I Produce an Object What People Make of It Is Not My Concern

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  1. american fez21/9/10 8:12 AM

    It's obviously a device for peeling figs, as the picture's title claims. This is the prototype, Fig 1. The follow up, Fig 2, boasts a superior, triple-action blade.

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  2. C. Van Carter21/9/10 11:11 AM

    If people perceive peelers that’s their business. It’s not something I can give consideration to.

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  3. Goatcabin25/9/10 10:23 PM

    A Pakistani device for tampering with cricket balls?

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  4. C. Van Carter26/9/10 11:29 AM

    If that's what you want to think it is, go ahead, I'm not going to worry about it.

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  5. Anonymous27/9/10 2:16 AM

    But to what end, C. Van Carter?

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