Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for October 08, 2021

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    Superfrog  over 2 years ago

    That would be one of the famous exotic paperweight fashioner’s stools recently featured on Antiques Roadshow or, at least, an excellent 19th copy. I recall that there was an amusing discussion about whether a paperweight was designed to make paper wait.

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    David OBrien  over 2 years ago

    It doesn’t sound like a nipple for a tipple. Thank you for keeping us abreast of the provenance of this object.

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    Randy B Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Ah, Strongyloides. Not my go-to aura for paperweights in any century, but you do you.

    https://www.merckvetmanual.com/digestive-system/gastrointestinal-parasites-of-pigs/strongyloides-sp-in-pigs

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    Mighty Phavahg  over 2 years ago

    ah, the good old days of graduate school!

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    Brass Orchid Premium Member over 2 years ago

    And, more importantly, it is not monochromatic.

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    Rotifer NOT GETTING RUBEN BOLLING’S PIN Thalweg Premium Member over 2 years ago

    My pronouns are helminthe, helminthim, and helminthis.

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    Zebrastripes  over 2 years ago

    What’s the difference between a 12th century sows teat and a sow of the 21st century? All I know is I love the color RED and if you want to sell it LMK! It will sit nicely, as I have a lot of IN and OUT paper work waiting to be finished.

    Is it velvet?

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    painedsmile  over 2 years ago

    The guy sitting down doesn’t look like he’s buying any of the paperweight talk.

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    Mad-ge Dish Soap  over 2 years ago

    Big Foot paved the way with the sow like dinosaurs model.

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    3hourtour Premium Member over 2 years ago

    … the Baltimore Science-Alchemy Club…

    …(Bal-Sac)…

    …began in 1839…

    …with Sherlock Holmes, Egger Allen Poe and Howard Duck…

    … potions, mixtures…

    … science, myth …

    …when science was not afraid to advice not only through logic…

    …but religion…

    … mysticism…

    … that is how they created, ‘The Paperweight’…

    …ie…

    …The Eye of Eeyore…

    …to send the Sky Dragons home to Venus…

    …and to watch the Golden Girls on the Wicked Witch’s HD globe…

    Now on the CW

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    coltish1  over 2 years ago

    It’s to keep really big sheets of paper in place. Like newsprint, if they still made it. And kite kits.

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    charles9156  over 2 years ago

    so it’s a foot tool ;+)

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    Howard'sMyHero  over 2 years ago

    This discussion logically occurred during a break in the presentation of an academic PhD paper entitled “Pig Helminthic Dientamoebiasis” … which is diagnosed by stool sampling examination …!

    (which explains the sparse participation)

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    6turtle9  over 2 years ago

    Nobody wears knee high socks anymore. Such a shame.

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    willie_mctell  over 2 years ago

    It still looks like a footstool to me.

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    Radish the wordsmith  over 2 years ago

    In the mid 1600s, alchemist Hennig Brand, taking that crisp golden hue as a sign, thought he could make the Philosopher’s Stone a reality with the crystals from boiled down pee.

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    Sisyphos  over 2 years ago

    Now, that’s the kind of esoterica I could feel in my gut! Carry on, good gentlemen!

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    The Old Wolf  over 2 years ago

    “You will notice, Mr. Bond, that the printer being lowered is no ordinary printer. This is a laser printer. Farewell, Mr Bond.”

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    Mad-ge Dish Soap  over 2 years ago

    Bench Press the stool. Paper press?

    How… Lay on back… Grab one leg of stool with an arm and left up and down. Football at the Grand Ballroom.. Banquet Meal and Bar and Dance afterwards.

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    Radish the wordsmith  over 2 years ago

    Its a roost for my stool pigeon.

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    Brass Orchid Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I remember this from Parasite World!

    There is just one stool

    And one golden sow

    And a paperweight means

    Friendship to ev’ryone

    Though the auras divide

    And the helminths spread wide

    It’s a sow’s teat after all

    It’s a sow’s teat after all

    It’s a sow’s teat after all

    It’s a sow’s teat after all

    It’s a sow’s, 12th century teat

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    Mad-ge Dish Soap  over 2 years ago

    Feet stool because if turned upside down, it works the bowels times four. Saturday Night Post for reading pleasure’s.

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    Sisyphos  over 2 years ago

    So, it’s Day 2 with the healing footstool, ehh? Is it FDA-approved?

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    Mad-ge Dish Soap  over 2 years ago

    Get your stinky feet off my paperweight cushion footstool.

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    Howard'sMyHero  over 2 years ago

    What would Dick Tracy do …?

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    Mad-ge Dish Soap  over 2 years ago

    Cleveland voted the ARods out instead of Blanks… GREEN BACKS WITH A BLANK ✅ CHECK .

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