I randomly ran across someone tossing shade on baptismal shells and was like

“whatwhatsmil whats?”

apparently like, decorative scallop-shell imitations used to ceremonially anoint children into Christian humanity?

and I was like “ha ha how random” but then flashed back to how when I was a baby our family got a theoretically-but-not-really usable pewter/silvered baby-sized cup and hairbrush and dish that we kept on a visible shelf for low-key ceremonial veneration

oh