This was the inspiration for the original idiom "The pot calling the kettle somewhat weatherbeaten yet still relatively shiny in places"... however its owner, Gus "Washin' stuff is fer sissies" McGrizzly, caused the metaphor to develop into the simpler version we use today. Having completed its duty, the pot has been fully restored and now sits next to a gift-wrapped stallion and a couple of bemused arboreal birds!

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You've heard of the Bosun's Chair? Well this is called the Bosun's Quiet Time Alone

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It's the new iTrollphone 4. It features a very large microphone to capture every insult, has no speaker (because trolls don't need to listen to anybody else's opinions) and four easy-to-use panic buttons in case mommy comes into the room!

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These are Faraday Cages... for when Mrs Faraday was having "one of her moods"!

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I use this whenever my mother-in-law makes pizza...

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Nice to see Neatorama getting it right, while the original linked article (Environmental Graffiti) got it wrong... they are venomous not poisonous snakes (a poisonous snake would be something like the Garter Snake, so don't eat one!)
Well done Miss C!

This is a disguise used by polar bears when they want to sneak up on narwhals

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It's a trap for tiny stoner bears: "like roar dude...can't get this shoe off dude... what's "anti-clockwise" mean?"

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This is an amazing piece of history, and dates back to the late 17th Century. It is the key part of the original "Whenst thou arriveth at yon forke in the roade, taketh yon forke" sight-gag!

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It is an automated rolodex containing all the contacts of a high-tech hermit

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ahem... it's a slot machine

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This is a relic of the American Civil War. Occasionally, the Confederates would find themselves very low on cannon-balls so they would send out someone to taunt the Yankees into firing (probably someone in a Ronald McDonald's costume eating Southern-fried chicken... and enjoying it!)Once the Yankees fired, teams of people would run out to catch the cannon-balls in buckets. This particular bucket is proof the idea occasionally worked!

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During the Victorian Era, physical contact between men and women was pretty much illegal. This device was invented to allow a husband to "motorboat" his wife without breaking the rules

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They neglected to mention the shortest measurable unit of time... it is called The New York Second, and is defined as the interval between the traffic light in front of you turning green and the taxi-driver behind you honking his horn!

This is the world's first prototype Exclamation Mark. Interestingly enough, the guy that invented it accidentally hit his thumb while putting the final touches on it and rapidly had to make a whole bunch more!

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