gag gifts?
A few weeks back I cut a hole through the bottom of a bowl. This
sounded like one of those design opportunities so I finished the bowl and then used a woodburning tool to make the hole into a zero as part of '2007' on the bottom of the bowl. It then occured to me one could make a gag gift called a 'bottomless bowl'. You fill the bowl with wrapped candy on a table and then get someone to pick it up and look at the bottomless bowl and get a surprise as the candy comes falling through. We left one of these bottomless bowls at a friend's house as a 'thank you' gift after staying overnight and heard the friend is having fun with it on other unsuspecting guests. I suppose I should mention I am retired and can remember the practical joke era from 40 years ago. I am not sure what younger people would think of an idea like this one. My question is anyone aware of any other silly ideas like bottomless bowls one could make on a lathe? I should mention I am asking this assuming this is a family site:) |
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:43:26 -0700, TWW wrote:
A few weeks back I cut a hole through the bottom of a bowl. This sounded like one of those design opportunities so I finished the bowl and then used a woodburning tool to make the hole into a zero as part of '2007' on the bottom of the bowl. It then occured to me one could make a gag gift called a 'bottomless bowl'. You fill the bowl with wrapped candy on a table and then get someone to pick it up and look at the bottomless bowl and get a surprise as the candy comes falling through. We left one of these bottomless bowls at a friend's house as a 'thank you' gift after staying overnight and heard the friend is having fun with it on other unsuspecting guests. I suppose I should mention I am retired and can remember the practical joke era from 40 years ago. I am not sure what younger people would think of an idea like this one. My question is anyone aware of any other silly ideas like bottomless bowls one could make on a lathe? I should mention I am asking this assuming this is a family site:) The technical term for those is a "funnel".. DAMHIKT When you have a few, make a fountain.. mac Please remove splinters before emailing |
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Hi TWW. I realize this a family group, but if bathroom humor is
acceptable, how about a 'stool sample'. If this is too much, how about a jack in the box? ************************************* 1. Obtain some opaque plastic film roll containers or transparent ones and paint the inside brown. I got mine free from Walgreens' photo dept. 2. Turn some discs for the seats about 1/4 in thick that fit snugly into the containers. 3. Drill 3 angled holes in the disc for legs. use match sticks or turned decorative legs just long enough so the stool fits snugly. 4. Label the container, "Stool Sample". ********************************************* My doctor _had a particularly "superior" and uppity secretary who bullied and embarrassed some defenseless patients. One morning I brought a "stool sample" up to her little window and in a loud voice asked her to please check if it was satisfactory and if I had filled it full enough since it was a little runny and a day old. She spluttered a refusal, so I said I would open it for her to inspect. The entire waiting room roared when I took the cap off and let the "stool sample" fall out on her box office shelf. :) I realize that bathroom humor will turn off many of our group, but you did say "silly". Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings |
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TWW wrote: My question is anyone aware of any other silly ideas like bottomless The classic use of a lathe is to make tuits round ;-) then you can hand them to people who keep waiting 'til they get a round tuit to do something. -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by |
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"TWW" wrote in message ups.com... My question is anyone aware of any other silly ideas like bottomless bowls one could make on a lathe? I should mention I am asking this assuming this is a family site:) I did give this one to the daughter and her husband. See ABPW. |
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Family group? Then I won't mention my phallic bottle stopper. Oops, I
guess I did mention it. Oh, well, I may as well go on and tell you it was done using offset turning techniques. I did only one, because if you've seen one, you'e seen them all. |
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I like it. One of these days I need to get a life, but I like it.
God bless and safe turning Darrell Feltmate Truro, NS Canada http://aroundthewoods.com -- Đà "TWW" wrote in message ups.com... A few weeks back I cut a hole through the bottom of a bowl. This sounded like one of those design opportunities so I finished the bowl and then used a woodburning tool to make the hole into a zero as part of '2007' on the bottom of the bowl. It then occured to me one could make a gag gift called a 'bottomless bowl'. You fill the bowl with wrapped candy on a table and then get someone to pick it up and look at the bottomless bowl and get a surprise as the candy comes falling through. We left one of these bottomless bowls at a friend's house as a 'thank you' gift after staying overnight and heard the friend is having fun with it on other unsuspecting guests. I suppose I should mention I am retired and can remember the practical joke era from 40 years ago. I am not sure what younger people would think of an idea like this one. My question is anyone aware of any other silly ideas like bottomless bowls one could make on a lathe? I should mention I am asking this assuming this is a family site:) |
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On Sep 27, 4:36 pm, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote: Family group? Then I won't mention my phallic bottle stopper. Oops, I guess I did mention it. Oh, well, I may as well go on and tell you it was done using offset turning techniques. I did only one, because if you've seen one, you'e seen them all. Since I was not sure who read these posts, at first I did not want to mention I tried making a few Pull-A-Boner winestoppers before discovering funnels :) The winestoppers might not go over too well at craft shows. |
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