What is it? Game 122

By Alex in What Is It on Jan 7, 2010 at 8:43 am

Woot! It’s our first What is it? game in the New Year, so let’s make this one good! The always awesome What is it? Blog brings us this gruesome looking contraption – can you guess what it is for?

Let’s have more prizes: the first correct guess and the top 3 funniest but wrong guesses will win T-shirts from the Neatorama Shop.

Contest rules are simple: place your guess in the coment section below. One guess per comment, please, though you can enter as many as you’d like. Post no URL or weblinks – doing so will forfeit your entry. Entries are valid until the correct answer is posted at the What is it? Blog.

More clues at the What is it? Blog. Good luck!

Update 1/13/10 – Sorry for the late update (it’s been a crazy week with the server crash and all). Congrats to Doug Fallon for the correct guess, Declan (“the devastator”), Digma03 (“Iron Man’s whisk”) and kminks (“Medieval Purple Nurple device”) for the funniest guesses. I apologize to everyone who entered their guesses only to have the server ate them during the crash.


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  1. Skipweasel
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 8:47 am

    Dunno, but it’ll get the lice out of my kids’ hair.

  2. Jason Gemmill
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 8:50 am

    A device for opening hard to open jars. It clamps down on the lid and you use the round handle on the top to twist.

  3. Adam Walker
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 8:51 am

    Its either the most badass lighsabre handle I’ve ever seen or a compact camping stove…

  4. JOHN THE THIRD
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 8:58 am

    I THINK IT IS AN INTERNAL THREAD CLEANER. FOR CLEANING OUT THREADED PIPES. ADJUSTABLE FOR DIFFERENT DIAMATERS.

  5. Foamboy
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 8:59 am

    A nuclear-powered pan-sexual roto-pluker.

  6. JOHN THE THIRD
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:03 am

    SEAN THINKS ITS AN EXTRACTOR OF SOME KIND

  7. george c.
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:03 am

    Thats easy
    Fire Hose nozzle

  8. Pestilince
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:04 am

    Old fire hose nozzle where the tines are to help disperse water

  9. Doug Fallon
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:06 am

    It looks like a tool used to pull the case or crystal off of a watch.

  10. JOHN THE THIRD
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:06 am

    Its an early prototype for the tracking device remover from Total Recall. Arnold could’nt twist the knob correctly so they decided on a gun type remover

  11. Craig
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:09 am

    That’s the thing Quaid used to remove the tracking device from his own head in Total Recall.

  12. Clare
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:09 am

    Looks like it’s meant to crimp crown caps onto beers.

  13. padieg
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:28 am

    I’m not completely sure, but what I am completely sure of is that it looks damn scary. I think it’s some sort of pliers to hold diamonds.

  14. DECLAN
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:30 am

    its a dildo known only as…. the devastator.

  15. zygote
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:40 am

    It’s the beam emitter from a Sith lightsaber!

  16. Mark Fraser
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:47 am

    It’s a “crystal lift”, used for slightly squeezing
    watch crystals for insertion into the bezel.

    The first one I saw, however, inspired visions of a certain “rite of passage” practiced by some religions, involving adolescent boys…

  17. Professor
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:48 am

    It’s a nose-hair plucker for Barry Manilow or Barbara Streisand

  18. Miss Cellania
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:03 am

    That is a rather scary instrument of torture.

  19. Paula R
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    A fantastic mechanical hand, called the CLAW. Fabulously dexterous.

  20. ral
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 5:32 pm

    It’s the Slap Grab. Kind of like the Slap Chop, but it grabs and squishes things. Good for oranges…bad for small pets.

  21. booooooof
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    in flight refueling nozzle for jet planes.

  22. kminks
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    It’s a device that delivered Purple Nurples in Medieval Times

  23. shaundemand
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    It’s the claw from an anal retentive claw machine

  24. sundown
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 6:10 pm

    I belive that is a Watch Crab. used to remove/replace the bezel and/or back cover.

  25. toysrule
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 6:17 pm

    A fire hose valve coupler

  26. tigergal39
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 6:41 pm

    It’s a Borg implant device

  27. Matt
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    Round glass claw fitting tool to remove watch glasses.

  28. Bruce
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 7:00 pm

    Razor blade.

  29. Random??!
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 7:08 pm

    Really? Its obviously an prototype new model of a barrel for a gravity gun. The old one only had 3 prongs, this one has 16! imagine the marketing pitch (now with over 500% more prong power)

  30. Craig In Portland
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 7:22 pm

    It’s Mr. Herberts grabber. mmmmMMmmmm grabber.

