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Strangest Sinclair related Collectable I now own

ZX BeccyZX Beccy
edited October 2006 in Sinclair Miscellaneous
I couldn't resist it. just had to do it! and now i think it's got to be the strangest item in my Sinclair Collection

The Clive Sinclair Thimble!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&item=170039869166&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1


:D
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Comments

  • NickHNickH
    edited October 2006
    That's so crap in so many different ways...
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2006
    I was gonna say that so crap it's cool but then I viewed the item...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • SkarpoSkarpo
    edited October 2006
    I'd buy that for a dollar.
  • gasmangasman
    edited October 2006
    Apparently it comes with a certificate. What could that possibly be for? "The Thimble Society of Great Britain hereby certifies that this is a genuine thimble." Or perhaps "The maker of this thimble hereby certifies that this really was meant to look like Clive Sinclair, honest"?
  • frobushfrobush
    edited October 2006
    Comes from Surbiton, too! 'They' probably have a thimble mine in the vicinity.
  • ChipchipChipchip
    edited October 2006
    erm...its different ;)
  • udgoverloadudgoverload
    edited October 2006
    Is that a bit of holly at the right hand side?
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited October 2006
    Spoze it could be used as a blister prevention aid when your playing Hypersports and the like.



    What's next a commemorative Clive Sinclair gold rimmed dinner plate and puter tankard??
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  • BruceNortonBruceNorton
    edited October 2006
    No silly, the plate and tankard are coming out just after boxing day and you'll be able to order yours from the back page of the News of the worlds Sunday magazine.

    After the Bexsters thimbalicious thimble the next bit of Sinclair chintz is going to be 'Daniel O Donnel does Sinclair games loading' with great tracks such as Daley Thompsons Decathalon, Spiky Harold, Horace goes skiing etc.
  • udgoverloadudgoverload
    edited October 2006
    Are we going to see infomercials for these items, telling us what a great investment for our grandchildren they are?
  • milemile
    edited October 2006
    Mousey wrote:
    On a similar (but totally different) note, does anyone own a Sinclair keyring? There are a ton on eBay, some featuring actually Speccys, some with games on (like Skooldaze or Manic Miner). I must admit to being tempted myself...

    There are also fridge magnets, but a thimble is classic. I wouldn't want one, but it's funny nonetheless. :)

    get one made, it'd only cost you a couple of quid. go to a print shop in the high street they will put an image onto almost anything nowadays. the cost would go down if you bought in bulk mind, and errrr xmas is coming up..... :p
  • milemile
    edited October 2006
    Mousey wrote:
    Go to a print shop? You mean... I'd have to go OUTSIDE to buy something?! Nooo - eBay is my friend! ;)

    if you dont go outside, maybe a keyring isn't for you. :)
  • robert@fmrobert@fm
    edited October 2006
    Reminds me of a Genesis mondegreen, from Supper's Ready (Foxtrot): "Now I'm back again/I'm never gonna walk outside" (the correct lyric is actually "And babe, it's gonna work out fine"). :)

    Still, at least I'm not one of the weirdos who (claim to) hear the next line as "Can't you feel arseholes ignite" :D (due to farting too close to a gas fire? ? the correct lyric there is of course "our souls")... :lol:
    I never make misteaks mistrakes misyales errurs — oh, sod it.
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