Volney and cockatoos
I've been enjoying some clips about a Russian 'office cockatoo' who is the ruler of the roost. He has complex moods, sometimes luxuriating in affection and sometimes grouchily striding down the hall barking orders to the help.
This clip incidentally shows something else, clearly a machine in regular and unremarkable use:
Is that a modern digital version of the Mathison E-Meter? The grips are nearly identical to Volney's originals. The machine isn't just holding the fingers apart while the cosmetologist does the nails; the client is clearly getting some kind of treatment via the machine.