OK, so it's a mapping globe covered in small curved bits of cork stuck on with a strong glue.

Stick pins in holiday destinations or locataions of friends. Pin phone messages from the mother-in-law over colder parts of the world.
-- st3f, Aug 07 2004

(?) Apparently cork globes http://www.si.edu/scmre/relact/globes.htm
...were considered by the inventor of the papier mache globe, and discarded as uneconomic. [DrCurry, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

(?) ...are much cheaper than they used to be http://cgi.ebay.com...4305&category=23822
12 for $14, whereas Sen. Arkell had to pay $16 for one. [DrCurry, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

does it come with the traditional stand or just roll about?
-- po, Aug 07 2004


I thought a small dished base, so that you can pick it up.
-- st3f, Aug 07 2004


great! so you could have australia near the top where it belongs (or so I am told)
-- po, Aug 07 2004


Reinventing the globe?
-- DrCurry, Aug 07 2004


Very cool.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Aug 07 2004


roll it down a hill and throw darts at it to find your next holiday destination
on second thought running with darts is not a good idea.
-- andrew1, May 05 2005



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