What is it? Game 82

Posted by Alex in What Is It on November 20, 2008 at 7:19 am


All right, all you guessing experts – here’s this week’s collaboration What is it? blog: can you guess what this strange object is (and don’t say trumpet, cuz it’s not!)

Place your guess in the comment section – no prize this week so you’re playing for bragging rights only.

For more clues, check out the What is it? blog. Good luck!

Update 11/21/08 – the answer is:

A house jack, primarily used for leveling houses and barns, these were also used for lifting vehicles and machinery.

That was too easy! Guessed right, right away, by Jared.


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50 comments to "What is it? Game 82"

  1. Jared
    November 20th, 2008 at 7:30 am

    Forsooth, tis a House Jack

    On with the Comedy Suggestions

  2. InkaLomax
    November 20th, 2008 at 7:31 am

    Building jack

  3. vannoy
    November 20th, 2008 at 7:42 am

    Screw jack has a nice hint of innuendo...

  4. Em
    November 20th, 2008 at 7:50 am

    Old school jack...but for what.

  5. Jared
    November 20th, 2008 at 7:54 am

    If ya click on my name, it links to a picture of one of these bad boys in action, primarily used for lifting houses from their foundations.

  6. Jared
    November 20th, 2008 at 7:56 am

    That or it's an adjustable medievil loudspeaker, or a mechanical cornucopia...

  7. Chris
    November 20th, 2008 at 8:17 am

    It's the lower part of a broken drum throne- it's missing the cushion!

  8. Kevin
    November 20th, 2008 at 8:24 am

    It's a screw jack for anything heavy that needs to be lifted

  9. rested
    November 20th, 2008 at 8:29 am

    The answers are partially correct when it's called a house jack. It is also known as a railroad jack used to replace derailed cars on the track.

  10. ikillhobos
    November 20th, 2008 at 8:33 am

    It's a screw jack, used for the lifting of heavies.

    However, if it was used in a movie to lift up a Wesley Snipes' ride in a drug-fueled urban environment, it'd be...

    Screw Jack City.

    (they're usually tougher than this)

  11. George Overbey
    November 20th, 2008 at 8:40 am

    It's a jack stand.

  12. Miss Cellania
    November 20th, 2008 at 8:49 am

    I'm almost positive this is an instrument of torture.

  13. Corinne
    November 20th, 2008 at 8:50 am

    That's definitely a turn of the century steampunk megaphone.

  14. mack
    November 20th, 2008 at 9:03 am

    this is a screw jack.
    lift heavy things with this useful tool,
    other parts maybe required.

  15. Craig
    November 20th, 2008 at 9:12 am

    I think that instead of "What is it?" this feature should be called "Could this be used for torture?"

  16. Algonkin
    November 20th, 2008 at 9:14 am

    It's used to raise houses (jack) I have one exactly like it at home.

  17. andrea
    November 20th, 2008 at 9:21 am

    a bottle opener

  18. Gauldar
    November 20th, 2008 at 10:25 am

    This is the WMD they were looking for in Iraq.

  19. MichaelDTY
    November 20th, 2008 at 10:26 am

    it's a Champagne opener

  20. iand
    November 20th, 2008 at 10:31 am

    Yep, its a screw Jack and it's range is 1 1/4" to 8"

  21. egon zond
    November 20th, 2008 at 10:32 am

    Victorian era "Fleshlight"?
    If you dn't get the reference, do a search, but be warned, it's very NSFW.

  22. Guybrush Threepwood
    November 20th, 2008 at 10:38 am

    It IS a trumpet, no matter how you deny it :-)

  23. renderanything
    November 20th, 2008 at 10:42 am

    That's what I was going to guess, a screw jack. I was thinking more along the lines of an automotive context however.

  24. vero4902
    November 20th, 2008 at 10:52 am

    Everyone has already guessed... I thought it was something to boil water in! Oy.

  25. Sam R.
    November 20th, 2008 at 11:52 am

    It's a medieval medical instrument. Used primarily in conjunction with leaches, a barber (the medical practitioners of the medieval) would use this instrument to attempt to dislodge trolls that may have become lodged in the intestines or bowels, thereby causing a significant imbalance in the humors. After treatment, the patient was instructed to eat one live canary whole to scare the dislodged troll, and to sleep on their side on top of a pile of wheat husks for the next two three nights or until they crossed paths with a tall man carrying a caged yellow cat, in which case the treatment was declared a success and the patient would spend the next two weeks suspended upside down in the town square to re-balance their humors.

  26. Pete
    November 20th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    House jack. Used to lift or level floor joists.

  27. Alien28
    November 20th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    It's called a Bottle Jack.

  28. Foosnark
    November 20th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    A house jack. My dad had a couple of them and tended to use them for extra support under cars 'cause the things simply do not fail.

  29. ali
    November 20th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    in old timey barber shops its how they lifted the chair the person was sitting in.

  30. Heather
    November 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pm

    It couldn't be something obvious...
    its a medieval megaphone.

  31. Crash_171
    November 20th, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    Its a Chestnut Cracker for those REALLY hard ones to open. You put it inside the cone, put a weight on the top and screw it down. Then BAM! You have very little to eat for a lot of work!

    (This might be part of a new diet plan!!!!!!)

  32. jeremy
    November 20th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    's a jack. I have two.

  33. DAG
    November 20th, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    A jack stand. My dad has one just like that.

  34. Amanderpanderer
    November 20th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    Heyo, I have like 8 of these. It's for jacking up houses and supporting sagging beams.

  35. burgansabr
    November 20th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    Firemans house jack.

  36. Craig Cole
    November 20th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    Looks like a wine bottle opener to me.

  37. marcusbacus
    November 20th, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    Something to smash olives.

  38. Captain Jerry
    November 20th, 2008 at 7:15 pm

    A house jack.

  39. liphttam1
    November 20th, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    its a skrew jack used for supporting machinery, structural moving, general maintenance and applications construction.

    a pic!
    http://www.chicagojack.com/pics/mechanical_screw-jack.jpg

  40. Lynn
    November 20th, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    Screw jack; and that's my final answer.

  41. Dennis
    November 20th, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    It's a house jack, for jacking up a house to move it.

  42. snarky1
    November 20th, 2008 at 11:02 pm

    Is it one of those things you put on the counter to ring if you need service?

  43. Richard
    November 21st, 2008 at 12:21 am

    Rock jack. Seriously. You would find them in a(n old) quarry. Splitting rocks, that's what they're good for.

  44. richmond
    November 21st, 2008 at 12:45 am

    screw jack / we use them for jack stands for shipping containers and other large van bodies

  45. tripleX
    November 21st, 2008 at 1:53 am

    In many countries and professions they need too many men to screw in a light-bulb. With this device two men can do the job. A wonderful piece of engineering.

  46. tripleX
    November 21st, 2008 at 2:06 am

    Forget the jack. It's a paperweight, to be used inside a bookcase, for extra pressure.
    Of course also useable for pressure while glueing things, or leveling the shelves when constructing a bookcase.

  47. Miller
    November 21st, 2008 at 3:27 am

    Unfortunaly mostly everyone is right. Its an old screw jack. I have 6 of them in the shed. Some of my grandfathers things.

  48. Aramax
    November 21st, 2008 at 6:05 am

    Sacrebleu... Is that a musket silencer?

  49. Rocky Rook
    November 21st, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    A blow horn for Shrek.

  50. kayla
    November 21st, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    its a rafter jack to hold up a house and make it level


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