Is this an accessory for smoking something , probably illegal, and how to use it ?
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You sure it’s not for drinking Absinthe?
Looks like the thing used to hold the sugar cube maybe?
Just a thought!
Ditto what **elbows **said about a spoon for pouring absinthe over sugar.
If you really can draw air through the stem then it could be something like an opium pipe or crack pipe but I don’t know what the point of the perforations all the way through would be.
yes, it is possible to draw/blow air through…
It’s probably a straw (or bombilla) for drinking yerbe mate tea. Mate (drink) - Wikipedia
Looks like a kids bubble blower for blowing a large amount of bubbles at one time.
I second a bombilla.
That was my first thought. It certainly looks like one.
Is that a Flintstones Kids ruler … really? … yeesh …
Not only looks like one, it definitely is one.
Thus the OP’s concern about the object being used for illegal activities.
Yes, looks like the thing my dad had for drinking mate (tea), from Argentina I think.
Filters out the tiny leaf bits at the bottom of the cup.
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Yes, but what about the Flintstones Ruler? Don’t leave us hanging.
What’s the rest of the story???!?!11?? 
It also filters out the large leaf bits and any bits where ever they are … Its not unheard of to buy or find actual leaves uncut.
Damn, I was hoping for another 20 page gridball-esque wild speculations.
It’s a bombilla for drinking mate. I have one in my desk drawer right now, at work. Traditionally mate was served in a guampa made of an ox horn. See photo here. Alternatively, a guampa can be made of carved wood, like this one here. I have one of those. I bought mine in Paraguay. A curious thing about metal bombillas is they are used to drink very hot tea, and metal being a good conductor of heat, the tip gets so hot it burns your lips when you sip. I suppose if you drank mate a lot you’d develop calluses.
Yes. The few times I remember him using it… it was basically tea without the teabag. Mix a quantity of dried leaves and boiling water, let steep, then suck it up. He called it “mah-tay” (mate) years later I heard it called yerba mate (which is what, Spanish for “herbal tea”?)
Actually it was Flintstones ruler that required identification,
I just put a bombilla next to it for size comparison… :smack:
I see no evidence this is a Flintstones Ruler. No Pebbles man-bun (I think they’re calling it)? Tennis balls not made out of rocks?
We have the scale, courtesy of the bombilla, but I am not convinced OP has been answered.
Well, it’s a lenticular picture on the ruler, so the balls and such move when you tilt it. The characters are not Flintstones, but I don’t recognize them. The ruler has only centimeters, which makes me think it is not for the American market. I’ll continue to research this – I think we’re closing in on the OP’s question.