What is it? Game 80

Posted by Alex in What Is It on November 6, 2008 at 8:46 am


Today’s collaboration with the What is it? blog brings us this strange object (no, it’s not a gun). Can you guess what it is?

Place your guess in the comment section. One guess per comment, please. You can enter as many guesses as you’d like. PLEASE POST NO LINKS/URLs. First one to guess correctly will win a Free Neatorama T-Shirt. If no one guessed right, then the funniest guess will win.

For a larger pic, check out the What is it? Blog. Good luck!

Update 11/7/08 – the answer is:

A chicken dispatching device, there is a sharp blade concealed by the large part at the top right, a plunger is inserted into the small hole at the end of the barrel to set the spring which is attached to the blade.

To read more details about how it works, see patent number 507,792.

Congratulations to Scotty D. Fulton who got it right!


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90 comments to "What is it? Game 80"

  1. Paulymike
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:06 am

    A Hatchet Gun........Obviously

  2. NoNameNJ
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:07 am

    Clearly it's a Gun-a-hawk.

  3. Matthew
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:07 am

    It is a hatgun (hatchet + gun).

  4. oltimingman
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:12 am

    key to a gun cabinet?

  5. ellrabin
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:12 am

    It's a leather shaping form used for making holsters.

  6. JimH
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:18 am

    Can opener

  7. Gail Pink
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:22 am

    Combination hatchet and rifle, to make sure your victim "is really dead." :)

  8. Cyberziggy
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:25 am

    It's the brand new Spishak EZ-Shot Suicide Pistol!

  9. Bodgetastic
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:28 am

    A circumciser, obviously.

  10. Mel Phistopheles
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:30 am

    Could it be a pipe for smoking?

    Maybe it's a toy that you can use to play either a Cowboy or an Indian.

  11. nafa
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:36 am

    It's a toy weapon that goes yo a doll/action figure.

  12. nafa
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:39 am

    Or it's a single-shot prototype Little Big Horn revolver with a tomahawk bayonet.

  13. Zozo
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:43 am

    this is a pig slauther gun/axe.

  14. Aki
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:49 am

    1)Dildo?? mmmmm 2)Massager?? and lastly 3)Candle holder =)

  15. nafa
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:49 am

    It's Wyoming-style licorice!

  16. psycho cat
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:53 am

    A rudder?

  17. Wendy
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:54 am

    It's a rubber band shooter. Fancy!

  18. Fraser
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:58 am

    Is it a police training tool?

  19. Him
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:02 am

    A stock you put on the gun for stability?

  20. Guybrush Threepwood
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:03 am

    It's a clever gun to be tossed at an enemy when you have no bullets left.

  21. Randalll
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:04 am

    It is a medical device, known as the spliver gun. Its inventer Jaques Abdul Karpansky, promoted it as a 'definite need for every doctor's bag, no qualified medico should be without it.' This along with testimonials that it was as 'crucial as a stethescope,' resulted in thousands of sales. The gun, and all the promotions were a totally bogus scam. Karpansky died while trying to evade authorities while crossing the frozen Fox river near Rockford Illinois. He was wearing a pair of women's high heel pump shoes and the pressure of the heel points shattered a weak portion of the ice. His body, and the satchel of gold coins he was carrying, were never recovered.

  22. Guybrush Threepwood
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:05 am

    It's an old squirt gun used to water shoot clowns on those carnivals and amusement parks.

  23. Seventh
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:06 am

    Captive Bolt Gun?
    barrel contains a bolt that shoots out [and into the brain of an animal to be slaughtered] and is retracted, thus eliminating the need for costly amunition.

  24. MCheatham
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:07 am

    It is the Hatchet-Gun, the next generation of janitor designed weaponry that began as Knife-Wrench.

  25. Colt Seaver
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:11 am

    Harpoon receiver.

  26. Gauldar
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:12 am

    Whatever it is, it doesn't look like it's complete. If I had to take a guess I would have to say it's the firing mechanism for Dick Cheney's door bell before he got it replaced.

  27. mustardhamsters
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:15 am

    It's a weathervane.

  28. Sam R.
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:16 am

    Maybe an early nail gun?

  29. Miss Cellania
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:28 am

    I believe that is an instrument of torture.

  30. meg
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:32 am

    it's a gun that shoots billy clubs.

  31. Pudifoot
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:33 am

    Obviously it is a sex toy

  32. Pudifoot
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:35 am

    It is a gun used to slaughter cows. Then you can use the hatchet to clean the cow.

  33. Me
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:39 am

    It's a pistol for people with poor eyesight.

  34. Guybrush Threepwood
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:56 am

    It´s a pencil sharpener. The hatchet-blade is, obviously, for BIG pencils.

  35. Guybrush Threepwood
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:59 am

    Well, I don't know what it is, but the last guy who spinned this thing on the finger, like a revolver, lost the ear.

  36. Lexi
    November 6th, 2008 at 11:04 am

    its and object for long range axing.

  37. sandalian
    November 6th, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Combination of axe and lighter?

  38. Chris
    November 6th, 2008 at 11:28 am

    I'd say a self defence training device, meant to simulate a variety of weapons.

  39. Pudifoot
    November 6th, 2008 at 11:42 am

    It is a combination flare gun and axe for survival

  40. mickey
    November 6th, 2008 at 11:47 am

    it's a stick for police men. you know, for beating the crap out of criminals.

  41. jodie
    November 6th, 2008 at 11:58 am

    i don't know - but look out for the recoil.

  42. iRcommenter
    November 6th, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    It's a pogo-gun, but they have to be used in pairs. You point it at the ground, step on the part perpendicular to the barrel, and pull the trigger! Never quite caught on because you have to reload after every hop.

