<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:10:39 -0500, "Felice" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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>>> The third one from the right, with the T-handle
>>> and threaded shaft, what is that?
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ320180459060
>>
>>No answers, just two observations. One, that it looks like some kind of
>>early obstetrical device; two that it is about the shape of an avocado.
>>
>>Make of it what you will.
>>
> It could also be pear shaped.

Now that you mention it, wasn't the avocado known at one time as the
alligator pear?

Felice