Post B05OxIQB0Je1ORtyO8 by maco@wandering.shop
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(DIR) Post #B05Ov73UI8HTYzFRmS by mcmullin@musicians.today
2025-11-10T00:27:25Z
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@reillypascal @futurebird Next, cabbages...
(DIR) Post #B05Ov7mVakIFocJOxE by mcmullin@musicians.today
2025-11-10T00:29:36Z
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@reillypascal @futurebird (Waiting to see if that needs explaining…)
(DIR) Post #B05Ov8LFVa5BYMZ96W by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-10T00:31:16Z
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@mcmullin @reillypascal ...?
(DIR) Post #B05Ov96key51vgn596 by mcmullin@musicians.today
2025-11-10T00:32:55Z
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@futurebird @reillypascal “The time has come,' the Walrus said, To talk of many things:Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings —And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.'”https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43914/the-walrus-and-the-carpenter-56d222cbc80a9
(DIR) Post #B05Ov9eQdl1Dc8Xydc by mcmullin@musicians.today
2025-11-10T00:35:29Z
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@futurebird @reillypascal My dad used to quote this line and it stuck with me. I have no idea if it’s common knowledge or just a thing he likes.
(DIR) Post #B05OvA9ykSFvBzJAoa by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-10T00:45:38Z
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@mcmullin @reillypascal I always considered it to be be a very ominous quote since it's what the Walrus says to the oysters just before cooking and eating them. "So when will the fun you promised begin""well... it's about to begin for me... let me explain... in a round about way..."
(DIR) Post #B05OxHa483xcmpWMAC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-09T23:43:17Z
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I like wax seals and I'm always looking for excuses to use them. So, when I noticed that a few of the places that sell seals and wax are now offering numbered wax seals... well what are these used for?They are even selling the tacky "peel and stick" variety which means people are really using them for something... but what?The sets may include metal seals in the numbers 1-10 or 11-20 etc up to 100.1-10 is most popular.
(DIR) Post #B05OxIQB0Je1ORtyO8 by maco@wandering.shop
2025-11-09T23:51:07Z
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@futurebird imagine some game where each person has an envelope with a clue or similar?
(DIR) Post #B05OxJhwDlRjNpDfiC by maco@wandering.shop
2025-11-09T23:52:17Z
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@futurebird oh! “Here’s clue number 1…” and then what’s inside takes you to clue number 2, etc?
(DIR) Post #B05OxKQFZ0tLbFx3mS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-09T23:52:58Z
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@maco It's all very "The Riddler" maybe escape rooms are using them?
(DIR) Post #B05OxL17LwNlRbCVFI by Moss@beige.party
2025-11-09T23:58:00Z
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@futurebird @maco That’s a good guess! There are so many tv shows where the players have to solve clues, that game “event” companies might go through a bunch of those.
(DIR) Post #B05OxQIfi6OXpUS5nk by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2025-11-10T00:13:54Z
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@futurebird maybe they're used if you need to give 100 sealed letters to someone and you need them to open them in a particular order.
(DIR) Post #B05OxRDOJDlUfOzOD2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-10T00:14:31Z
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@floatybirb OK. I had THAT much worked out.But why would you do that??
(DIR) Post #B05OxSKs8tLM8tUsVc by liferstate@mas.to
2025-11-10T00:20:16Z
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@futurebird @floatybirb If you're a wealthy recluse who's masterminded an elaborate cross-country treasure hunt for your friends, enemies, and potential heirs, of course.
(DIR) Post #B05OxSxrnuXG5pk1I0 by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2025-11-10T00:22:41Z
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@liferstate @futurebird there should be one of those airplane magazines that tries to sell expensive nonsense, but all the expensive nonsense would only ever be used by wealthy recluses who need to plan elaborate cross-country treasure hunts.
(DIR) Post #B05OxTfTBnPiH48qFk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-10T00:29:49Z
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@floatybirb @liferstate * Dueling Pistol Set* Numbered Wax Seals* Combination Lock Opened By Secret Word* Puzzle Key and Lock (a key that is made of multiple pieces that only open the lock when combined)* Identical poisoned and not poisoned petit fours* Invisible ink and developer* automatic remote triggered smoke signal generator for use in standard fireplace* Book: Two Dozen Cyphers to Vex the Young and Avaricious* Gold coins which stain the fingers with invisible substance for days.
