15+ People Who Had Their Fair Share of Fiascos

Answer: We got one, my wife’s uncle gifted it. Apparently it’s Italian and you have to place it in the center of your home for good luck. We don’t, however, because of what it looks like.
Answer: Paperoni! There was a plastic machine that cut different lengths, and you stick them together to make things.
Answer: The classic Sunbeam Mixmaster had a juicer attachment, a bowl that attached to the top of the mixer. This is the spout the juice would pour out of. The wire part held a little strainer to filter out pulp.
Answer: Looks like a paperweight used to keep stacks of papers from blowing off of the desk if there is a breeze. They are mostly used as decorations now.
Answer: It is a Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder. You place a strip of card into one set of grooves in the piece that curves behind the sphere, point the opposite side of the sphere towards the equator, and the sphere will focus the sunlight to burn a track on the card. The card has hours marked, and more the card is burnt, the brighter the sunlight was.
Answer: Possibly used with a Singing Bell. You rub the stick lightly around the edge and the bell starts vibrating. You might have seen the same effect with glasses.
Answer: It’s a milking stool, 3-legged birthing style spinning chair. So basically, no special use.
Answer: It’s for arranging cut flowers (a rose bowl).
Answer: It looks like a decorative tassel from a purse.
Answer: It’s a flower frog, used to hold a flower arrangement in a vase. Made obsolete by foam and gels.
Answer: It’s from a product called an “Infinity Hoop”.
Answer: From what I understand, newer playgrounds have these things to encourage free play, its not a set thing like a slide or ladder. It’s just a shape that encourages movement and interaction.