  31. Craig In Portland
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 7:23 pm

    With that flat head screw in the middle, I’d say a lot of people are out of scale with what this device may be.

  32. Mark Adkins
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 7:32 pm

    It is a Post-coital Retention Extractor, for those times when, upon reaching the peak, the woman overzealously clamps down and retains the male member. While more common in the insect world, it has been recorded in humans well over 2 times throughout history.

  33. Johnny Cat
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 7:44 pm

    I got it! I got it! It’s a blog post destroyer, capable of taking out five subsequent posts at once!

  34. Teedotyyz
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    Watch Crystal Removal and Insertion Tool

  35. Sebastian
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 8:03 pm

    It’s a wine bottle opener!

  36. Shizz
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 8:16 pm

    Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor?

  37. DavidStein
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    It’s a tool for placing and removing watch crystals.

  38. JRski
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    Teedottyz is correct. It is for pulling watch crystals. Or removing ticks from your taint.

  39. bobandlaura2004
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 8:38 pm

    It’s the tool used to remove IUDs.

  40. cathy
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    Soda bottle cap clamper

  41. Kevin George
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    How many pointy metal fingers does it take to screw in a light bulb? 16. Thereal question is how many light bulbs does it take??? Seriously, it’s a bottle capper.

  42. John Conahan
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    Its a belly button lint removal tool.

  43. Amanda Lee
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    It’s a FLUX CAPACITOR!

  44. sajirvill
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:50 pm

    a balloon crusher!!!

  45. Lactose the Intolerant
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 9:53 pm

    This is the Bris-o-matic, one of several manipulator arm attachments of the RoboRabbi. It never hit mass production, mostly due to a tendency to sputter and shake at, umm, inopportune moments.

  46. Nipsy Russell
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:00 pm

    Is it an electrical fuse remover?

  47. Jason Smith
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    It’s a circular lock pick. For the types of locks you see on cola machines. You set the pins one at a time, then screw down the back bit to save the pick locations and use it as a temporary key.

  48. pwscott
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:03 pm

    Circumference guage for odd shapes.

  49. pwscott
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    Agressive female intergaltic prophylactic.

  50. pellibelli
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:09 pm

    This is a watch crystal remover

  51. Jenn the Hen
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:09 pm

    It is The Claw!

  52. Lactose the Intolerant
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:09 pm

    This is the gripper claw from a 1950s Soviet claw prize machine, called “?????????? ???????? ??????????? ?????? ??? ????? ??????”, or “Secure the Fuzzy Stuffed Cow for the Glory of the Motherland!” Like most Western prize machines, the prize compartment contained stuffed animals. However, a lucky ??????? or ??????? could drop a few rubles in this machine and hopefully win ration coupons good for bags of turnips or beets, small bottles of vodka, books of tractor production figures, or even an official Red Army surplus bayonet!

  53. Lactose the Intolerant
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:09 pm

    Darn, can’t submit Cyrillic characters. Oh well.

  54. Hannah
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    Space Shuttle spark plug.

  55. 2Dz
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    a nose hair trimmer

  56. TimO
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 10:30 pm

    Pipe cleaner (ala Roto-Rooter action)

  57. gia
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 11:23 pm

    It’s obviously a pocket size moonraker extractor.

  58. Cris
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 11:38 pm

    A Gear puller

  59. gman
    Jan 7th, 2010 at 11:47 pm

    It is a high pressure hose coupling

  60. Muppetmaker
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 12:11 am

    If Megaman were to defeat a carnival claw game in an epic battle and then after crushing it, he assimilated its powers into him, this is what his power arm would look like.

    I can really see them using this in the next Megaman game.

  61. Dr. Finnegan
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 12:12 am

    You attach this thing to a large pole to remove light bulbs from high ceilings.

  62. Todd Fluhr
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 1:04 am

    Doc Oct’s “ninth” tentacle.

  63. Syncopated Eyeball
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 1:29 am

    a thingy for pulling out bolts and/or big nail?

  64. Patrick Neumann
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 2:19 am

    Its a fuse puller for when the brake lights go out on the space shuttle. Its usually in the glove box.

  65. chris L
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 2:24 am

    ANTIQUE BREAST PUMP

  66. jack.hallowatt
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 2:35 am

    In the year 20XX war will erupt on the surface of the planet. but this will be no ordinary war, for it will be fought with GIANT ROBOTS. Thats right, GIANT ROBOTS so large that they can only be talked about in all capital letters. After many years of war the super supreme ruler of the planet shall be destroyed in a battle with the resistance. The battle was so hard and vigorous it left nothing but the hand form his battle suit in tact. after the war the hand was moved to the museum of supreme history. the hand itself is in fact 386 feet high and 1586 feet long. the picture above is of that same hand, and it lives on as a testament to the fight for good in the galaxy.

