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- JimBrown257
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Too Funny!
You gotta give this guy points for ingenuity. He might be on to something here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Taiwan ... SwcdxcITwv
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Taiwan ... SwcdxcITwv
- natcherly
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Re: Too Funny!
I'll bet his real name is Calder.
Re: Too Funny!
Odd, but creative.
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Re: Too Funny!
I think I had one of these hanging over my crib (at least that would explain a few things)
Re: Too Funny!
it might be a advertizing trick to avoid getting it pulled ???
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"Rose-colored glassses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in dreams"
- JimBrown257
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Re: Too Funny!
Surely you're not questioning the artistic merit of the switchblade tied to the hanger??TRYKER wrote:it might be a advertizing trick to avoid getting it pulled ???
But, yeah, I'm pretty sure it is meant to be a middle finger to Ebay's knife policy.
Re: Too Funny!
I've seen this multiple times in my searches... it never once occured to me what it could mean... eh, thats art, its lost on me. Ha
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- JimBrown257
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Re: Too Funny!
Yeah, it is definitely the guy trying to sell his switchblade but get around the knife rules by claiming it is "art".
When I was a kid, the local flea market sold brass knuckles but they had this tiny nub in the middle of it. The guy selling them claimed the nub meant it was a "paperweight" and not a "weapon" and therefore not against the law to sell to anyone. It was never clear why the nub would make it a paperweight.
That is the thing our Ebay friend is doing here. We should watch how it turns out; it might be a good idea that could open up new possibilities for people trying to sell autos on Ebay.
When I was a kid, the local flea market sold brass knuckles but they had this tiny nub in the middle of it. The guy selling them claimed the nub meant it was a "paperweight" and not a "weapon" and therefore not against the law to sell to anyone. It was never clear why the nub would make it a paperweight.
That is the thing our Ebay friend is doing here. We should watch how it turns out; it might be a good idea that could open up new possibilities for people trying to sell autos on Ebay.
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Oh, the nub was for a belt hole... brass knuckle belt buckle... never did get one when I was younger. My parents blew a gasket when I came home with a balisong at around 12 or 13.
Looking for those un-repairable, lost cause stilettos.
- JimBrown257
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Re: Too Funny!
A belt buckle would make more sense than a paper weight, that must be what the guy had meant to say it was. But it was the same idea; they were trying to pass it off as something other than what it clearly was to bypass the law. Just like the modern art piece on Ebay.
Here is one of those brass ("brass") knuckles that had the nub.
Here is one of those brass ("brass") knuckles that had the nub.
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