# Guess What I Found In My Drawers? Ya Wan' Sum? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116 "2001-05-21T19:24:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/61 "2001-05-22T22:03:00Z")
A unicorn? But those are usually white… A care-bear? Those are usually multicoloured… I’m a blank. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/62 "2001-05-22T22:14:48Z")
While this is an interesting thread (I have a metal dragon and a hand-carved chess piece on my desk), I would like to point out a small hiccup in the English as spoken here in the UK. Drawers can also mean ladies underwear. You can see why I haven’t looked at the OP till now :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/63 "2001-05-22T22:17:54Z")
An electric hair fluffer Beulah? ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/64 "2001-05-22T22:23:44Z")
A ceramic hand painted hobbit? A plaster of paris hand painted sphinx? A metal molded pheonix? (also hand painted?) A papier mache Disney character? ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/65 "2001-05-22T23:03:31Z")
There are four of these… One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ? The lucky dude with the Three Muses ? A Gentleman of Verona ? A Telly Tubby ? Mormon wife #4 ? Is it a movie character ? Is it a Disney character ? Is it a Nick Park character ? Is it a teevee cartoon character ? Is it a book based character ? **Have you gone home for the day ?** ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/66 "2001-05-22T23:04:16Z")
Well, thanks for saying I’m hot, Diane! You’re pretty doggone spicy yerself. 😉 Is it a Bugs Bunny figurine? ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/67 "2001-05-22T23:06:29Z")
So, it’s a figurine, of a fictional animal which is bigger than a breadbox, is normall gray, and is sort of a structure…? That last bit is really confusing. Is it, uh, a turtle? A mollusc of some sort? An elephant with a howda? Does the figurine represent an actual type of animal, a specific instance of which appears in fiction? Or is it a creature of a sort that is purely fictional? Is the animal, if real, a vertebrate? Is it a tetrapod? (four limbs of some sort) Is it a mammal? ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/68 "2001-05-23T02:30:20Z")
Is it a sphinx? A moldy monopoly piece? An elephant-shaped eraser? Any kind of eraser? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/69 "2001-05-23T02:50:00Z")
silly putty? slinky? Dumbo? pony tail holder? ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/70 "2001-05-23T13:08:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Drawers can also mean ladies underwear. I know. 😉 You didn’t think I was talking about my bureau, now did you? To answer the questions that came close: > [@](#): > > Is it a Disney character ? > Is it a movie character? > Does the figurine represent an actual type of animal, a specific instance of which appears in fiction? Or is it a creature of a sort that is purely fictional? > Is it a tetrapod? (four limbs of some sort) Yeah, sorta. > [@](#): > > Have you gone home for the day ? Not sure that I was ever here to begin with. It’s debatable. Another useless hint: The four that I have are sitting on top of my monitor. I have given them names (notice the spelling of Burt/Bert). Green - Clyde Mauve - Franklin Blue - Otis Peach - Birt Padeye - I keep the hair blower right next to the Lady Stetson in the nightstand next to my bed. Never know when the Serlin will drop by. Eeeewwwwwwwwww, I shouldn’t even joke about stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/71 "2001-05-23T14:01:28Z")
I have no idea what they are but how about those mutant ninja turtle thangs ? Were there three Ghostbusters or four ? ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/72 "2001-05-23T14:06:58Z")
Could it be some of those “Bill Ding with Wood” people from back in the 50’s? ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/73 "2001-05-23T14:08:16Z")
Could it be some of those “Bill Ding with Wood” people from back in the 50’s? The Pac Man Ghosts perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/74 "2001-05-23T15:08:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diane \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\*Does the figurine represent an actual type of animal, a specific instance of which appears in fiction? Or is it a creature of a sort that is purely fictional? > > Yeah, sorta. > \*\* Gosh. That was enlightening. Does the figurine represent a creature than normally appears in animation? (like Donald Duck) Does the figurine represent a creature that normally appears as a puppet or marionette of some sort? (Like Grover) > [@](#): > > \*\*Another useless hint: > > The four that I have are sitting on top of my monitor. I have given them names (notice the spelling of Burt/Bert). > > Green - Clyde > Mauve - Franklin > Blue - Otis > Peach - Birt\*\* I’m really quite clueless how the spelling of the names you gave them is a clue…but hey, cluelessness is my middle name. I liked the guess of the Pac-Man ghosts…they’re the right colors. But they’re not structures of any sort. Are they dancing hippopotami from Fantasia? No, they’re not structures either. [Grasping at straws, here] ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/75 "2001-05-23T15:20:36Z")
Few more clues: Fictional characters, although very seldom depicted in animation or puppetry. Although fictional, they are actual objects that serve a purpose even though they don’t physically do anything. Notice how the spelling of “Birt” looks a little like “Bird”. They are sitting on my monitor. Dang! This is so easy when you know what it is! I’m almost giving you the answer! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/76 "2001-05-23T16:43:55Z")
Fur crying out loud…Last Damn Guess… Muppets or Sesame Street…Muppets ?? ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/77 "2001-05-23T16:45:46Z")
Phrak! I’m stumped… Fictional, not plastic, structural, rarely depicted in animation / puppetry… Could it be one of those little wooden bead-and-string toys that, when you depress the plunger on the bottom, go all limp? Maybe a miniture garden gnome for a chia pet? Hmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/78 "2001-05-23T17:02:19Z")
Little stone gargoyle! ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/79 "2001-05-23T17:07:18Z")
Gargoyles? ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-i-found-in-my-drawers-ya-wan-sum/66116/80 "2001-05-23T17:15:04Z")
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