What-is-it question XLI.

Post by **2209patrick** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:26 pm

This is an American silver novelty item, but it does serve a useful purpose.
My guess is that it's about 2 inches (5.08cm) long and 1.5 inches (3.81cm) wide.
Probably made in the 20th century.
What is it called?

Pat.
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wev · Post by **wev** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:49 pm

tape measure
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Post by **2209patrick** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:59 pm

Well done Wev.

The head pulls out to reveal a tape measure.

Pat.
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wev · Post by **wev** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:26 pm

A turtle was actually fairly common, as was a mouse. Some of the rarer ones I have seen were a bat, a spider, and, rather bizarrely, a human finger (you pulled on the nail).
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