Re: Unused (magic) objects

Tina_Hall@xxxxxxxxxxx (Tina Hall) writes:

There are plenty of cups, bowls, knifes (no doubt spoons and
forks as well), cloaks, slippers (probably right down to magic
knickers, somewhere), herbs, mirrors, bottles, rocks, waters,
carriages, cards, locks (and hairdressing objects), probably
magic knitting needles, too, or at least magic needles. There
are chairs, carpets, crowns (and hats), pictures, skin cream,
clocks, writing utensils,... Never mind magic books.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's evem magic deodorant in some
modern urban fantasy.

One of the characters in the Pokemon universe has a magic
laptop. It's apparently one of the standard ones, but it's been
optimized to deal with the supernatural variants (loosely defined, of
course, given that this is the Pokemon universe).

In my own EFP universe, there are, naturally, magical sex
toys. In the second era stories (there are three eras; an entirely
EFP era, a proto industrial-magic era, and finally a near-singularity
magic era) a kind of magical abacus comes into widespread use.

Magical board games? Magical herb pots? Magical
weightlifting equipment.

If you want to go hard-core, take a look at this:

http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm

That's the U.S. Foreign Trade Statistical Classification of
Domestic and Foreign Commodities, Schedule B. You have to enjoy some
of the headings:

Chapter 64: Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles

Chapter 65: Headgear and parts thereof

Chapter 66: Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers
or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair

Chapter 67: Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks,
whips, riding-crops and parts thereof

Mmmm. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Elf

--
Elf M. Sternberg, Immanentizing the Eschaton since 1988
http://www.pendorwright.com/

"You know how some people treat their body like a temple?
I treat mine like issa amusement park!" - Kei
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