What Is It? game 283

Hey look! It's time for our collaboration with the ever-entertaining What Is It? Blog! Do you know what the object in this picture is? Guess and win a t-shirt from the NeatoShop! But first, read the rules:

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 each win a 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?

See more pictures of this ...thing at the What Is It? Blog. Good luck!

Update: this thing is an old-fashioned crimper for can lids. After many serious and no-so-serious guesses, ladybugs finally had the correct answer. The funniest answer was from Randall, who said,

This is a clock unwinder. In Victorian time it was feared that a clock left wound over the new year eve would cause infertility. The first thing that Victorian men would do on the New Years day was get out of bed to wind and set the clock. THe would then go back to bed and test for infertility. As a result of this pratice the clock unwinder was considered a very risque' item great care was taken to keep it stored descreetly. You can still find them in secret cubbyholes under staircases in older homes, covered with dust, biding their time.

That's good for a t-shirt, too! See the answers to all the mystery items of the week at the What Is It? blog.


During my many travels over the past few centuries I have run across this tool many times. It is a tool used to remove the center of a Dalke's eyestalk. You can't see it very well from the pictures, but the bottom forms a sonic lock on the center piece and you grip the handle, rotate, and the eyestalk is removed.

Ironing Man, M
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Could be a tool to form a circumferential inwardly facing beading near the end of a thin walled tube,...
not now chewie, size m, suggested colour...
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This is, also, a Deoreoator, which is used for separating Oreos and evacuating their icing. Widely used in the Midwest, particularly during the long winter months, Deoreoators were particularly fadish as an accessory of the Fig Newton diet popular in the 1970's until it was discovered that figs were already available sans Newton and did not require de-Newtoning. The Deoreoator shown here is an old one, perhaps Abraham Lincoln's, who was widely known to prefer only the bottom cookie, giving his remainders to Mary Todd, resulting in her dramatic plumping. [Awesome Shirt, medium.]
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This is a clock unwinder. In Victorian time it was feared that a clock left wound over the new year eve would cause infertility. The first thing that Victorian men would do on the New Years day was get out of bed to wind and set the clock. THe would then go back to bed and test for infertility. As a result of this pratice the clock unwinder was considered a very risque' item great care was taken to keep it stored descreetly. You can still find them in secret cubbyholes under staircases in older homes, covered with dust, biding their time.

Trophy Husband, Green XL
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Rabbico's all new Bris Buddy! No more clamping! No more snipping! Just twist and go! (Q: What's the difference between a Bris and a Divorce? A: With a Divorce, you're rid of the whole schmuck.)

Powered by Caffiene, XL
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I work in the electrical field and conduit for wires ( pipe ) is reamed with a spiral pointed internal reamer ( look on Ridge Tool pipe reamer ) .I do like tubing cutter.

Craig Clayton
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Time to Pump you up!
This is a first generation Push-Up grip! It includes Elevated position. Allows greater range of motion for strengthening chest, triceps and shoulders. Ergonomic design for less stress on wrists. Wide, stable bases, Balanced, removable for easy transport, contoured grips.
Let's get ripped baby!

Blinded Me with Science XXL in Black
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That is an antique crunk crank that Victorians uses for tweaking their twerks, which was much more difficult considering the bustles.

"Not for sale" Ladies fit, black 2xl (I will wear it when I twerk it.)
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This was an adaptive device used by older people back in the days of dial telephones. The knobs on the bottom would fit into the finger holes while the center circular part stabilized over the dial's center.
No Face XL
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Noodle feeder used at Ye Olde Spaghetti Barn. It's purpose is to place long pasta on guests plates in a perfect nests. Makes it easier for the diners to twirl the pasta onto their forks.

Doctor Spock, 3X, Black
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