When bloggers write about me, I feel compelled to reply; I saw a post on How To “Hand-le” Your Thing(a), published a week ago in Eclectic Commons, about an uncommon door handle that could be a conversation piece, depending on how you want to look at it.

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The first image I saw in mind’s eye as I gaze at the “Hand-le“, designed by Naomi Thellier de Poncheville was Gomez Adams’ childhood companion “Thing T. Thing” – or just plain Thing – the disembodied hand aptly portrayed by Thing in The Adams Family. Perhaps this is, Thinga’magig, Thing’s long lost love who lived in the same box in The Adams family mansion, with Uncle Fester, Mama, Puglsy, Wednesday and Lurch. Let’s not forget Mortica who knew how to “smoke” head instead of a cigarette from her mouth, or the illustrious cousin ITT.

 

 

The writer of Eclectic Commons, doc Jon Percepto, thinks that I would know more about this door handle (perhaps the "metrics" on it):

"…Perhaps if it were padded it could have other uses by hyper hormonal males or females, but that is only speculation. No three fingered hands have been spotted in Paris, so Peanut or his descendants are not suspect. Perhaps webmetricsguru.com has more complete data at hand."

Honestly, if I found a Thing(a) in Paris next week, I'd certainly notice it.   I will say one thing though – if you want to engage people, create a sense of something they will remember when they visit – you could do a lot worse than a hand sticking out of a door.