Help!
Help!
Help!
We need to get rid of them, they cost us nothing, we have thousands. But we can't make them free or give them to children. = Capitalism
Crazy how it probably never even crossed their minds
That's not even capitalism. That's just dumb greed. Capitalism is ruled by supply and demand. They have an oversupply with no demand. If they have thousands taking up valuable storage space, they should be free or they should be incurring the lesser expense of disposing them in the local landfill/recycling center.
This is
A whole bunch of you never went to quirky toy shops as a kid where this was the norm. They know EXACTLY what these are. The whole story and mystery is just to excite kids into buying a 5¢ piece of plastic. It's even hinted at in the story(they make a funny noise). Someone did correctly point out that these are just a musical instrument, played by swinging them around.