As a collector of random (usually useless) things, I often find myself in a position where I have something cool and want to show it to someone but have no one to show it to. Either people are tired of me sticking the randomest of things in their faces and saying "Look at this random thing! Isn't it so cool?" or I can tell they wouldn't appreciate it. So, I came up with a solution! The internet! Here I can share as many random stupid things as I want, and maybe someone will find them somewhat interesting. Please feel free to add as many pictures as you want, I want to see cool stuff!
Also, if you actually read this, you're a very cool person :)
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These Miniature Topo Chico Six Pack My Grandmother From Mexico Gave Me Decades Ago
My Mice 🐭
Mannequeen ! Found Her At A Garage Sale And Couldn't Leave Her Behind $20.00 Later She Was Standing Proud In Her New Home With New Attire !
Found At A Flea Market
From a page of a similar item: "This is beautiful Burnished and Beaded Gourd is from the Masai Pastoral People of Kenya. This gourd is used to collect milk and blood. Masai blood/milk jugs are made from calabashes or gourds which are picked from vines. The Maasai clean the insides of the gourds as well as decorate them with leather and beads. Milk, blood, water, honey and cornmeal are stored inside the gourds. Traditionally, the Masai rely on meat, milk and blood from cattle for protein and caloric needs. The Masai drank milk from the cow or goat every day and when they didn't have enough milk, they mixed cow's blood with the milk. People now drink blood only on special occasions including at a person’s circumcision or after a woman has given birth. The sick are also given blood. The Masai believe blood is very rich in protein and is good for the immune system." https://www.worldofbacara.com/listing/543184841/african-gourd-masai-african-milkblood
Dragon Puppet! I Asked My Dad To Help Make One And I Showed Him A Pic Of One Of Those Paper Ones, And He Said: "We Can Do Better Than That." (He Is A Performer And Makes His Own Costumes) And So Here I Introduce To You: Marigold, The Flower Dragon! Not Painted, But I Will Soon ^^
This Random Dustpan That Certainly Hasn't Got Audi In It
This Framed Suspiria Poster. I Love It
Solomon Islands Tiki - Nguzunguzu. Bought This From An Antique/Junk Shop In Hervey Bay Australia For $15. Nguzunguzu Is A Traditional Solomon Islands Carving Lashed To The Prow Of A Outrigger Canoe To Protect The Crew From The Water Spirit. Also Thought To Be Holding What The Crew Were On A Quest For, Sometimes Fish, This Example Holding A Head. Solomon Islanders Were Headhunters
Curtis Jere’s “Sunburst Birds In Flight”
Trash Boots!! I Decided They Still Had Some Good Use, So I Had Some Fun
Oh HELL yeah. Precisely what Black Sabbath meant when Ozzy sang "Fairies Wear Boots". Well done!
A Safing Pin From A Lgm-30f Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile For Mirv. (Nuclear Warheads). Could Not Leave Launch Pad If This Was Installed
To clarify: A MIRV means Multiple Independently- targetable Reentry Vehicle. (A military way of saying different warheads in one payload that could hit separate targets...)
Caricarue Of Me By A Disney Artist At Disney World Some 20 Yrs Ago
Sorry for the typo in the heading, I can't seem to edit it :(
This Squirell That Shoots Out A Nut From Its Mouth. Played It Since I Was Three
Woodstock Typewriter - 1930s - Belonged To My Grandmother. I Used To Play With It In The 60s. Antique Sewing Thread Display Case From A Department Store. Late 1800s. Bonus - Whatever You Can See In The Drawers (Lol). Dinky Toys Cars, Antique Marbles, Bones, Seashells, Foreign Coins, Misc
A Joke Between Friends
This makes me smile. Is this a decorative plate / picture or is it a flue hole cover? It appears to be mounted on the wall and often with plates the image is on the "inside" or top of the plate rather than the bottom. For those unfamiliar since I'm referring to an item that has become less common. Old houses very commonly had a wood stove in the kitchen and a wood or oil heater stove. Both had about a 6" vent into the wall for the smoke / exhaust. As things got more modern and those stoves got replaced by electric a common item (at the time) was a plate (usually metal) that had a bracket and pressure snapped into the hole to cover the hole and stop cold air. Some were plain but many were decorated so they sort of looked like art on the wall instead of just a metal plug. You can google "flue hole cover" to see many example images.
Smile For The Camera, Frenchie!
I Own Lots Of Odd Stuff But I'll Just Post A Couple Of Photos. Clockwise (More Or Less) - Small Round - Quaker Horse Sleigh Bell - Salem County, Late 1800s - Bronze. Large Rounds - Wooden Korean Moktaks (Woodend Handbell Used By Buddhists). Wooden Carving - Hunter Scene. Unsure Of Country. Depicts What Would Perhaps Be A Traditional English Hunter But The Man Looks Asian. Asian Signature On Bottom But I Don't Know Which Language. Wooden Fertility Statue. Africa (Continent) But Unsure Which Country. Possibly Kenya. Wooden Medicine Man Carving. Same Source As The Fertility Statue. Hippo Teeth - Engraved And Raw. From A Sustainable / Legal Source Many Years Ago
Hey - ASIAN PANDAS - or anyone who knows Asian writing --- If you would be so kind please look at the symbols in the attached link and see if you can tell me what language they come from. It is from the bottom of the hunter carving and I assume it is the artist's mark. I don't expect it to say much but knowing what language it is gives me a clue. Apologies if the photo is upside down. P4LcxNd.png 
