What Is It? game 161



It is once again time for our collaboration with the always amusing What Is It? Blog. Can you guess what the pictured item is for? You'll have to state a specific purpose for this one.

Place your guess in the comment section below. One guess per comment, please, though you can enter as many as you'd like. Post no URLs or weblinks, as doing so will forfeit your entry. Two winners: the first correct guess and the funniest (albeit ultimately wrong) guess will win T-shirt from the NeatoShop.

Please write your T-shirt selection alongside your guess. If you don't include a selection, you forfeit the prize, okay? May we suggest the Science T-Shirt, Funny T-Shirt and Artist-Designed T-Shirts?

For more clues, check out the What Is It? Blog. Good luck!

Update: Robert McLaughlin was the first to correctly state it is a canary cage for a coal mine -here's an explanation. Among many humorous guesses, The Professor wins a t-shirt for "This is the server used by Facebook to keep users' private information secure!"

First failed attempt at a pet snake cage ( before glass was widely available) but unfortunately the less intelligent snakes would starve because the mice that were dropped in simply ran out.
I go commando 2 xl
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Of course it is a vampire teething crib. Complete with toy neck for entertainment and to practice on the right and 'Lil' Vampy's First Coffin' on the left. Slave to Science, Large.
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It's a "layer cage" for hens that lay eggs. The left side is where the hen sits. The egg drops down the hole and rolls down the shoot so you don't have to disturb the hen to get the egg.
There is a water/feeder cup on the right hand side of the cage.
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Forgot the t-shirt!!
It's a "layer cage" for hens that lay eggs. The left side is where the hen sits. The egg drops down the chute and rolls down to the edge of the cage where the person can retrieve the egg w/o disturbing the hen. There is a water/feeder cup on the right side of the cage.
"I go commando" size Large
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(The following entry corrects a "typo" in the previous entry...sorry)

The object in this photograph is a wood shop project constructed by Howard J. Cutter, and his fellow students, in the Redwood City High School graduating class of 1930. His instructor, Mr. Carver, also worked part time at the Redwood City Lumber Co. as the night time janitor. Each evening Mr. Carver swept up all of the refuse from the workings in the lumber mill during the day. Beginning in 1903 he was allowed by the owner of the lumber mill, Mr. Sawyer, to carry off any scraps of redwood for use by his students, for which Mr. Sawyer reported a very substantial "donation" and tax deduction to the IRS at the end of each fiscal year.
This practice continued for 27 years at which time the IRS, coincidentally, conducted an audit of the books of the lumber mill. It was revealed that Mr. Sawyer had falsely claimed accumulated deductions amounting to $123,459.38! Well, the IRS prosecuted the fellow, of course. As the lumber industry had declined severely over the intervening 27 years, Mr. Sawyer did not have the ready cash or assets to repay the sum. The judge presiding over the case, The Honorable R.T. Whitleman, declared that Mr. Sawyer should serve a term of imprisonment in a fashion suitable to the crime.
Therefore, the judge ordered that the students of the wood shop class construct a prison cell made of the wood remaining at the lumber mill in which Mr. Sawyer would be incarcerated for a period not less than 26 months. After the offending man had completed his term the cage was donated to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. as a tribute to the students of the wood shop class of Redwood City High School. The cage survives as a constant reminder to citizens of one simple, important fact: Don’t count scraps when you pay your tax.
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It is a "MY first Lil Lindsay Lohan Prison Cell."

Includes a very inebriated Lindsay Lohan Doll, A Rehab Staff Doll with broken wrist, and a secret stash of Alcohol!

Optional accessories also include two Cops with Police Cruiser and a very Irate Judge.

Tshirt: Look out Schroedinger cat, it's a trap. - Lrg - Blk
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It's a reproduction of a Jetfery cage (also a dwarfing cage) named after Jeffrey Hudson (aka the "Queen's dwarf" and "Lord Minimus") in an attempt by Charles I to create jesters for. Children were kept in the cages for as long as three years in an effort to stunt their growth.
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This looks to me like it may have been an early baby window cage. I've heard that in the late 19th/early 20th centuries, metropolitan space was a premium in most cities so apartments were tiny. Someone invented a cage of sorts where mothers could put their babies. It hung out the window and allowed the kid to get "fresh" air and sunlight while affording them a place to play. For some reason these never seemed to catch on. I can't imagine why... Heart is a Forbidden Fruit - Small, ash gray.
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It's a scale model of what I like to call "Kid's Kage." It's a "fun" place to stuff your kids into when you are going on a hot date with a divorcee and you spent all the babysitter money on booze and alimony. It's simple, just pour in 4 gallons of Hawaiian punch in the convenient barrel in the corner, and between 8 and 9 shovel-fulls of a mixture of dunkaroos, skittles, queso, and scrapple into the trough. The cage should buy around 5 hours or so to anjoy the pleasantries of a nice evening, without the additional cost of a babysitter.

I am a Large. (i.e. overweight/fat)
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