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Old 10-09-2008, 08:00 PM   #1
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Can you identify this?

If Martha can post invisible art, then I figure I can post a photo of this handy device. Who can identify it?
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Old 10-09-2008, 08:01 PM   #2
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Some type of religious symbol?
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Old 10-09-2008, 08:02 PM   #3
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Pre-packaged popcorn popper.
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Old 10-09-2008, 08:05 PM   #4
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Pre-packaged popcorn popper.
What gave it away for ya?
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Old 10-09-2008, 08:07 PM   #5
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The wood head piece of a door frame.
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What gave it away for ya?
The wallpaper.
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Old 10-09-2008, 08:11 PM   #7
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Well, I still think it's some type of religious idol or something.
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Old 10-09-2008, 08:11 PM   #8
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That strange gray cord up on the right. Could be a tripwire. Tread carefully troopers.
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Old 10-09-2008, 08:14 PM   #9
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I thought you were talking about the picture hanger holding up the prehistoric popcorn. That's what I would call a handy device.
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Not even close...
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Not even close...
I knew it was a trip wire! Ha!
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Old 10-09-2008, 08:31 PM   #12
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Give up?
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Microwave detector?
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Old 10-09-2008, 08:32 PM   #14
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Yup, the suspense is killing me
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Or some sort of antenna?
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it's pop art, duh.
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If it wasn't over a door, I would have said that it is a chimney flue cover.
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Dude! Lol
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Harley, you were getting warm, then cold..
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It's one of those "in/out" indicators. REW will return in a jiffy.
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