What Is It? game 314

It's once again time for our collaboration with the wonderfully entertaining What Is It? Blog. Do you know what the pictured item is? Can you make up something totally wacky? That's what we're looking for: the funniest and most creative guesses. We will award t-shirts from the NeatoShop to two commenters who post the cleverest, funniest, or most outlandish use for this thing!

Place your guess in the comment section below. One guess per comment, please, though you can enter as many guesses as you'd like in separate comments. You have until Friday evening to come up with great guesses.

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

See, you don't have to know the answer to win! There are more pictures of this thing at the What Is It? Blog. Good luck!

Update: the item pictured above is really a can opener. Our readers had many more imaginative ideas! Sandyra said it a “an antique sundial pizza cutter, because it's always time for pizza!” That’s good for a t-shirt from the NeatoShop! And so is Drew 2’s answer, “Undeniable proof that Trekkies existed as far back as the dark ages.” Congratulations to both! Get the answers to all the mystery objects of the week at The What Is It? blog.

Love games and puzzles? Visit NeatoPuzzles for more!

Weight watchers prototype cast iron skillet. Two sizes in one! It doesn't matter which size you use because they come with the patented "no bottom" feature and nothing stays in them anyway! Built in timer optional.
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
An archaic caveman stone booking tool before the late great great great (ect) Egyptian grandson Fiskars invented a better method of cutting papyrus that his sister made on rainy days.

Stay Calm and fly casual. XL Black
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
This would be an early dwarven miner's dousing handle.

Usage requires the firm grasp of both handles for stability as residual magnetic currents from their own hammers would otherwise swing the handles wild, putting weaker wrists at risk. Despite this, the accuracy in both directing the intrepid miners towards an ore deposit, and once there, centering the location of the most fruitful dig were invaluable during the rise of the Dwarven empire.

Where the Old Gods are in S, please
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
It's the modern Iron Age man's grip trainer! Buy now and in only one moon's time you'll be able to wrestle the mighty buffalo - with your bare hands! Limited offer: Just today for only three and a half goats.

+++
Kodama Sake, Ladies Fit M, please (:
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
This is a classic medieval chain mailer.

…As rolling scrolls in thick durable parchment for delivery by pigeon and bottle can be highly fatiguing, many past wordsmiths found the leverage this tool provided to be a godsend, increasing their output by more than sevenfolds of a single sheet of paper. For the forming of those impossibly long mail chains, the stabilizing spike proved to be invaluable in fighting fatigue.

Andrew’s Rapture in S
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
It's part of a psychiatric test for the criminally insane. The psychiatrist asks whether the patient sees an item that resembles a duck or a rabbit, notes the answer and then asks the patient to move the beak/ears until it no longer resembles said animal. The patient is determined to be psychotic if he tries to beat the doctor to death with the tool.

Asterisk Small
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
What we have here is one of the earliest iterations of the drafter’s compass. Due to its ability to produce only circles of one size, its use was quickly discontinued.

Pocket spare parts in S
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
Login to comment.
Click here to access all of this post's 23 comments




Email This Post to a Friend
"What Is It? game 314"

Separate multiple emails with a comma. Limit 5.

 

Success! Your email has been sent!

close window
X

This website uses cookies.

This website uses cookies to improve user experience. By using this website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

I agree
 
Learn More