What is it? Game 84

Posted by Alex in What Is It on December 4, 2008 at 7:49 am


Yay! It’s time for our weekly collaboration with the What is it? Blog. This week brings us this strange object to the left – can you guess what it is for?

The first person who guessed right (or the funniest guess, if nobody got it right) wins a Free Neatorama T-Shirt! Contest rules are simple: place your guess in the comment section. One guess per comment, please, but you can enter as many times as you wish. Post no URLs, let others play.

For more clues, check out the What is it? Blog.

Good luck, everyone!

Update 12/6/08 – The answer is A wall mount forward seat saddle rack.. Congratulations to Jared who got it right!


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53 comments to "What is it? Game 84"

  1. Jared
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:00 am

    Looks to me like a Wall Mounted Saddle Rack.
    A perfect christmas gift, for the equestrian in your life!

  2. Evilbeagle
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:01 am

    I have no idea what this is, but the first thing that popped into my head was that it involves sled dogs and bondage. Kinky dogs.

  3. Guybrush Threepwood
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:04 am

    It's a DIY Vitral for homeless (and wall-less) people. Broken bottles and glass pieces not included.

  4. lovat
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:08 am

    That belongs to Gene Simmons. It is his tongue stretcher rack.

  5. nick
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:16 am

    looks to me like you mount it on a wall, then you hang your wet jacket or snow covered winter coat to dry.

  6. nick
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:18 am

    good guess jared.

  7. HollywoodBob
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:20 am

    It's a saddle rack.

  8. recuenco
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:20 am

    I know I know. Is one of those artifacts used in XVII and XVII century to support the hip volume of the women dresses. Isn't iT?

  9. recuenco
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:25 am

    Its called miriñaque in spanish, I am not sure about the english translation. It was designed in origin to hide pregnancies :)

  10. karla anne
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:33 am

    blue jean stretcher? lol

  11. Lew A
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:34 am

    It's an Antique English Saddle Rack...

  12. Deadskin
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:41 am

    It is a stand for the Pope's Mitre (tall hat)

  13. h
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:49 am

    It's a chasity belt for reindeer!

  14. Craig
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:56 am

    I can't look at any of these things without trying to imagine how it could be used to torture someone. Seriously, though, "saddle rack" makes sense. You can tell by the placement of that hook and those three holes that it's meant to be mounted to a wall. But I think a creative medieval dungeon master or Inquisitor could come up with a way to turn it into a torture device.

  15. Linda
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:11 am

    It is a saddle rack with a bridle hook underneath.

  16. Braddan
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:16 am

    AWWWWW... the only 'what is it' Ive ever known and it appears so does everyone else! Tis a wall mounted saddle rack indeed ;)

  17. Seth
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:26 am

    Indeed, a saddle rack. My dad has them everywhere for his six horses. Shucks, someone beat me to it. Oh well.

  18. Galadriel
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:32 am

    Aw, I should've checked earlier. Everybody beat me to it. I have a 6 of these on my workshop wall (in black). Yes, of course it's a saddle rack. Specifically, it's an English saddle rack, being curved the way it is; a Western saddle rack is straighter, longer, and generally looks a little more heavy duty.

  19. Molly
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:46 am

    it seems to be a melted, warped hand truck...without the wheels.

  20. soubriquet
    December 4th, 2008 at 10:14 am

    Saddle and harness rack, definitely.

  21. Miss Cellania
    December 4th, 2008 at 10:14 am

    Well, that's obviously an instrument of torture.

  22. Astaryth
    December 4th, 2008 at 10:35 am

    Everyone who has guessed saddle rack is correct ;p

  23. chickmagnetstuff
    December 4th, 2008 at 11:01 am

    it looks like neatorama's T-shirt

  24. GEORGE MCCAUGHIN
    December 4th, 2008 at 11:10 am

    It's a basketball return.

