Straw Poll!

[jeshyr]

Today's straw poll ... First check out this eBay auction for a white horse lamp.

[Visual description: The lamp consists of a small statue of a white horse, with a short post emerging out of its head with a fairly standard lamp and white lampshade on it.]

Poll #5681

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 30

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What are your reactions to this lamp?

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Awww, white horses are so gorgeous!
3 (10.0%)

That's ... umm ... a rather odd lamp.
17 (56.7%)

Ewww.
2 (6.7%)

OMG, why did they stab that horse with a lamp!?
7 (23.3%)

I would totally use this as my bedside lamp.
1 (3.3%)

I would not mind this as my bedside lamp.
4 (13.3%)

I would prefer not to have this beside my bed.
10 (33.3%)

Get it away from me, this lamp would give me nightmares!
3 (10.0%)

It's a Companion!
5 (16.7%)

Ohh, poll time!
12 (40.0%)

Something else which I will tell you about in the comments.
5 (16.7%)

You find the weirdest things on eBay while looking for something else!

Comments

[rachelholkner.livejournal.com]

It's a very cheap knockoff of a designer lamp by Front Design. The original is life sized... see if I can find a pic...http://www.moooi.nl/producten/124-horse-lamp.html

So... you're saying you don't want one for your birthday?

[sqbr]

Other: Ahahahahaha :)

[acelightning]

if the "post" bearing the lamp bit went through the horse's mid-body, and/or if the horse were in a rearing position, it could be taken as a carousel horse - i've seen lamps that were very explicitly meant to be carousel horses. but this is just a life-like horse with a lamp sticking out of its head - wtf?

[jeshyr]

*wibble*

I'll be hiding UNDER my bed, OK?

:)

r

PS
That's truly scary.

[jeshyr]

You're braver than me!

[jeshyr]

It's very WTF! It's surprisingly difficult to find what I'd consider an "ordinary" and "boring" bedside lamp on bloody eBay, especially as I need one with the switch in the cord so I don't have to sit up to turn off the damn light after I'm already comfy and half asleep.

[hatman]

Doesn't bother me. I've seen odder lamps. For one, there's a candle on the second page of a Cracked article on horrifying thrift store finds... but if the horse seems nightmarish to you, clicking that link may be a very bad idea. Leg lamps also come to mind. I've come across others, too, but the specifics have been repressed.

And I was thinking that it was kind of like a unicorn. But yeah, Companion will do, especially when the light is on.

Based on the poll, I was all prepared to say "This looks like it belongs on Regretsy," but I actually don't find it very remarkable.

[acelightning]

a quick look at IKEA Australia produces a fair number of lamps, many of which might be considered "ordinary" (although some in a not-really-so-ordinary way!), at reasonable prices. alas, the website doesn't specify which ones have the switch in the cord, but most of the lamps i've bought from IKEA USA do. (i just bought an LED desk lamp for my computer area, on sale after Xmas; it wouldn't do for a bedside lamp, though.)

http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/90096098
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/80159369
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/60096373
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/20088600
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/50153745
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/60175488
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/20161431

the one with the green-leaves design in particular made me think of you ;-)

[azurelunatic]

I'm sure I've seen weirder! It just looks like someone with too much time on their hands, too much superglue, and too many unpainted model horses decided to do something fun.

[dreamatdrew]

Bedside lamp, no. Desk lamp, mabbe....

[highlander_ii]

i want to know why the color for that 'white' lamp is listed as 'black' in the item description...

(( i'd wager it's b/c the original is black - per the link in the first comment ))

[pauamma]

It's a light cavalry horse!

Another horse lamp

[(Anonymous)]

Actually, British Airways has a number of life sized lamps like this. This is the only link i can find: http://www.frontdesign.se/newsupdate_mooi.htm

I think the one you found is a cheap knock-off of it. The real one, life-sized, is actually stunning. But I still don't like it.

Audrey

[kitsune]

*smile* Sounds like you need a clap-activated lamp - as long as the act and sound of clapping to turn it off wouldn't rouse you from half-sleep...

[jeshyr]

That would work actually ... I searched for touch lamps but not for sound ones! Thank you!

[jeshyr]

Hrm. You are right ... I did not think of checking Ikea, as it's not one who sells online. But I do need to go down there anyway for a shelf for the kitchen, so I may as well add "bedside table lamp" to the list.

[jeshyr]

My commenters all seem to have sterner stomachs than me!

[jeshyr]

Pauuuuuuu .... *groans*

[sheramil]

"Buyer can also pick up from Moorabbin or Carrum."

that explains it.

[kitsune]

You're very welcome! Delighted that it was helpful!

[jeshyr]

You're welcome to it, just make sure I can't see it! ;)

[jeshyr]

You know, I never even noticed that!

Re: Another horse lamp

[jeshyr]

That big one looks way scarier than the little one, honestly. I can see it could be impresive in a lobby or something but I still wouldn't want to be near it!

[jeshyr]

ROFLMAO!

I <3 you :)

r

[acelightning]

look in the children's department, too - there are usually some whimsical decorative lamps there. (and IKEA does sell online.)

[hatman]

We all have our fears and triggers and quirks. This spooked you but not us. But I'm sure there's something I'd find spooky that few others would.

[pauamma]

Tenk yew! Tenk yew verra much! I'm here all week.

[jeshyr]

Oh yes, I love kids' departments for just that reason!!

And Ikea Australia certainly doesn't seem to sell online - if they do, please tell me how :)

[jeshyr]

Point :) I do have an odd capatity to happily view (TV) and/or discuss medical and surgical procedures while having dinner!

[jeshyr]

You're there all weak, you mean?

[acelightning]

hmmm... that's bizarre. you can save items to a "shopping list", but there's no provision for ordering! all the list does is keep track of stuff you've marked; they want you to print the list and bring it to the store. that makes no sense at all...

[acelightning]

you can buy gizmos that plug into the wall, and then you plug your device into them, that make the device touch-sensitive (only works with something that has a metal body) or sound-activated ("The Clapper") - i don't know whether there are any commercially available ones for Australian electrical standards, because all the heavily advertised ones are for the US market. if i were there, i'd just go into that big electronics/hobby store and see what they've got...

[pauamma]

:sticks a mouthpalp out at you.