Shoppers baffled by woman's rare vintage op-shop find
Written by on July 3, 2023
Dozens were left scratching their heads after an op-shopper bragged about her rare vintage find.
The woman called the $5 buy she found at a Tasmanian second hand store her ‘unicorn’ but many were baffled by what the gadget was used for.
Shoppers asked what the small round translucent apparatus with a series of holes of varying sizes was before people came through with the answer.
They explained the op-shop object is a flower frog or hopper used in the bottom of a vase to make flower arrangements and keep the stems in place.
Many had never heard of a flower frog before and some even said they had one in their home but never knew what its true function was.
A second-hand shopper confused dozens after bragging about their recent thrift store find.No one knew what the small round item with lots of holes was used for
‘Finally found my unicorn! $5. Very grubby but could not feel any damage. Thanks to Ulverstone Salvos, also brand new pair Fletcher Jones jeans, $1. Yippee!’ the shopper wrote in a to the I Love To Op Shop Facebook page.
The woman, who is travelling Australia in a caravan, had been scouring op-shops trying to find a flower frog before she finally came across one.
‘Um what is it?’ a confused commenter asked while another said: ‘Oh wow I have a green one of them, I was about to donate it.What are they?’.
‘It’s creeping me out whatever it is,’ one group member said and another agreed pointing out the gadget would trigger someone with trypophobia.
Things with patterns with lots of holes like strawberries, sponges and honeycombs cause a feeling of disgust or discomfort in people with the surprisingly common trypophobia fear.
The gadget’s true function was eventually revealed as a flower frog or hopper which is used in the bottom of a vase to make flower arrangements and keep the stems in place
‘My eyes are burning,’ someone said of the hole-covered object.
Fears aside, many were quick to answer people’s queries saying the thrift store item is a flower frog or hopper and judi slot online explained what it is used for.
‘It’s a flower frog, goes inside a vase or bowl to stand flowers upright,’ one woman clarified.
‘That is a flower frog, you put it into a vase and arrange your flowers into it,’ another replied.
Others shared their old flower frog collections that had been handed down to them or they had found in second hand stores.
Others shared their vintage flower frog collections that had been handed down to them or they had found in second hand stores
People were thankful to those who cleared up their confusion and were glad to have learned about the flower arranging device.
‘Ohh I was trying to figure out why everyone was talking about frogs,’ one woman laughed.
‘And now I’ve learnt what a flower frog is!That’s my extra knowledge for the day. Now you bet I’m going to be looking out for these,’ another said.
‘I had no idea these were for arranging flowers, I have one that I keep make-up brushes in,’ a third admitted.
‘They look like pen holders to me at first until I found the answer in the comments,’ another group member added.