  67. Oah
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 3:27 am

    It’s a mechanical nipple grippler for frat house initiations

  68. Kean
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 3:34 am

    It’s a coupling device for a hose of some sorts. I would have to take a guess and agree with the previous comment for in flight refueling

  69. sol luna
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 3:36 am

    it is used to remove lens/glass from a wristwatch.

  70. sol luna
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 3:37 am

    aids in constipation by extracting poops!

  71. ArtR
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 3:59 am

    Its a peanut safe. As you screw the red knob it closes around the peanut so nobody can steal it from you

  72. Starrwind
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 4:41 am

    It’s obviously Zero’s Mega Buster after he absorbs Slash Beast’s power in Mega Man X4.

  73. Digma03
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 6:26 am

    I believe that’s part of Iron Man’s cookware collection. That has to be his whisk.

  74. Tim Giachetti
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 6:27 am

    booooof is the right answer,

    in flight refueling nozzle.

  75. drunkenmonkeybrewing
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 8:17 am

    Duh…its Iron Man’s first failed attempt at an arc reactor. It was propane fueled and rather uncomfortable.

  76. Pierre Arpin
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 8:34 am

    Something to drill a hole into the phreatic level.

  77. robyn
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 8:41 am

    It’s a steam punk badminton birdie.

  78. HeartlessMachine
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 10:24 am

    It’s a fly penis.

  79. Alexia
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 11:12 am

    Well according to the post you guys just did, this is a fly’s penis.

  80. madnusbaum
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 12:16 pm

    Technically, it’s called a “watch crystal lift,” but others have correctly pegged it’s use, so I’m hardly the first. It doesn’t look like a delicate instrument, but it kind of is.

  81. George
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 1:46 pm

    End piece to the Crotchitizer off of Ratchet & Clank.

  82. MLBajorek
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    It’s obviously a stairmaster machine for your pet tarantula & mate. Who tipped it over?!

  83. Bryan C
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 2:37 pm

    A steampunk lamprey. Nasty bite.

  84. Teo
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    a device to pull out corks!(it works best with those or rubber)

  85. BOFH
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    It’s a boob grabber

  86. slim22
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    It’s a kitchen implement in need of a serious scrubbing and it is used to precisely slice a blooming onion.

  87. fastdart
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 6:13 pm

    A fly’s penis before a laser shave.

  88. GGarrido
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 6:49 pm

    It’s a device for removing crystals from wristwatches. The claws grab the edges of the crystal and the watch crystal can then be pulled out without damaging the case.

  89. Blaine
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 8:02 pm

    It’s a device used to grab and hold onto the ends of heavy cables.

  90. Karrell
    Jan 8th, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    A sewer pipe cleaner bit.

  91. Luis Gomez
    Jan 9th, 2010 at 3:54 am

    My Dad used to own a watch repair shop. This devise is used to remove the clear plastic lens from the watches.

  92. jocelynese
    Jan 9th, 2010 at 5:56 am

    Wrench for hexagon nuts

  93. Rick1
    Jan 9th, 2010 at 12:45 pm

    Its a contraption to remove striped nuts.

  94. flytrap
    Jan 9th, 2010 at 10:22 pm

    a scratcher for when Rush Limbaugh’s pilonidal cyst itches and pharmaceutical relief is not available.

  95. Ted the Teach
    Jan 10th, 2010 at 8:57 pm

    Me thinks it is a razor head from an electric razor? If I win the T-SHirt, it has got to be XXXLarge

  96. Kermit Woodall
    Jan 10th, 2010 at 10:41 pm

    It’s the Bris-O-Matic Industrial Circumcision Engine from Rabbinical Industries.

  97. Craig in Portland
    Jan 11th, 2010 at 10:20 am

    Geez!! WHEN do we find out the answer?

  98. JiM @bmw
    Jan 11th, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    astro boy’s replacement arm.

    or..

    megaman? perhaps?…

  99. mark gelinas
    Jan 11th, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    Looks to me like it could be a bottle cap crimper, like on longneck beer bottles. Maybe for home brewers.

  100. Eddie B
    Jan 12th, 2010 at 11:29 am

    The blades inside of an electric razor.

  101. Robert Karl Skoglund
    Mar 10th, 2010 at 1:20 pm

    It is a tool for removing odd sized nuts.

    The humble Farmer


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