Baby gnomes are unique. That is a brand new thing, not really talked about before the mid twentieth century. Today’s subject is a baby gnome in a watering can, and the point is what that little figure represents.

I had a Brontosaurus baby on the desk this morning, and we’re calling it that because it fits. The toy has a forehead, and it has clawed toes. You can’t see the tibia, but that forehead and those claws are enough for me. Those are the signs of Brontosaurus. The head-to-body ratio and the short tail make it look like a juvenile Brontosaurus, so that’s what I went with.

Today’s pull from the Random Object Randomogrifier was a mummy case, not a sarcophagus. I had that backward at first. A sarcophagus is the big outer stone coffin, the one everyone pictures with the gold mask and the hieroglyphs. The mummy case is the body-shaped shell that actually holds the wrapped person. It fits tight, like a second skin, and then that case is placed inside the coffin or the sarcophagus. It’s a nesting doll of protection and ritual.

Today’s Random Object is the Powhatan Warrior. It is more stereotype than history.

This morning’s random object was a figurine of a Royal Prince. There are roughly 45 monarchies left in the world and being a prince isn’t as easy as it seems.