(DIR) Post #B05OxUqqmy6xweTRdA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-10T00:36:03Z
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@floatybirb @liferstate Notice To Our Valued Customers:Due to Changing Times, and Popular Sentiment we have stopped using "deadly" poison in our famous cakes, little "drink me" bottles and gummies. Our new modern formulation will merely cause an inconvenient sleeping period. We understand the disappointment this may cause to our more traditional patrons.
(DIR) Post #B05OxWqDOIn87GBxuy by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2025-11-10T00:15:20Z
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@futurebird (the instructions are just hints for an adventure game that you beat but your friend didn't, and the hints are given in sealed letters in case you have a heart attack but still need to help them solve the soup cans).
(DIR) Post #B05OyzmpG59QB6J2lk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-09T23:50:39Z
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@reillypascal Very pretty. I've obtained some "ceramic wax" which is very brittle and shiny and can't wait to mess with it. I do mostly just mess with the stuff.
(DIR) Post #B05PKlQ9Ln9tzi4zqq by mcmullin@musicians.today
2025-11-10T00:50:23Z
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@futurebird @reillypascal I haven’t read the whole thing in ages, and the bit about shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings, was all I heard regularly growing up. I think my dad just liked the wordplay and the absurdity of the juxtapositions, as do I. I completely forgot it’s part of a story where anyone gets eaten. Sorry for being inadvertently ominous!
(DIR) Post #B05PMrxzz3TisKurey by clew@ecoevo.social
2025-11-10T00:20:05Z
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Wedding party table assignments @futurebird
(DIR) Post #B05PMsy2GP6NyjwPM8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-10T00:20:45Z
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@clew OK I don't really get using WAX for that... but let people have fun I suppose.
(DIR) Post #B05PMu3kCfGLMjcTtQ by clew@ecoevo.social
2025-11-10T00:25:12Z
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They aren’t using wax for it, right? They’re using an image of a technology, for it’s class connotations, divorced from its original purpose.@futurebird
(DIR) Post #B05PdPRBJArJJfS8x6 by mick_collins@toot.community
2025-11-10T00:53:43Z
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@futurebird Best subscription box ever
(DIR) Post #B05PxCieIutRfA3v1s by divinekanga@cville.online
2025-11-10T00:57:20Z
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@futurebird How big are they?
(DIR) Post #B05Q1WwP3t8VXQYgfw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-10T00:58:08Z
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@divinekanga normal seal sized? About 2cm or so
(DIR) Post #B05Q536tuh46B799Iu by divinekanga@cville.online
2025-11-10T00:58:45Z
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@futurebird Huh. Game tokens or chits?
(DIR) Post #B05QEPuwUDifWH1IpM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-10T01:00:28Z
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@divinekanga Well normally wax is used to seal an envelope closed, or as a kind of signature for a contract or formal letter.
(DIR) Post #B05QKxfNvAVrvarbwe by darth_hideout@mas.to
2025-11-10T01:01:37Z
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@futurebird @floatybirb Reminds me how limited editions are numbered: 27/400, etc. What that means here idk.
(DIR) Post #B05QRMLF5nI8C5UdAO by divinekanga@cville.online
2025-11-10T01:02:46Z
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@futurebird I know, I have one. I thought someone was selling the little token-sized wax bits in the image, not the metal seals that would create them.
(DIR) Post #B05QUoIpaeW9ma0j7Q by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-10T01:03:27Z
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@divinekanga They are selling both, so you can do the seals yourself, or, if you don't want to mess with wax just use the sticker versions.
(DIR) Post #B05R31gEMMUp7MGrYm by tarheel@mstdn.io
2025-11-10T00:15:49Z
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@futurebirdWineglasses
(DIR) Post #B05RZksnpf9IZul3Ls by jef@mastodon.social
2025-11-10T01:15:27Z
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@futurebird @floatybirb @liferstate Set of graduated doses of iocaine powder
(DIR) Post #B05S3VEAbRugiAw9fU by lonespelunker@mastodon.social
2025-11-09T23:48:22Z
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@futurebird Maybe for a series of envelopes you’re supposed to open in order?
(DIR) Post #B05S3W63N70zPI9Bei by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-09T23:48:50Z
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@lonespelunker How many people are doing fancy awards ceremonies???
(DIR) Post #B05SbzSGizYMJ1ybTM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-10T01:27:08Z
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@jef @floatybirb @liferstate Obvious item for the list!
(DIR) Post #B05U0xDqGLqSZihDaC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-09T23:47:55Z
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@melioristicmarie That could work. I'm thinking about using it for some kind of fiendish puzzle. But that can't be why there is a whole market for the things all of a sudden.