Found on the Ground

UPDATE: Evil Grape Sword Contest

Congratulations to contest winner Nicole of British Columbia!

You will be receiving the useless trinket pictured below:

Or... Possibly it's this one:

Or this, which might just be the last thing on earth someone in BC needs:

I just don't know.  I bought and wrapped it a long time ago for a present exchange at work, and then forgot to bring it in.

In any case, it's too late to find out now, since I already mailed it to you.  We'll just let Lady Luck decide!

Please allow 4 weeks- eternity for delivery. :)

Masonic Secret Symbol

Ok, so this is probably not a Masonic secret symbol.  But I've had no luck figuring it out, and it seems like the sort of thing they would make.

I noticed this rosy marble slab back in October, while walking home from Quizzo.  It's the doorstep of a place called "Grace Hall", but not the crew (rowing) Grace Hall on the Schuylkill River. 

Since it's cryptic and made of stone, let's just say it's the Masons and leave it at that. 

Found 10/06, in the area of Locust and 16th, Phila. PA

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Tailless Squirrel Redux

   

It's The Tailless Squirrel!  That can only mean one thing-

A whole slew of FOTGs from Vanessa!

Vanessa Says:

"My old friend. :) He sees my phone now and comes out and poses for me."

Found by Vanessa, Washington Circle 10/18 & 11/7/06, Washington, D.C.

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Radioactive Cat Butt

Vanessa writes:

"My house, VA, 11/3/06. It showed up on our front stoop on a night where it was freezing out, so we took it in for the night. I never thought I would ever want any cat, but this one loved me."

Very cute cat.  But clearly it's been sitting in plutonium, and that can really ruin a carpet.

Found by Vanessa, 11/3/06, Virginia

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Baby's First Post-Apocalyptic Teething Toy

It looks like the earth is opening up underneath this teething toy!

Found by Vanessa, 11/15/06, New Hampshire & M Streets (Washington, D.C.)

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Dinnerware for Amoebas

It would be fun to confuse people by serving cucumber slices on these plates.

Vanessa Says:

" I'd say the person who left it had been gone over an hour at least since it had been quite a while since the time we arrived and the time we found it, or I should say, shown it, by the guy picking up empty glasses/bottles, so I didn't hesitate to take it. It was practically under a chair by the wall, and it was still unwrapped in a little brown paper gift bag. What a cool gift, too! It's a set of four plates, about 4" x 4" each. There's no purple in it, that's just reflection from my light."

Found by Vanessa, 11/19/06, Local 16 (16th & U St) Washington, D.C.

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Cat Pumpkin

I know, I know.  This is a Halloween decoration.

Tell you what.

Just enjoy the pumpkin.  Yes, in December. 

Then, look for Christmas FOTGs sometime around... March.

Thanks for all the awesome finds today, Vanessa! :)

Found by Vanessa, 11/2/06, 20th & M Streets, Washington, D.C.

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Funky Quarters

Now that I use coin-operated laundry machines, I see a lot of quarters.

Is it me, or do the new state quarters get discolored a lot more easily than the old ones?  I keep finding funkily-colored ones, like these.

Found 11/06, my laundry room

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UPDATE: Evil Grape Sword Contest

Well, I don't know what this is, and apparently you all don't, either.

So, Nicole, you win!  I'm not entirely convinced it's a corkscrew, but I must admit that is more likely than Evil Grape Sword.

Please stay on the line so that we can be sure you get your hideous... Um, that is, FAB-ulous... prize!

Sorry, you don't get to know what it is until it's already on its way to you. 

Congratulations, and thanks for playing everyone's favorite game, "WTF Is That Thing?"

Metal Lace

Part of jewelry?  I don't know.

It's the size of my thumbnail.  I think it looks like ceiling molding to go around a light fixture in an old house.

Found 11/06, Center City

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