{"id":1502,"date":"2013-05-14T00:29:18","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T04:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handlernyc.com\/interestingfoundobjects\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2013-05-14T00:29:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T04:29:18","slug":"customization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handlernyc.com\/interestingfoundobjects\/2013\/05\/customization\/","title":{"rendered":"CUSTOMIZATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Pray, Montana<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Good.<\/p>\n

Found at an old homestead site.<\/p>\n

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Rusted tin.<\/p>\n

3 inches in diameter by 4 1\/2 inches high.<\/p>\n

Free.<\/p>\n

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From Billings, Montana<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Not so good.<\/p>\n

Found in a second hand store.<\/p>\n

A saucer with a teacup handle attached to it.<\/p>\n

They didn’t know what it was either.<\/p>\n

Is it…..<\/p>\n

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a. As my friend Glenn – who knows about everything – said,<\/p>\n

“Something they used to poar hot tea or coffee into, blow on to cool and then drink.”<\/p>\n

From “The Phrase Finder” –<\/p>\n

“It’s been ‘saucered and blowed.’ A project has been completed – everything has been taken care of.”<\/p>\n

and…<\/p>\n

“Amongst the working class people in the North of England, in the late 19th and early 20th century, the accepted way to drink tea was to pour a little into the saucer, blow on it to cool it, and then consume with a noisy slurp before repeating the procedure. This custom has long since died out.”<\/p>\n

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b. My idea,<\/p>\n

A factory worker was fed up at the end of the day, and instead of sticking the handle on a tea cup, he made a surrealist gesture of contempt and stuck it on a saucer.<\/p>\n

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c. A lemon plate.<\/p>\n

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Answer c.<\/p>\n

Life is often not as interesting as it should be.<\/p>\n

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Porcelain<\/p>\n

Noritaki<\/p>\n

Hand painted\u00a0Made in Japan<\/p>\n

U.S. Design Pat. applied for\u00a0circa 1919<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

5 1\/2 inches in diameter<\/p>\n

Two dollars<\/p>\n

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