These are possible answers to the eternal question, "What is that thing, Mama?"
It's an iron for removing wrinkles from clothes.
It's a rotary dial telephone.
A typewriter.
It was called a Ford Pinto.
That's a paddle. They were used in schools.
A crank. They used them to start the car.
A manual choke. They used them to start the car.
That's a half dollar. It was a big coin worth two quarters.
That's a dollar coin. Some have a lady named Susan on the front and some have a famous Indian guide. Nobody uses them.
That's an old-fashioned lawn mower. You had to walk along behind it and push.
A milk stool.
A coal bucket.
A book. People used to read them before computers and television.
An intercity bus.
A streetcar.
A fountain pen.
A draft card. You don't want to know about that.
That's a shovel. They used to dig ditches with them before back-hoes were invented.
A vacuum tube.
A hoe. They used to use them in the garden before rototillers were invented.
Howard