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"And they're made by little elves in a hollow tree......................"

*With apologies to Keebler*

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Amberola 1-A wrote:"And they're made by little elves in a hollow tree......................"

*With apologies to Keebler*

But I notice the Lyre in the front bears a suspicious resemblance to your avatar....

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estott wrote: But I notice the Lyre in the front bears a suspicious resemblance to your avatar....
So those WERE cookie crumbs I found on the bottom of the cabinet!!!

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bob27556 wrote:
I cannot say that I have, although searching IMDb for it returned the 1964 film ‘Darna at ang Babaing Tuod (Darna and the Tree Monster)’. Is this the movie you mean?
No. It was one of those classic 1950's 'B' movies with some guy walking around in a rubber tree terrorizing people. If I remember correctly he was tied or staked to a tree and became a part of it.

I just did a google search on it and couldn't find a thing. I really hope I haven't imagined this! :?
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FROM HELL IT CAME! TOBONGA 1
THAT'S IT! Thanks WJW! A pretty cheesy film but for the 1960's it was pretty much state of the art. I remember the kid up the street had nightmares about it. Funny thing is that you never know how something like that will affect a person. Yesterday at work I noticed a Mr. Magoo doll sitting on top of a cabinet in someone's cubicle. At least I think it was Magoo because it was pretty horrific looking. I actually had a dream about it last night and I'm 52 years old! Do I need treatment? :lol:

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It could have been made for Bilbo Baggins, it has that Hobbit look! :clover:

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The auction house claims it dates to 1910. I wonder. The horn more resembles the style of a Western Electric horn speaker from 1921. I also wonder about the style of the curved tonearm, I think it resembles something out of a later portable.

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Bizarre though it may be, I kind of like it too. Somebody went to an enormous amount of work to produce it. Maybe a bit over-the-top, but it does have a bit of an Art Nouveau organic flare to it.

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