6th.MG.BN Posted January 18, 2021 Share #1 Posted January 18, 2021 A new way to sell a colander/ strainer. Brilliant! Vtg WWII era US Home Front MakeShift Childs “Helmet” Wartime Scrap Metal Drives | eBay 284151885656 Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
268th C.A. Posted January 18, 2021 Share #2 Posted January 18, 2021 I had to check this out. I'm speechless. Shaking my head... some where out there some one will have to have this for there collection. It will show up in latest finds. Or what's it worth. Barnum Baily said it... "A fool and his money are soon parted" Nice find on eBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Posted January 18, 2021 Share #3 Posted January 18, 2021 Unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 18, 2021 Share #4 Posted January 18, 2021 Since this thread will be useless when the auction is removed from eBay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted January 18, 2021 Share #5 Posted January 18, 2021 posting photo- links and no photos wind up being dead end threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted January 18, 2021 Share #6 Posted January 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dave said: Since this thread will be useless when the auction is removed from eBay... Sorry Dave! I was thinking the same thing at time apparently - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted January 18, 2021 Share #7 Posted January 18, 2021 .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted January 18, 2021 Share #8 Posted January 18, 2021 I don't see a problem. There's photographic evidence. Would be nice to also have some pots and pans. Would make a nice grouping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted January 18, 2021 Share #9 Posted January 18, 2021 Can someone post a link to it? A great home front item if it can be proven. That colander doesn’t match the one in the picture of the children. As a matter of fact while watching a late night home shopping channel, I saw the exact same one, brand new, for 3.50 but if you called right away they would give you 20 of them for 10.00. They claimed that it really really works and that your spaghetti won’t slide through the holes. Now this sounded really good to me so I thought to myself that if they offer free shipping and a brush I’m in. They offered free shipping for a fee but no brush so I was out. I think they were from China. So in my opinion as humble as it is, this is an easy green repop. But I do agree with dogsbody that outfighting your galley with 1920-30s pots and pans will turn your kitchen into another part of your collection. And where did the name dogsbody come from? All I can think is that you lost your pet? I hope you didn’t. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted January 18, 2021 Share #10 Posted January 18, 2021 No worries. I've lost lots of things but no pets. As for the name.... Douglas Bader https://www.dogsbody.org/about/why-dogsbody/ Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratasfan Posted January 18, 2021 Share #11 Posted January 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, Dogsbody said: No worries. I've lost lots of things but no pets. As for the name.... Douglas Bader https://www.dogsbody.org/about/why-dogsbody/ Rene I've wondered about your user name, too! How fun! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted January 18, 2021 Share #12 Posted January 18, 2021 Just call me dogsbreath. Bader has his legs delivered to him by parachute after he was shot down and lost the ones he had. Someone told me that they flew and old pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted January 19, 2021 Share #13 Posted January 19, 2021 Careful there, fellas. This may be a legitimate religious artifact from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, specifically the "holey headwear" as I've heard it called. Don't believe me? Check it out: https://www.spaghettimonster.org/ or do an internet search for Flying Spaghetti Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted January 19, 2021 Share #14 Posted January 19, 2021 While I'm sure the ad is real, I think the vendor is just having a bit of fun with something very common. Just look at us talking about it! BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 19, 2021 Share #15 Posted January 19, 2021 Honestly a 1940s colander for $30 doesn’t seem like a bad deal, FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th.MG.BN Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share #16 Posted January 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, Dave said: Honestly a 1940s colander for $30 doesn’t seem like a bad deal, FWIW. Depends what the heat stamp number is. Haha. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted January 19, 2021 Share #17 Posted January 19, 2021 Don’t do it Dave. You can find real ones at the flea market for a couple of bucks, just be patient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul70 Posted January 19, 2021 Share #18 Posted January 19, 2021 Check this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted January 19, 2021 Share #19 Posted January 19, 2021 That film is great. Wonder if any double decal colanders came off that production line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted January 19, 2021 Share #20 Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Paul70 said: Check this out. Holy Carp! That's amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1gertank519 Posted January 22, 2021 Share #21 Posted January 22, 2021 Careful there, fellas. This may be a legitimate religious artifact from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, specifically the "holey headwear" as I've heard it called. Don't believe me? Check it out: https://www.spaghettimonster.org/ or do an internet search for Flying Spaghetti Monster.Finally I’m learning something from USMF! My favorite informative topic on the forum today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted January 23, 2021 Share #22 Posted January 23, 2021 My first helmet as a kid was a cooking pot that looked like a WW1 doughboy helmet. I couldn't use it to drain spaghetti but it worked for me. I don't think I'd pay $30.00 to get it back though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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