What is this thing in the wall?

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/what-is-this-thing-i.html

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Candles.

Ceremonial knives.

Drugs.

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Keys.

Religious icons.

Sweet jar.

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What size of bottle was that? Wine bottles have a lot of variation in size, and I expect that obtaining the smaller sizes would not have been that difficult for someone like Jean Harlow.

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Peanut butter.

Nunchucks.

Shrunken heads.

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Another possibility

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According to Mental Floss back in November, you’ve already figured this out:

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You have to remember that Jean Harlow used to throw some pretty wild parties.

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And now I notice the date in 2010.

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Satsuma
Live wasp
Nightmares

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I see that someone’s read Hollywood Babylon.

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i think telephone cabinets are usually 2 or 3 parts vertical: one for the receiver, one for the wiring, sometimes one for a phone book.

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i vote: elf ironing board, harry potter’s closet, design flaw.

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Power,
water ,
drain?

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Yes, thank you… coulda sworn I’d seen this before!

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What is this thing in the wall?

Oh, that? That’s where I keep extra molecules of air, so that I’ll always have them close to hand. Keeps them all squared up, you know?

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