  43. Bobby
    November 6th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    It's a half billy-club, half gun. Probably invented by some crackpot to decrease the amount of baggage cops have to carry...

  44. The Spectre
    November 6th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    It's the starter mechanism for an F4U Corsair fighter plane!

  45. Boscaverde
    November 6th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    It's a camera.

  46. Ali S.
    November 6th, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    Looks like the type of gun a person would use to shoot behind themselves while looking at a mirror.

  47. sineveritas
    November 6th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    it is a key

  48. swarme
    November 6th, 2008 at 2:05 pm

    ceci n'est pas un gun.

  49. Marvin
    November 6th, 2008 at 2:05 pm

    It's a swimming pool.

  50. nafa
    November 6th, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    It's part of a decorative sign from a Western-themed entertainment complex.

  51. Pudifoot
    November 6th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    swarme: Ok, that was brilliant!!!

  52. Jen N
    November 6th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    i think it's like a rubber-band launcher for one of those Styrofoam or wooden toy airplanes...

  53. acy
    November 6th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    Its not a gun
    Yes i win!

  54. Paul S
    November 6th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    It's the only gun that Dick Cheney should ever hold.

  55. Scott a
    November 6th, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    Was the ceremonial scepter Sarah Palin commissioned for when she took over for King George?

    I think the tiara used baby seal teeth.

  56. Stig D
    November 6th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    its a yeti gun. Ice axe for climbing; Gun for poppin caps in Yetis

  57. purplechao
    November 6th, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    It's a pistol grip camera mount

  58. Joshua Cole
    November 6th, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    It's McCain's personal Voter Guarantee machine. I didn't say that it worked.

  59. gringodan
    November 6th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    Nut cracker...?
    Pecans, walnuts etc.

  60. Manny Calavera
    November 6th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    Its quite clearly a shoe

  61. gringodan
    November 6th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    it's a toy for kids who wanna be both The Lone Ranger and Tanto...

  62. DOJ
    November 6th, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    combination pistol and night stick
    and the main weapon in one of those Final Fantasy games.

  63. Jeremy
    November 6th, 2008 at 7:11 pm

    I dunno, but I squinted at it for a while and saw a sailboat.

  64. primeline31
    November 6th, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    It's an old carnival BB gun from an amusement park in the late 40's to 50's. A steel tube of BBs are dumped into the barrel. Note the hole in the tab at the end of the barrel. This secured it to a post anchored into the counter to keep it from being pointed at anything other than the target area.

    Whaddya think? Am I right?

  65. josh
    November 6th, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    a leg of furniture like a table leg?

  66. josh
    November 6th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    part of a bed headboard

  67. sam
    November 6th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

    Is it one of those things they use to kill cattle? Like a predecessor to the one used in no country for old men?

  68. George Killingsworth
    November 6th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

    shoots nails into concrete.

  69. mrmuggles
    November 6th, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    It's an axe. Just hit the tree with it, then pull the trigger to finish it. It's been used to cut bamboo in South China, in Europe... or something.

  70. Corey H
    November 6th, 2008 at 11:24 pm

    It's used to pull/push hot oven racks in and out w/ the hatchet-looking part....instead of using oven mitts....

  71. classywhiteguy
    November 6th, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    a cigar lighter????

  72. umgui
    November 6th, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    it's a tampon dispensor of the old west.

    :D

  73. DaveL
    November 7th, 2008 at 12:19 am

    It's a stock to mount an old timey camera on?

  74. Mickey
    November 7th, 2008 at 12:41 am

    umm whatever it is i think i need it to get ride of my wife.

  75. andywins
    November 7th, 2008 at 3:45 am

    Its a GUNCHET

  76. Jared
    November 7th, 2008 at 5:08 am

    It's used to fire a grappling hook, then after you tie off the other end, you can use the hooked bit to slide down the rope, batman styleee

  77. Mr. Kris
    November 7th, 2008 at 6:06 am

    It's the prototype for the BFG 9000....

  78. uptonty
    November 7th, 2008 at 9:38 am

    It's a dart gun.

  79. oltimingman
    November 7th, 2008 at 10:27 am

    It's a medical device. The blade is placed between the cheeks and in the blink of an eye, no more hemorrhoids!

  80. Colt Seaver
    November 7th, 2008 at 10:47 am

    Guess #2: A pistol used for clearing industrial smokestacks.

  81. Pudifoot
    November 7th, 2008 at 11:31 am

    I bet it is some sort of flare gun. It obviously is a 1 shot thing, so I bet it a survival tool of some sort.

  82. Quinn
    November 7th, 2008 at 11:33 am

    Looks to me like a maple sap harvesting tool, with a decorative pistol grip.

  83. psycho cat
    November 7th, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    It's a blowdart gun!

  84. Scotty D. Fulton
    November 7th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    It is a device for killing chickens. Pull the trigger and it shoots out the hatchet to chop off the chicken's head.

  85. akormy
    November 7th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    It's a mount for a camera.

  86. Torley
    November 7th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    A shoeswoggler!

  87. Alex
    November 7th, 2008 at 5:10 pm

    Ah, guessed right by Scotty D. Fulton! Congrats!

  88. rhesus pieces
    November 9th, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    Yeah, pistol grip for a camera with a heavy telephoto lens. Already been guessed... I thought I`d just add in the lens business. *cough*

  89. rhesus pieces
    November 9th, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    Uh, huhuhuuh. I really hope no one is perusing through archived Neatorama to see that I guessed incorrectly AFTER the answer was given right below the picture.

    It wasn't a turkey in the oven... it was a baby.

  90. Roy
    September 11th, 2009 at 12:21 am

    it's a self lighting pipe


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