# Those shiny twirly things **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-shiny-twirly-things/186012 "2003-07-03T13:14:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-shiny-twirly-things/186012/1 "2003-07-03T13:14:10Z")
There are things that people like to hang like wind chimes. They don’t make any noise. They’re strips of plastic about 30cm to 100cm long, and twisted like a DNA strand. Many of them are “chromed” in one colour or another. They disturb me. The big ones and aren’t so bad, as they’re so long that I find them uninteresting. The smaller (30cm) reflective ones though… They twirl. I look. So shiny, so mesmerizing. They’re like the old “star field” screen savers. I’m drawn in. Deeper and deeper. I feel as if I’m being hypnotized. It takes an effort to take my eyes off of them. Why do they do that? (I might ask the same of the “star field” screen saver or a camp fire.) Does it mean that I might be susceptible to being hypnotized? Does it mean something else? Best not to look at them. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-shiny-twirly-things/186012/2 "2003-07-03T13:16:40Z")
I saw a wood one yesterday. Not shiny. WTF good is that?! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-shiny-twirly-things/186012/3 "2003-07-03T13:22:30Z")
> [@](#): > > WTF good is that?! Hm. Some would say that if you haven’t got wood, you’re not worth a f\*ck. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-shiny-twirly-things/186012/4 "2003-07-03T13:26:21Z")
I take it you’re talking about [Tranceglows](http://www.milkandhoneyinc.com/mainpages/tranceglows.htm)? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-shiny-twirly-things/186012/5 "2003-07-03T13:31:06Z")
Yes, the metallic ones. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-shiny-twirly-things/186012/6 "2003-07-03T13:33:43Z")
I have one, although I haven’t put it up yet. Cost all of $3. They’re purty! ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-shiny-twirly-things/186012/7 "2003-07-03T15:56:20Z")
OOOOooo gimme gimme gimme I am nothing but an old crow - I love shiney sh\*t!! ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-shiny-twirly-things/186012/8 "2003-07-03T16:29:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by XJETGIRLX \* > \*\*I take it you’re talking about [Tranceglows](http://www.milkandhoneyinc.com/mainpages/tranceglows.htm)? \*\* I never saw one before. Where are they sold? ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-shiny-twirly-things/186012/9 "2003-07-03T21:40:04Z")
They’re sold at flea markets and craft fairs and the like around here. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-shiny-twirly-things/186012/10 "2003-07-03T23:45:37Z")
Oh my god, you’re a housefly! 😉 (Some folks use these things to scare away houseflies by their reflections.)