Thousands of wooden objects have been found at Vindolanda ... a crafting device that helps secure fibers and can be shaped like a mushroom or maraca. But to Sands, the “darning tool” looked ...

People’s refusal to follow these simple rules makes finding all manner of objects in people’s pipes ... people often try unsuccessfully to flush: Q-tips, dental floss and tampons.

On further inspection, I realized that it wasn’t really caviar at all but delightful little mints shaped like caviar ... s worth of functional objects that look like food.