Monkey Paws

[caddyman]

What is the world coming to when a man can't go on-line and buy a monkey-paw back scratcher? Why, in the 21st century is this too much to ask?

There are back scratchers available on eBay and some have hand shapes of varying quality carved into them, but not one is a monkey paw. And I don't want one with a shoe horn on the other end. All I want is a scratcher about a foot long, with a monkey paw on the end, hardly an unfulfillable request, one would have thought, but there you go.

Comments

[fractalgeek.livejournal.com]

That's because of the EU directive against selling goods that are ALWAYS cursed (but not so described...)

[jfs.livejournal.com]

You know that if you type 'monkey paw back scratcher' into Google, this post is the second entry in the list?

[littleonionz.livejournal.com]

I did see this fellow in the market selling trinkets, and I'm fairly sure he had an object rather simillar to the one you're after. I bought a wonderful puzzle cube, it's most intriguing and makes a splendid paperweight.

Itching to buy

[theo]

Sadly, this example is already sold.

Re: Itching to buy

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I know; I saw it and was suitably impressed.

It seems that proper as opposed to merely functional back-scratchers are in short supply.

[failing-angel.livejournal.com]

"All I want is a scratcher about a foot long, with a monkey paw on the end"
It does sound like a handy object to have...


Why not bother with taking off the wrapping - acquire one small gibbon to scratch your back on request.
You could have a whole household staff of them, including a George Foreman Gorilla.

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

Tuh...that's what happens when we give up our colonial ambitions you see !


Get thee back to the Empire !

(PS: My mother has one that was brought back by her Father Chief Stocker on board HMS Ajax in WWII - Most likely it came from somewhere Pink on the Map ....)