Where do you keep your silver bars, then? The bathroom?
Are these the names of individuals in a set, like racehorses?
Were they in that town at around the same time?
**reply to Aspidistra **
Are any of the things in this set, in the town today? **Yes **
Were any of them there before 1950? **Yes ** Before 1900? Probably not in the original list, but a couple in the addenda list.
Would knowing the name of the town help? **Possibly **.
No.
It’s tough to answer that. For example, a person and their child are around at the same time, but also not at the same time.
Aside from being on the same geographical location at some point, do all these things have something else in common?
They share in common their unexpectedness, their sadness, their mystery, and how they inspire the imagination in their surrealness for being where they were/are. Because for the most part they shouldn’t be there. They do not belong. And yet they , in an odd way, do belong.
…Silicone breasts, a mermaid, a 1968 Lincoln Continental, a pan flute…**
Are all these things in the real world?
Yes
They’re all exhibits in one of those man-made tourist attraction places Like “The house on the Rock” or something similar?
So, you’re saying there’s or was a literal mermaid in a town in the real world?
No
**What I am saying is all these actual physical objects have something in common that has to do with their location. Have you never seen the mermaid in Copenhagen?
This is all based on an article I discovered by accident. I meant to go to the Giraffe Boards to play mafia, but when I put in “giraffe” on my browser I found this interesting story instead. I followed a couple more links for details…and here we are. **
So is the place all these things have been roughly more than, say, a square mile?
**No. A much larger area than that. **
But the statue of the mermaid is not an actual mermaid. It’s a representation of one. You can’t have a real mermaid in the US or anywhere else, because they do not exist. The state of Oregon certainly exists, but it can’t be moved into any town.
Are you still claiming that these are the actual real things; an actual mermaid, an actual flying saucer, the actual poet John Milton, the actual state of Oregon?
You’re enjoying this too much.
Are these lost items that were recovered?
Are these components of an art piece?
Are they part of a film?
Did they have to be fixed/repaired/healed?
Is the area smaller than, say, Chicago?
Smaller than Texas?
Smaller than the North American continent?
Smaller than the world?
Smaller than the universe?
I never claimed everything was the actual item you think they are. Some are, some may be something else. The giraffe was a real honest-to-god African giraffe. The good humor trucks are honest-to-god ice cream selling vehicles. The piano is a piano. John Milton is John Milton… maybe not the actual poet, but well… something. The same with Oregon. I haven’t figured out about the flying saucer.