Back Itchy How?
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A backscratcher (occasionally known as a scratch-back or magonote) is a tool used, as the name would suggest, for relieving itches for areas that cannot easily be reached just by one's own hands, typically the back.
Composition and variation
They are generally long slender rod-shaped tools, with a knob on one end for holding and a rake-like device, sometimes in the form of a human hand, on the other end to perform the actual scratching. Though a backscratcher could feasibly be fashioned from most materials, most modern backscratchers are made of plastic, though examples can be found made of wood, whalebone, tortoiseshell, horn, cane, bamboo or occasionally ivory. Backscratchers vary in length between 12 and 24 ins. (30-60 cm.).
Backscratchers through history
Little is known of the history of the backscratcher, or when it was first used as a tool. However, in recent history it was unquestionably also employed as a kind of rake to keep in order the huge "heads" of powdered hair worn by ladies in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In the past, backscratchers were often highly decorated, and hung from the waist as accessories, with the more elaborate examples being silver-mounted, or in rare instances bearing carved rings on ivory fingers. The scratching hand was sometimes replaced by a rake or a bird's claw. Generally, the hand could represent either a left or right hand, but the Chinese variety usually bore a right hand.
Since becoming essentially obsolete as an appliance of daily life, the backscratcher has become scarce except as a cheap novelty item at discount stores or souvenir stands and it is one of the innumerable objects which attract the attention of modern collectors.
taken from wikipedia
have you scratched today?
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why so leh cheh? I ask the person next to me can already.
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My hand can stretch to da back. So no need to use "Bu Qiu Ren"!
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stratch someone else's back and they'll stratch yours
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Get a cat with sharp razor claws to scratch your back.Originally posted by The man who was death:stratch someone else's back and they'll stratch yours
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I wan to scratch with one with sharp edges
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but my cats dunno which part to scratch leh, blur blur oneOriginally posted by Bontakun:Get a cat with sharp razor claws to scratch your back. -
You lie on da floor, let your cats climb on your back, then they auto SCRATCH.Originally posted by Rock^Star:but my cats dunno which part to scratch leh, blur blur one -
yah u know what happens then? they will give u the "go and die" look. they are like that one.Originally posted by Bontakun:You lie on da floor, let your cats climb on your back, then they auto SCRATCH. -
i'll tell my back.
u ichy somemore i dont want... to be continue.. -
who has a backscratcher at home and uses it regularly?
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You rear those cats you noe their pattern wat. dats Y I always prefer rearing dogs to cat. Cats hor, occasional cuddling and humouring can liao.Originally posted by Rock^Star:yah u know what happens then? they will give u the "go and die" look. they are like that one.
If still cannot work... put some wool on your back and see what happens? -
Hmm... I remember da last time I used da "Bu Qiu Ren" to poke my brother in da belly... Den I have to keep it incase he breaks it.
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i dun use such obiang tool
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this one not obiangOriginally posted by NT2:i dun use such obiang tool 
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actually my old couch is my backstratcher, the old couch is all torn up so u just your back against the couch and wahh....very song....
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This is just a forum....u really dun have to strip and show us ur backOriginally posted by FireIce:this one not obiang -
the subject is the backscratcher, not the back.Originally posted by Rock^Star:This is just a forum....u really dun have to strip and show us ur back -
Originally posted by FireIce:this one not obiang
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ehh did you learn from me?Originally posted by The man who was death:actually my old couch is my backstratcher, the old couch is all torn up so u just your back against the couch and wahh....very song.... -
eh u dye ur hair ah??Originally posted by FireIce:the subject is the backscratcher, not the back. -
Use this lor. -
after he used this he's gonna turn into a porcupineOriginally posted by Quinsy:
Use this lor. -
Good what, then can help others scratch their backs too.Originally posted by dranoel maxwell:after he used this he's gonna turn into a porcupine 
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I use this:
