May 14, 2008
by: Alex

What is a mangle? You'll be forgiven if you don't know what it is: a mangle is a cast iron contraption with two wooden rollers, a spring, and a side wheel with handle. Its function is to wring clothes dry after you wash them, so obviously it's now obsolete with the invention dryers and all ...

A few years ago, Nancy Alford was in a local department store when she saw, and fell in love with, a mangle. For her sixteenth wedding anniversary, Nancy wanted (and got) - you guessed it, a mangle. Her husband thought she was mad.

Since then, she has collected so many of them that they had to build a new house (which she aptly named Mangleten) to fit all her mangles.

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/14/neatoramas-guide-to-25-of-the-strangest-collections-on-the-web/