Here’s a little guessing game. This is a salt or pepper shaker: So what do you think its companion shaker might be? I suspect that most people would guess the other part of this pair would be another similarly doughy creature–possibly, in the light of the associations between salt and pepper and black and white,Continue reading “For a Spicy Experience, First Take the Pants Off”
Category Archives: Nesters and Stackers
Shake Your Booty
In recent posts, I’ve been talking about animals and other objects depicted in salt and pepper shakers as wearing various items of human clothing. This time, I’m going to look at a set that depicts a more or less human-like being who isn’t wearing quite enough clothing. I begin with the actual shakers: Readers whoContinue reading “Shake Your Booty”
Wholly Cow, Partly Human
As did one of the flamingos of my last post, this cow is wearing sunglasses. But in this case, sunglasses is almost all she wears, except for what might be some grey fur on top of her head but what is probably intended to represent some sort of a motorcycle helmet . But like theContinue reading “Wholly Cow, Partly Human”
The Invisible Egg(s)
In this series of posts, I’ve been focussing on what I have identified as eleven eggs that are part of my salt-and-pepper shaker set collection. But it has just occurred to me that there might, in fact, be twelve, or even more, albeit more implied than actually seeable. Consider this set: It is, clearly, aContinue reading “The Invisible Egg(s)”
Ménage à trois petits cochons
Since I’m on the subject of pigs on top of other pigs (see my last post), consider these: As you can tell from the expression on his/her face, the pig on the bottom either is not happy about being piled on or is so happy about it that it’s put her or him into aContinue reading “Ménage à trois petits cochons”
Ambiguously Gay Pigs and Kitties (or Bears)
And yet more sets of ambiguously gay male pairs! Two more pairs, in fact. I’ll talk about them together here because they are surprisingly similar to each other. First, these are these two: They are pigs, clearly, cute chubby-cheeked smiling pigs. And even though they are wearing pink (a pink jacket in one case,Continue reading “Ambiguously Gay Pigs and Kitties (or Bears)”
Breeding Like Rabbits
Sometimes sand-and-pepper sets make clear distinctions between the masculinity and femininity of the shakers they contain without having to resort to putting the animal figures they represent into human clothing. You might guess that this particular shaker represents a female rabbit just because she happens to be pink: But if you place her in relationContinue reading “Breeding Like Rabbits”
Miniature, Lifelike and Dead
This is a nester and a go-with, both at once. Not only is it a slice of toast to go with a toaster, but the slice of toast nests into the toaster: After that, though, I really have nothing much to say about it. It’s cute of course, in the way that miniature versions of thingsContinue reading “Miniature, Lifelike and Dead”
Unusual Bisectionality
At first glance this is only a little bit weird. It involves a dog and a fire hydrant, as did the subject of an earlier posting:But that dog was doing the sensible doggy thing and peeing on the hydrant. This one, for no apparent reason, has nested itself atop the hydrant. Was the dog attemptingContinue reading “Unusual Bisectionality”
Bubble Barf?
This is a nester:It represents a young woman in a cocktail glass–either a very tiny young woman or a very huge cocktail glass. Or wait, maybe it’s not actually meant to be a cocktail glass, but just in the shape of one–for few cocktail glasses are opaque mauve with white dots. So maybe it’s justContinue reading “Bubble Barf?”
Perry Nodelman 