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What Is It? Game 104

Alex •

w00t! It's time for this week's collaboration with the always fascinating What is it? Blog. Can you guess what the strange object above is for?

Place your guess in the comment section - no prize this week, so you're playing for fame and glory (and fun, of course). Be sure to check the What is it? Blog for more clues! Good luck!

Update 7/10/09 - the answer is: A stifle or patten horseshoe, when a horse injures the stifle joint, they put one of these shoes on the opposite leg of the injured one so the horse will put weight on the hurt leg so it will not be further damaged. Congratulations to Jess who got it right, though I must say that I love Jared's horsestiletto idea!

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Try this: Bring up Google, type in "patten horseshoe", then hit enter. Within the first 3 results, and just below 'What Is It - Neatorama', you will find a link "Horseshoe Museum". www.horseshoemuseum.com/Therapeutic/Patten.htm
Click on it and you will find pictures of an actual patten horseshoe. Now, all you good people, tell me again that the object is a patten horseshoe. The object in question is a homemade hat rack, made to hang one hat. Good golly people, get a grip on reality.

Now, how do I know this? Because I had one just like it. My uncle made it for me in 1966.

BTW, even the description of the purpose is incorrect. The purpose is to make the injured leg 'NON WEIGHT BEARING'. Doh.
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Its a shogle. Wyoming cowboys affix thewm to more nimble beeves so that they may graze on hillsides too steep for unshogled animals. This led to the the term 'shogle-footed' for describing successful social climbers. At least among Wyoming cowboys.
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This is the ultimate Dungeon an Dragons outdoor die, oil rig edition...

You only need one throw to simultaneous get three results...

The holes and the rods are for loading the die... if it takes to long to fight dragons...

My Neighbor's Breakfast size m suggested colour
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A Christmas cracker for the puzzle-lover. If you solve the combination, you can open the cracker and get your crown and prize. If you fail, it explodes.

Bad Joke, white, XL

Thanks!
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It's a primitive bowling ball. Scores were marked on the side, meaning that not only was it hard to control, but only good for one game. It was quickly decided that round would be better.

Storm Neon Candy Trooper, M
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It could be a storage box for e.g. cleaning rods or locking wire,

The numbers may indicate the number of rods or wires necessarry for maintenance of a machine / device.

My Neighbor's Breakfast size m suggested colour

I think numbers actually form two interleaved rows:

666 555 444 333 222 111 and
344 334 112 122 556 566
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Bottom poured, fluted ingot. These ingots are commonly used to manufacture forged products for diverse markets from gear makers to machine shops, to end-use markets such as oil, gas and mining.

Battle Damage, 2x, Black
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It's a post to tie your boat on, they pulled the beam from a very busy dock, there any numbered slots so the harbormaster knows where each boats rented spot is at.

Timey Wimey Sweater xl
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