Dig This Treasure!

So, Adam loves anything old and mechanical. A few weeks ago when we went to the sale that I’ve deemed the European Delights sale, he left with a pile of stuff, but I didn’t pay much attention. Later that night, I saw him fiddling with this little box. He explained to me that it was a mechanical card shuffler. I nodded and acted interested, but in my head, I was like, “There is no way that’s true. A deck of cards can’t stand up in that thing.” He then tried to put a deck of cards in the box and realized that this was not, in fact, it’s purpose.

The next morning, I came down to make my coffee and found Adam sticking a bunch of toothpicks in the box, trying to see if that was the purpose. Again, it was pretty clear to me that someone would not create an elaborate contraption to dispense toothpicks, but what do I know? Once we recognized that the toothpicks were getting stuck in nooks and crannies in the box, I suggested that that probably wasn’t the purpose either. Adam was real pleased with me pointing out this obvious fact.

Adam was getting more and more irritated with his inability to determine what the box was for, and I kept hearing him mutter, “What the f*ck is this thing FOR?!” under his breath. A few minutes later, I came back into the kitchen and found Adam cutting up paper, rolling it, and sticking the rolls into the box:

Once it worked one time through, he exclaimed, “I’M A GENIUS!” (I didn’t remind him that he’s really not one since he thought it was for shuffling cards first, and clearly cards will not stand up in those dividers.)

Here he is, ecstatic:

What? He doesn’t look that excited to you?

Later that day, Adam told me to go pick up a pack of cigarettes at the store so he could test it out with real ones. If you’re a smoker and you come over our house, we’re ready for ya:

-Sarah