Wooden Badlands "Do Nothing" Machine native craft and just a fabulous object

and just a fabulous object to have around

This varnished one

pens and assorted supplies

a form traditional to Tajikistan

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Wooden Badlands "Do Nothing" Machine native craft and just a fabulous object"The perfect gift for that Special DO NOTHING Friend that Useless Necessity a Husband that Absolute Necessity a Wiife Designed for Those Who are Going in Either Direction and a Reduction Gear for Big Wheels!!! Don't Underestimate the Psychological Value of this Do Nothing." So reads the text on the back of this handheld amusement, produced by Pickles Gap Creek Crafts in Conway, Arkansas. And, indeed, it is pretty satisfying to turn the handle round