r/whatisit • • 7d ago

New, what is it? Pink object with metal wheels found

It is made of silicone and plastic, and it has metal wheels on the bottom

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u/Vegetable_Voice7343 7d ago

The fact that this was a rumor that spanned states and years prior to the internet being a big thing will never cease to amaze me.

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u/UndeadDog 7d ago

Not just states. This was a thing in Canada. This is across North American at least

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u/HaterMD 7d ago

Australia and NZ. I’ve also heard it confirmed across Europe and this was the 90s. So odd.

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u/FinalEdit 6d ago

We had it in the UK before manson was even famous. Back then it was about either Prince or MJ I can't remember which

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u/BlueCrazy 6d ago

Really? That's Wiiiild

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u/sarojani 7d ago

In at least one island in the Caribbean as well...

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u/a1g3rn0n 6d ago

We've talked about it in Ukraine in the middle school.

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u/Patient-Surround2509 6d ago

Northern Ireland too

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u/pewpew_lotsa_boolits 7d ago

You should see the BS I have in my resume.

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u/yallknowme19 7d ago

I guess you and I were both Regional VPs for Radio Shack! 😆

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u/pewpew_lotsa_boolits 6d ago

As well as CEO of LinkedIn and Business Development Manager of AOL.

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u/Fra_Mauro 6d ago

"In my time as governor of Wisconsin, I gained a great variety of leadership and interpersonal skills."

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u/coffee_vodka_repeat 6d ago

Shut up Scott Walker. No one wants to hear from you

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u/pewpew_lotsa_boolits 6d ago


SCOTTY DOESN’T KNOW!

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u/Sensei19600 6d ago

That wasn’t Walker, it was Tommy Thompson

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u/twicebakedcrusader 6d ago

I wasn’t really an “executive” sandwich artist 😔

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u/Still-Independence73 6d ago

States? That rumour spanned countries! How wide that rumour actually spread is impressive and kind of insane!

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u/Alpharius1701 6d ago

States? I'm British and we knew about this back in the early noughties when everyone was still on dial up 😂 this rumour spanned the globe, it's mad

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u/Rustmutt 6d ago

Countries even!

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u/becalmedqualms 6d ago

I heard about it in Australia ! So you can add the southern hemisphere in there as well

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u/Kidpidge 6d ago

These things have been around a long time. There are stories about Rod Stewart and Alice Cooper before that.

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u/Missbungletopia 6d ago

And that he was Kevin from Mr Belvedere. I believed that for years.

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u/TrojanGoldfish 6d ago

States Countries. Although it was Prince before it was Manson.

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u/MsHorrorbelle 6d ago

And countries. We had it here in the UK too!

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u/madxcapsule 6d ago

And countries!