Comments on: What is it? Game 102

By: Chris P

Chris P — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:50:58 +0000

!!!!!!! I RULE !!!!!!!!

No prize this time? Can't you just send me something...anything? A pencil? A half-eaten hotdog?

By: MosselKots

MosselKots — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:00:47 +0000

Damnit!
I just know I've seen one of these...
just... can't... remember...

Might be for winding iron wire around to make spiral cones of wire.
just don't know what theyre used for.

Allthough I somehow half remember it had to do with making cloth, or spinning wool or something...

hrm.
can't wait for the answer!

By: Andrew_Owen

Andrew_Owen — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:52:18 +0000

It is a stopper for bottles of wine once they have been de-corked.

By: Pancake

Pancake — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:37:40 +0000

I don't know what it is but I am more than certain that Perez Hilton owns at least 2 of them.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:03:32 +0000

my son says it's a screw,
I say one-size-fits-all-cork

By: Cam

Cam — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:59:29 +0000

It's used to crush or grind something like flour, corn, or some sort of mix of ingrediants into a fine powder

By: charlie

charlie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:39:59 +0000

It's one of those musical instruments that u play by running a stick along it and it makes some sort of noise.

By: aftershock

aftershock — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:37:01 +0000

It grinds up herbs?

By: Nicki B

Nicki B — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:19:16 +0000

It's a device for prying open the jaws of tetanus or "lockjaw" patients.The grooves are in a spiral, and allowed for the gradual opening of the mouth. However, teeth were often shattered in this process-very painful indeed when performed with no anesthesia as was common then!

By: MB

MB — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:50:23 +0000

#1 is right. We use it when making applesauce.

By: veloboy

veloboy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:18:38 +0000

This is a puncture repair bung for an inflatable life raft. I have one - it's a souvenir from the Russian cruise liner Mikhail Lermontov that ran aground in the Marlborough Sounds in NZ. http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/lermontov.htm

By: Colt Seaver

Colt Seaver — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:25:22 +0000

spaghetti cutter

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:12:29 +0000

It looks like a Fid.

By: Steve S

Steve S — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:07:21 +0000

Chris P. # 9 is on the money. Outfitted in WW1 and maybe 2 to plug bullet holes in small craft.

By: Kath

Kath — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:48:15 +0000

It's used to roll gnocchi.

By: star 5467

star 5467 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:58:50 +0000

18th Century Butt Plug

By: quinnnchick

quinnnchick — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:58:35 +0000

it's an oral mouth screw for when someone would have a seizure. you twist it to open the person's mouth.

By: Yakiman

Yakiman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:24:25 +0000

I believe it is a tool used for splicing rope or cable - - don't remember what they are called though...

By: JoJo37

JoJo37 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:22:03 +0000

I had a football coach that had something like this on a lanyard. Was supposed to be for when someone was knocked unconscious, the device could be screwed in between the teeth in order for a trainer or physician to keep a player from swallowing their tongue. That's what I was told anyway.

By: Alasdiar

Alasdiar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:03:22 +0000

It's a wooden-ish cylindrical object, with grooves cut into it at equal distances, topped of with a bulbous orbish thingy.

By: Mow

Mow — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:51:53 +0000

It's an antique tool for people who have lockjaw. It's pushed in between the teeth, and turned until the jaw is forced open.

By: Chibigodzilla

Chibigodzilla — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:24:47 +0000

It's for creating holes to plant seeds.

By: Zapz

Zapz — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:11:55 +0000

Its a Güiro (weero). It is a musical instrument, a percution. You can hear it in Salsa, Cumbia and other latin rithms. You can also hear it in Santanas "Oye como va".
Amor y paz.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:03:08 +0000

#9 - my first thought was that it was a bung to plug bullet holes in military inflatable boats.

By: DaveDrag

DaveDrag — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:57:49 +0000

Had 3 ideas:

1. Wine stopper

2. Plum Bob

3. Pipe deburrer

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:49:44 +0000

Wine stopper.

By: t tarrasque

t tarrasque — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:37:31 +0000

It's a plum-bob used for testing water depth.

By: Clairemc123

Clairemc123 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:33:46 +0000

It's an old-fashioned, waffle ice cream cone maker. I saw this on a T.V. show and they showed how to use it!

By: Pierre

Pierre — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:17:59 +0000

Well, obvious name, but I found it (see my post above) a jaw spreader !

By: Pierre

Pierre — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:15:12 +0000

I don't know the name of it but it's a device to force people (or animals ?) to open their mouth when the jaws are locked.