representation of the first
stackable cookware.  Notice the handle on the larger pan. Historically,
this was a collossal bomb. The inventors only came out with two sizes of
pan, ( a dutch oven and a custard cup ). The picture does give a
fascinating view of early advertising efforts. One question does arise.
We wonder why they put that coctail olive with a toothpick in the cup????
Hmmm.

Yours in the TRADITION of accurate American Journalism,
Gruff 'n Ran' 'n Rich

Our motto: "The Camel was a Horse invented by a Committee!"

rsl...@aurora.alaska.edu rsl...@aurora.alaska.edu said on <5 May 1995
15:50:03 -0500>, in rec.arts.ascii: 

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You know, after seeing this picture so many times... I can't believe it 
only finally comes to me what this really looks like to me...

It appears, to me. to be a propane light that normally hangs on the 
ceiling.  My family has a camp in the middle of the Adirondack Mountains 
in NY state, and there is no electricity and the only running water is 
the brook next to our camp.  Every year we have to drag in a new tank of 
propane and (probably illegally) drag it across the river and up the hill 
to our camp.  This looks exactly like some of the Humphery lighting 
fixture that were installed in the camp probably about 50 years ago..

The arm on the left side, is where the propane comes in and where it's 
attached to the wall or ceiling, and the little thing to the right of the 
arm is where you adjust how much propane is sent to the light...

Just thought I would throw that in... as the thought just comes to me.

I know it... it must be that... (+:

Dan (+;


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rsl...@aurora.alaska.edu rsl...@aurora.alaska.edu said on <5 May 1995
15:50:03 -0500>, in rec.arts.ascii: 

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You know, after seeing this picture so many times... I can't believe it 
only finally comes to me what this really looks like to me...

It appears, to me. to be a propane light that normally hangs on the 
ceiling.  My family has a camp in the middle of the Adirondack Mountains 
in NY state, and there is no electricity and the only running water is 
the brook next to our camp.  Every year we have to drag in a new tank of 
propane and (probably illegally) drag it across the river and up the hill 
to our camp.  This looks exactly like some of the Humphery lighting 
fixture that were installed in the camp probably about 50 years ago..

The arm on the left side, is where the propane comes in and where it's 
attached to the wall or ceiling, and the little thing to the right of the 
arm is where you adjust how much propane is sent to the light...

Just thought I would throw that in... as the thought just comes to me.

I know it... it must be that... (+:

Dan (+;


Daniel L. Claflin   \\		
 ____________________||___		
|      claflin@      |||~~\\		Just truckin' through the
| gwis2.circ.gwu.edu |||~~~|~~~~\		Information Superhighway!!!!
|____________________|||___|     |			    _______-----~~~~~
___(0)(0)_____(0)(0)__~~~~(0)(0)~___________--------~~~~~~~~    

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Beg to differ, but I think this is a representation of one of those
cute little animated flying saucers from the movie "Batteries Not
Included" - the one with Hume Cronin and Jessica Tandy.

ken...@omnifest.uwm.edu

rsl...@aurora.alaska.edu wrote:

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Nah, you're all wrong  ;) It obviously a barrel-organ.  
The organ-grinder (ouch!) turns the handle and out comes some crappy
tune whilst some little monkey tries to poke your eyes out...

So now the mystery is solved ;^)


Al.
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