I Can't Spot The Banjo

[Jody Stecher]

I've been having a look at the Spot The Banjo feature. Even when bearing in mind the difference in beliefs and attitudes between eras I am failing to spot a banjo or even a banjo reference in a few of the pictures. OK, Whistling Rufus pictures a guitar, but it's a well known banjo tune. But why are pink earphones featured? What's with the two steering wheels? What am I missing? 

[Jody Stecher]

This is a banjo? 

[Trapdoor2]

Absolutely. These are colloquially known as "Banjo-type" steering wheels.

The pink earphone thingys look like a pair of pink banjos.

Think: "banjo shaped object". Just about anything with a round part having a straight part attached is going to fill the bill.

[Jody Stecher]

Well I'll be a monkey zunkle. I believe you. But why is it called that? I see the round part. Where's the straight part?  You mean a banjo pot with two or three necks and the whole thing surrounded by a circle? That's supposed to look like a banjo? To my eye even a skillet looks more like a banjo than the pink ear pieces with the wire extensions. I know about banjo clocks and railroad banjo signals. It's far fetched but I get it. But not the steering wheels. Are the cylindrical spokes supposed to represent banjo strings?

Now those airport seats I posted photos of a few years ago, those "necks" were long enough to give a banjo impression. So hand mirrors, lolly pops, and frying pans are all "banjos"?  How does one tell a bluegrass steering wheel from a minstrel steering wheel?

Trapdoor2 said:

Absolutely. These are colloquially known as "Banjo-type" steering wheels.

The pink earphone thingys look like a pair of pink banjos.

Think: "banjo shaped object". Just about anything with a round part having a straight part attached is going to fill the bill.

[thereallyniceman]

Hey Jody where have you been to miss:

The Banjo Steering wheel 

or:

 Banjo Headphones?

You got Whistling Rufus though...    A (THE!) Banjo tune :-)

Remember, as it says on the page...  it's  … Just for fun!

[Jody Stecher]

Yes, at that angle, the phones look banjo-like. I was not suggesting that these items shouldn't be displayed. I just was puzzled. Nope, I've never heard of a banjo steering wheel until now. Thanks.