Normal Objects with Strange Designs

It was a square brass lighter with a womans head embossed on it. The woman had an indian headress on, and below her head the word Queen was embossed in fancy lettering.

When lit, the lighter played the Lambada and three red lights flashed on the back of it.

It became my favourite thing in the world. My friends loved the Lambada lighter. There was no makers mark or country of origin anywhere on it. We liked to believe that a genie lived in it.

Soon the Lambada lighter wore out. The tune was the first to go. It got slower and more whiny and eventually stopped. The lighter lost most of it's appeal.

Then my ex-boyfriend discovered it in a drawer. Without a second thought he threw it in the bin. The Lambada lighter is no more. I mourn it's loss. It was a mystery indeed. Where did it come from? Why was it called Queen? Who was the woman? Why the Lambada? These things I'll never know.

Have you ever come across mind-bogglingly strange objects like this?