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Mechanical or electrical things with dubious names.

by Tulip on Mar.01, 2010, under Pointlessness

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  1. The Big Dipper;
  2. Stevenson’s Rocket;
  3. Rotary-blade bush strimmer;
  4. Plug-and-play hot-swappable dongle;
  5. Wankel rotary engine.

List taken from my still-forthcoming Book of Utter Pointlessness.


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