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Comments on MetaFilter post corkscrewsTue, 17 Dec 2002 06:57:03 -0800Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:57:03 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60corkscrews
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<a href="http://www.bullworks.net/virtual.htm ">The Virtual Corkscrew Museum</a> - this extensive site in the "magnificent obsession" genre contains more than 3700 photos of <a href="http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/thennow/thennow.htm">corkscrews</a> and <a href="http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/artgallery/gallery.htm">related items</a>. The variety is <a href="http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/vault/legsmop.htm">delightful</a>. Some of my favorites are the <a href="http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/mannekin/mannekin.htm">Mannekin Pis</a>, the <a href="http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/hands/hands.htm">helping hands</a> and the <a href="http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/newstuff/buster.htm">Buster Brown Shoes</a>. Oh, and the <a href="http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/xmas/once.htm">holiday greetings</a> from readers. Be warned that some pages have sound and a <a href="http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/armory/armory.htm">corny</a> quotient, and you'll have to e-mail the webmaster if you want to see the erotic collection. post:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.22366Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:18:09 -0800madamjujujivecorkscrewscollectionseverydayobjectsmuseumBy: condour75
http://www.metafilter.com/22366/corkscrews#405002
[this is good] If you haven't checked it out yet, the <a href='http://www.bullworks.net/aquarium.htm'>corkscrew aquarium</a> is especially bizarre. It consists of two vikings giving a virtual tour of aquatic-themed corkscrews.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.22366-405002Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:57:03 -0800condour75By: mnology
http://www.metafilter.com/22366/corkscrews#405019
I just had to find out what this whimsical phrase's origin was: <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/ny/nyuk/froggy.html">"Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!"</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.22366-405019Tue, 17 Dec 2002 07:47:46 -0800mnologyBy: swordfishtrombones
http://www.metafilter.com/22366/corkscrews#405031
Great find. But don't forget <a href="http://www.corkscrewnet.com/Museums.htm#Musée%20du%20Tire-Bouchon">the real one</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.22366-405031Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:10:47 -0800swordfishtrombonesBy: madamjujujive
http://www.metafilter.com/22366/corkscrews#405131
mnology, good detective work & interesting stuff. It is a quirky phrase, huh? And what an innocent age that was - today plunking your magic twanger would probably be a line used to sell hello kitty vibrators.
swordfishtrombones, thanks for the link to the Musee de Tire Bouchon - looks like they have a huge collection. Now if only Santa would bring me airline tickets for the south of France. Otherwise I'll be taking my winter vacation in the aquarium that condour75 pointed out.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.22366-405131Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:55:35 -0800madamjujujiveBy: MiguelCardoso
http://www.metafilter.com/22366/corkscrews#405158
A great panorama of the extractive industry - thanks once more, madamjujujive for keeping our spirits up! It's a good thing you don't go in for bad puns, else that helping hand corkscrew would be just the thing for your <a href="http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/hands/hands.htm"><i>vin du mason</i></a>. <small>*groan*</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.22366-405158Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:31:15 -0800MiguelCardosoBy: taz
http://www.metafilter.com/22366/corkscrews#406360
Okay, I spent <i>way</i> too long at that site, but I do have to thank you madame, for this great opportunity to add to my repertoire of euphemistic and insulting phrases; I picked up "Two Finger English pull", "Sheath for the Worm", and "French Waiter's Friend", to name only a few. (Somehow the epithet "French waiter's friend" seems especially damning...).
btw, be sure to have a look at the nice anonymous letter that accompanied a <a href="http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/boxes/boxfull.htm">surprise box of corkscrews</a> donated to the museum.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.22366-406360Thu, 19 Dec 2002 00:34:03 -0800taz
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