Tag: #Ragtag Daily Prompt

Love Triangle

I meant: I love triangles. I went to university long before we all played solitaire on our phones and PCs. I used Chinese Checkers to clear my brain between swotting sessions.

Okay: Start! ————————————————————— In the middle of the game.

After the exams.

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Triangle!

But Who Invented This?

I found out that this watchamacallit is actually a locking device. I wonder if it was named after Sir Joshua Device? On the other hand, it’s a handy gadget so maybe it was invented by Sir Humphrey Gadget? Other contenders could be Pietr Gizmo from Russia, or Ella Reader Widget – an American as was Cyrus T. Doodat. Germans have been known to invent strange little contraptions of which nobody remembers their names and are just called thingies or Dingsbums, so Hans-Joachim Dingsbums might be an option as the originator.

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Whatchamacallit

PS: Except for HaJo Dingsbums all names come from Good Omens by Pratchett and Gaiman.