I still think it looks like a plastic gewgaw one would buy at a Dollar Store; maybe there's such a store on the space station, and he bought it there? ;-) 
VirginiaR.
"On the long road, take small steps." -- Jor-el, "The Foundling"
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"clearly there is a lack of understanding between those two... he speaks Lunkheadanian and she Stubbornanian" -- chelo.
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