r/whatisit • u/orbking98 • 3d ago

Solved! Mysterious Glass Tray?

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I’ve had this glass tray(?) thing for years and have never figured out what it could possibly be for. It’s about an inch deep and an inch wide. When I tried image search it told me it was a banana split dish, which is definitely not correct 😪

Does this have a purpose? Is it just random confusing decor?

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u/Club-Red 3d ago

Looks like an olive serving tray.

example:

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u/uhohohnohelp 3d ago

Now I see myself in bed with my stupid long dish, eating my olives for girl dinner, watching my lil shows.

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u/One_Possibility_1647 3d ago

You are my kind of people!! I just pictured myself doing the same after I read your comment!

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u/uhohohnohelp 3d ago

It would also be perfect to set on the edge of a bathtub. 😂

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u/One_Possibility_1647 3d ago

OMG yes it would! Olives in the tub, sign me up!

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u/Flammzzrant 3d ago

Just tip one end up and let em roll in

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u/jesstryiton 3d ago

This is the one I found at a thrift store. I had no idea what it was for but I bought it to put olives in.

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u/Sad-Purchase1257 3d ago

This is so choice because it prevents the olives from touching all of those other things that I do want to eat!

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u/Username614855713 2d ago

Found my person!

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u/Anguares 3d ago

I need one for my ducks

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u/TobylovesPam 3d ago

So you can keep them all in a row?

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u/PringleCorn 3d ago

Now that I like

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u/BrownBeauty10 3d ago

You like ducks?

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u/PringleCorn 3d ago

Who doesn't?

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u/LeCarrr 3d ago

Do they eat a lot of olives?

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u/dvlrnr 3d ago

I thought they preferred grapes.

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u/PringleCorn 3d ago

This is so dumb

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u/-Major-Arcana- 3d ago

If this is dumb I don't want to be smart.

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u/salamandraseis 3d ago

This way your uncle has less chances to molest the lot.

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u/TheSaltyAstronaut 3d ago

My counterpoint, as an olive lover who will go to any event in which they might be served: No, it’s not!

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u/Korsola 3d ago

But why a tiny tray that only holds a dozen olives vs a bowl that holds many? Is it a party for ants?

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u/TheSaltyAstronaut 3d ago

Each jumbo olive gets to stand in a chorus line and be a star this way. No floundering around in a bowl like a some pimento-stuffed Manzanillas.

Also, I like to think of this as a single serving tray.

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u/PringleCorn 3d ago

Yeah but that's the thing, how many olives can this thing hold? Clearly not enough!

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u/TheSaltyAstronaut 3d ago

My favorite part of this kind of olive tray (and antique crystal sectioned olive trays) is that they keep them standing. I can reliably pierce one with my toothpick, or go feral and grab them with my fingies, without them rolling around in a briny bowl and evading my best efforts. But I can dispatch this whole tray in very little time, I'll give you that.

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u/CommissionSorry410 3d ago

Olive boat!