  25. shelly kunkel
    December 4th, 2008 at 11:32 am

    saddle rack

  26. TwoDragons
    December 4th, 2008 at 11:33 am

    Saddle rack, with the hook for the bridle. Alas, I'm not the only one that knows what it is... *pout*

    Either that, or it's a device used in a veterinary proctology practice. Bleagh.

    --TwoDragons

  27. stefan
    December 4th, 2008 at 11:46 am

    It's a tongue replacement/upgrade. If you don't like your tongue (or are missing one), you attach this thing to the back of your throat (note screw-holes at the flat end). You can get various sleeves for it that will mimic the actual tongue's surface, or you can get creative and make your own. This could be a different color, have tentacles or even be forked - the sky is the limit!

  28. Alan Nolan
    December 4th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    It's a top hat holder/rack, with a coat hook underneath.

  29. eskimo
    December 4th, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    Wall-mounted practice horse.

  30. DH Thurston
    December 4th, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    Isn't just a white sheet?

  31. ROBIN
    December 4th, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    if this isn't a wall mount saddle rack i will be SURPRISED

  32. Kermit Woodall
    December 4th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    It's a Duck Bill Enlarger for ducks foolish enough to fall for those spam emails selling Bill Enlargers. Of course it doesn't work, but tell that to all the small-billed mallards out there.

  33. Christophe
    December 4th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    A shoe form for clowns

  34. gussiebuns
    December 4th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    It's a saddle rack, I have one in my house!

  35. liphttam1
    December 4th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    Saddle rack. Miss Celena You said it was an instrument of torture, AGAIN...

  36. ZenBlue
    December 4th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    Medieval torture device.

    Or for drying sheep skins.

  37. C
    December 4th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    It's a saddle rack with a hook to hold a bridle.

  38. DOJ
    December 4th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    Molly took my guess... 8(

  39. alice
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    It is a tack holder. For storing a saddle and bridle.

  40. Katie
    December 4th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    It's a wall-mounted saddle rack with a bridle hook underneath. I have three of them on my garage wall!

  41. Rocky Rook
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    So it looks like the answer has been found, but I was going to say it is some type of retro ironing board.

  42. Chakolate
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:37 pm

    It's obviously a muzzle for our dear penguin friend, Opus.

  43. Buck Trible
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

    Was it not a saddle rack? If not, I'm going to go with guitar stand (old). Perhaps also banjo or another flat long stung instrument.

  44. PJ
    December 4th, 2008 at 10:05 pm

    Wall Mount Forward Seat Saddle Rack

  45. memetic muse
    December 4th, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    I would say that it's a wall mounted saddle rack for an english saddle, including a hook for tack. I say this because I use one that looks just like it!

  46. Amelia
    December 5th, 2008 at 1:15 am

    Looks like a saddle rack to me. Just like the one I used to use before I got a free standing one for my home.

  47. ernest
    December 5th, 2008 at 1:35 am

    Crap, I wanted to be the smart one who guessed "saddle rack".

  48. swad
    December 5th, 2008 at 6:52 am

    That's definitely a catamite stanchion.
    I had one when I was a kid.

  49. Randalll
    December 5th, 2008 at 8:25 am

    A Pondlejink stand. After a bracing ride across the foofens on a hairy legged wobbletusk, you should always thouroughly dry your Pondlejink (and change your trousers)lest you get the collywobbles and prake the wootlehatch.

  50. Katie Huntley
    December 5th, 2008 at 9:15 am

    it is a giant condom maker, u put a bin bag over the top, get some hair spray or somethin similar, spray that over it, leave for a few hours, and hey presto, theres ur giant condom ready for use!!!

  51. Rose G.
    December 6th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    It looks like a wall mount saddle and bridle holder.

  52. Rose G.
    December 6th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    I am upgrading my answer... It is a wall mount rack for an English horse riding saddle.

  53. George West-Perry
    December 6th, 2008 at 1:07 pm

    it looks like the original design of the arbys logo, before they colored in the holes and saw it looked like a hat.


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