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    Things that make you go huh?

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    My mom's family does a white elephant exchange every year. This year I received a hand bubbler. It is oddly shaped, it is getting regifted for our gag gift party next week. It is mostly boys DH was friends with in college I am sure they will comment on the shape.
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    Amusing for a minute or two... the perfect thing to continue in circulation!
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    Reminds me of the drinking bird we had when I was a kid.


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    Make sure you don't hold both ends at the same time. It'll blow! We sold them at the museum I used to work at. Kids love'em!

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    I inherited one of these from my grandfather whom I've never consciously met. I wouldn't give it away but it's your thing so go and bewtow endless enjoyment upon someone else
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    Quote Originally Posted by ibcycling View Post
    Make sure you don't hold both ends at the same time. It'll blow! We sold them at the museum I used to work at. Kids love'em!

    Lora
    Knowing our friends someone will, I will duck for cover! The traumatizing thing is my aunt (who is nearly old enough to be my grandma) said "It measures how hot you are sexually". That is no where on the package!!! My cousin that is a year younger than me and I were already snickering at the slightly phallic shape but just grossed out when my aunt said it. I am fine with a 64 year old woman thinking about sex or having sex or whatever but my aunt usually projects the persona of my 90 old grandma. I am still trying to scrub my brain.
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    ewwwwwwwwwwwww.

    now I have to scrub MY brain. giick
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    I'm pretty sure I'll still be either having and/or thinking about having sex when I'm in my 80's/90's....pretty likely if my adorable and adoring DH is still around. What do I care if 'youngsters' get grossed out- they get grossed out way too easily!
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    There are certain people who could make the comment and I would roll my eyes or laugh. But not my aunt. My 78 year old grandma? Could care less? My husband's 75 year old grandma? Not really. My 64 year old aunt, yup gives me the creepy crawlies! My 90 year old Mammaw, yup kinda scary to even think about!
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    Funny how, the older you get, the less weird or gross the whole idea of people having sex in their 80's and 90's seems.
    And of course this kind of fits in with "things that make you go huh?".

    P.S. as a patent invention illustrator, you better believe I see my share of 'things that make you go huh'...plus lots of 'things that make you go what on earth are they thinking???'...!!
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    I often believe things that look just a little suggestive were designed by snickering people. Do I need to reference the banana keeper? Of course I am not very good at science, maybe this hand bubbler needs to be shaped this way. I know my friends though, we are all immature together and they will see it as suggestively shaped. This is the same group where my last year's offering was a tampon gun so it is all good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama View Post
    I often believe things that look just a little suggestive were designed by snickering people.
    Though I'm positive that is often true, there are so many things in the natural world that are so suggestive as to be hard to believe that no snickering person was involved in their design. Georgia O'Keefe deeply understood this. Perhaps we should just assume that Mother Nature likes to snicker as well.

    Do I need to reference the banana keeper?
    Which begs the question: Do I need to reference the banana?
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    Quote Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl View Post
    Which begs the question: Do I need to reference the banana?
    Point well taken and a much needed laugh for little stressed me. The banana keeper couldn't have been designed any other way although the marketing is pretty funny.
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    Well that does make you go huh, doesn't it?

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    TAMPON GUN?! Now I need to scrub my brain.
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