Are you a McGuffin and where might I find one?

[Tarheel]

I saw a rerun of an interview (1972) of Alfred Hitchcock by Dick Cavett. During the program Sir Alfred defined a Mcguffin as, paraphrased, "an object to build a movie plot around that is not clearly explained." He told a story of an encounter between an Englishman and a Scotsman on a train where a suitcase was pointed out and its contents came into question. The Scotsman answer was it contained a Mcguffin, "a device to catch lion's on the Highlands of Scotland."
Googling the intriguing trapping device, led to the Clan MacGuffin of the movie, "Brave." (a Pixar animation) I am yet to find any other information on my original question. I hope that any of you will provide the relief to my itch in case I am in need of such a device.
Thank you.

ps. am looking for a Jabberwock trap also.

[jhockin]

good luck with your hunt, and please let us all know, how it turns out. ( i'm still looking for elbow grease, meself )

[Tarheel]

There's a jar of elbow grease next to the "prop wash" on the second shelf of the aircraft maintenance hanger. (It may be labeled Rotor Wash)

[Jock Scot]

There's a jar of elbow grease next to the "prop wash" on the second shelf of the aircraft maintenance hanger. (It may be labeled Rotor Wash)

--------and just to the right of the left handed screw drivers.

[MacCathmhaoil]

May not be exactly the McGuffin your looking for but check these ones out while you search!
http://www.garyandjoaniemcguffin.com

[Grizzly]

--------and just to the right of the left handed screw drivers.

I think you will find them next to the tins of striped paint!

[Doug D]

I think that this thread needs some Relative Bearing Grease.

[Tarheel]

Thanks for the link MacCathmhaoil. It appears that Gary and Joanie McGuffin are a scouting party for device placement and I will look for their input as needed.

[MacGumerait]

I saw a rerun of an interview (1972) of Alfred Hitchcock by Dick Cavett. During the program Sir Alfred defined a Mcguffin as, paraphrased, "an object to build a movie plot around that is not clearly explained." He told a story of an encounter between an Englishman and a Scotsman on a train where a suitcase was pointed out and its contents came into question. The Scotsman answer was it contained a Mcguffin, "a device to catch lion's on the Highlands of Scotland."
Googling the intriguing trapping device, led to the Clan MacGuffin of the movie, "Brave." (a Pixar animation) I am yet to find any other information on my original question. I hope that any of you will provide the relief to my itch in case I am in need of such a device.
Thank you.

ps. am looking for a Jabberwock trap also.

Tarheel ,

I'm afraid you may be out of luck if you are " in need of such a device " .

The Mcguffin trapping device for lions in the Highlands of Scotland worked so well that lions became extinct in the wilds of the Highlands . This resulted in the Mcguffin device being no longer needed and tossed out or scrapped by many people years ago .

It has been rumored that some of the iron from the Mcguffin lion devices was melted down and re-used as gate latches at Glamis Castle . This was supposedly done ( back in the day ) by HM The Queen Mother as an appreciation and tribute to the Mcguffin's success for ridding the Highlands of lions .

You may find some serious collector that perhaps owns one these devices , but they are very rare .

As far as your Jabberwock trap goes ... you might have better luck with that one . To my understanding , those do come up for sale occasionally .



Cheers , Mike

[Tarheel]

Thank you John Carrick. After reading MacGumerait's historical account of the devices demise, I presume the construction material of Sam Spade's Maltese Falcon was reclaimed microfilm/thing/object d'art that no one cared about any longer. It is possible that my big game tracker was mistaken in his identification of the creature that led us on such a wild goose chase. He did claim there was a red herring in his borscht once. However, with so many quality tools offered in this thread, I feel they should be used in another project at a future time. Is anyone up for a snipe hunt?