iamlost
msg:307266 | 4:54 am on Mar 12, 2005 (gmt 0) |
The image is the song or the song is the image of any Gadget, Gizmo, Widget, etc.: | Marvelous Toy - Tom Paxton When I was just a wee little lad Full of health and joy
My father homeward came one night And gave to me a toy
A wonder to behold it was with many colors bright
And the moment I laid eyes on it. It became my hearts delight It went zip when it moved, bop when it stopped and whir when it stood still
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will The first time that I picked it up I got a big surprise
For right on the bottom were two big buttons that looked like big green
eyes.
I first pushed one, then the other, then I twisted its lid
And when I put it down again, here is what it did: It went zip when it moved, bop when it stopped and whir when it stood still
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will It first marched left, then marched right, then marched under a chair.
And when I looked where it had gone, it wasn't even there
I started to cry, but my daddy laughed for he knew that I would find
When I looked around, my marvellous toy, just a'chugging from behind.
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Leosghost
msg:307267 | 11:41 am on Mar 12, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I first heard it performed by Val Doonican ( he of the "jumpers" )..always like the song ..and wanted one of the toys .. Personally I see a "widget" as a peice of torus shaped metallic plasticene.. We did have a yorkshire terrier called "Widget" for 14 years till he died in 2000.
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Hawkgirl
msg:307268 | 1:59 pm on Mar 12, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I see it as the little plastic thing that holds the wedges for the game Trivial Pursuit. We called it a 'widget' in our household, and the little wedges 'wedgits'.
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fidibidabah
msg:307269 | 6:34 pm on Mar 12, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Honest to god? I picture a small fuzzy white creature, much like the 'soot' creatures from Spirited Away, but with white fur. Maybe it came from somewhere else? If I can find a picture I'll post it :)
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gamiziuk
msg:307270 | 1:23 am on Mar 13, 2005 (gmt 0) |
| I picture a small fuzzy white creature, much like the 'soot' creatures from Spirited Away, but with white fur. Maybe it came from somewhere else? If I can find a picture I'll post it :) |
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I thought that was a magwai?
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garyr_h
msg:307271 | 2:00 am on Mar 13, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I think of tiny Umpa Lumpas (or however they are spelled).
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graywolf
msg:307272 | 2:12 am on Mar 13, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Seems a widget is like Harry Potter bogart, different for everyone ... Mine looks like a metalic cube about the size of a toaster.
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vkaryl
msg:307273 | 3:22 am on Mar 13, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Oh - my - gosh.... I thought I was the only one who saw widgets as the marvelous toy! I loved the songs of the "folk song era", and that was one of my very favorites.... Burl Ives maybe did it best, though even (um? Smothers Brothers?) was fun.... [Edit: HG, around here, the TP stuff is "doohickies" and the "doohicker".... and my husband refuses to play because I always win.]
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vkaryl
msg:307274 | 4:39 am on Mar 13, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Come to think on it s'more.... what more marvelous widget could there be than a tribble? (Heh, same era. Yup - I'm OLD.)
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HelenDev
msg:307275 | 2:19 pm on Mar 13, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Isn't it something that lives at the bottom of a beer can?
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digitalghost
msg:307276 | 2:37 pm on Mar 13, 2005 (gmt 0) |
>> Isn't it something that lives at the bottom of a beer can? I thought bad pickup lines lived at the bottom of beer cans? I always picture that puzzle cube from the Hellraiser series but for some reason, the Jetsons always come to mind as well. Must be the cogs and sprockets thing.
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sullen
msg:307277 | 3:28 pm on Mar 13, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I always picture the thing at the bottom of John Smiths beer (maybe its just a UK thing?). Its a very boring round bit of plastic - i know because I opened a can once.
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Webwork
msg:307278 | 4:44 pm on Mar 13, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Wingnuts I can't help but imagine wingnuts. Nuts with wings, eh?
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gamiziuk
msg:307279 | 6:10 am on Mar 14, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Wingnuts
I can't help but imagine wingnuts. Nuts with wings, eh? |
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Don't forget, there are RIGHT wingnuts and LEFT wingnuts, but that's a discussion for another thread... ;)
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TedM
msg:307280 | 2:34 pm on Mar 14, 2005 (gmt 0) |
LOL! What a great topic! I thought everyone "knew" that a widget looked like a thingamabob!
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trillianjedi
msg:307281 | 4:13 pm on Mar 14, 2005 (gmt 0) |
| I thought everyone "knew" that a widget looked like a thingamabob! |
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You're getting mixed up - only blue widgets look like thingamabobs. Shiny Green widgets look like silk hankerchiefs from Hong Kong. TJ
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Milamber
msg:307282 | 7:43 pm on Mar 14, 2005 (gmt 0) |
| Shiny Green widgets look like silk hankerchiefs from Hong Kong. |
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I always thought they looked like whatyamacallits. The red widgets on the other hand look like poofy clown noses.
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grelmar
msg:307283 | 8:41 pm on Mar 14, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Hmmm, well, I remember once being told that a Widget was an actual turn of the century (erm, late 1800s early 1900s) patented invention. It's the little plastic (originally metal) keeper on the end of a shoelace that keeps it from fraying. I can't remember where I heard that, and I can't find any supporting evidence for that story. Nonetheless, a Widget is the little keeper on the end of your shoelace that keeps it from fraying. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just wrong ;) I reject your reality and substitute my own
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lawman
msg:307284 | 11:16 pm on Mar 14, 2005 (gmt 0) |
>>a Widget is the little keeper on the end of your shoelace that keeps it from fraying. aiglet
n 1: metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon. I guess that makes an aiglet a widget.
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mivox
msg:307285 | 12:39 am on Mar 15, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I have a Fuzzy Blue Widget at home. *I* know exactly what it looks like.
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digitalghost
msg:307286 | 12:46 am on Mar 15, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Thought about the fuzzy blue widget too, but somehow, saying "I think about Mivox's widget" while apropos, didn't seem appropriate... ;)
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vkaryl
msg:307287 | 1:19 am on Mar 15, 2005 (gmt 0) |
*laughing* DG, you just cracked me up completely!
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mivox
msg:307288 | 1:23 am on Mar 15, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Well vkaryl, if you knew what my Fuzzy Blue Widget looked like, you'd think about it too! ;)
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lZakl
msg:307289 | 1:45 am on Mar 15, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I thought a widget was the thing inside CD and DVD cases that make you look like a crook when you leave Wal-Mart by setting off the security device... huh.. go figure.
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vkaryl
msg:307290 | 5:45 am on Mar 15, 2005 (gmt 0) |
*snicker* mivox, you just do not know how very fertile my imagination is....
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httpwebwitch
msg:307291 | 9:41 pm on Mar 15, 2005 (gmt 0) |
a widget is a metal round thing with two protruding rods that swivel, and a plastic handle like a bicycle grip
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mivox
msg:307292 | 12:00 am on Mar 16, 2005 (gmt 0) |
mivox, you just do not know how very fertile my imagination is.... See? You haven't even seen it, and you can't help but think about it already! *smug*
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