What Is It? game 158



It's time for our giveaway collaboration with the always amusing What Is It? Blog! Can you guess what this object is? Or maybe you know and don't have to guess!

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. Have fun!

Update: Just a guess had the right answer pretty quickly: this object is a fire starter. Soak it in kerosene, then place the business end under the logs and light. The funniest answer came from pismonque, who said, "It's a 2-in-1 Ant Annihilator Toy. The ring at one end originally held a magnifier for frying individual ants, while the other end was used to steamroll dozens at a time. Kids loved 'em!" Both win t-shirts from the NeatoShop!

This looks like something you'd use to open or close the flue of a chimney. The larger end is the handle and the small circle on the other end would hook around a piece on the flue to push or pull it open or closed.
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Some type of crude back scratcher for the criminally insane "like such as".......insert criminal name here.....

I would say sideshow bob but that isn't fair :O)

light blue, Med.: when life gives you mold...
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It's a 2-in-1 Ant Annihilator Toy. The ring at one end originally held a magnifier for frying individual ants, while the other end was used to steamroll dozens at a time. Kids loved 'em!

mosaic skull, xl, mil grn
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It is a 19th century medical tool.

Dr. Heiney's Prostate Messager (pat-pend)

Don't ask how it was used: suffice to say a lot of lard was required.

Pillage then Burn in 2XL, Thanks.
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Snail Trail Mop. Cover the roller with felt and hook the ring around a snail's head to eliminate that nasty little wet trail it leaves.

mosaic skull, xl, mil grn
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... ever wonder how Dorthy put the Tin man in his place? Or why he never appeared to have male anatomy? Guess he didn't have a heart or a pair...

Dorthy's Tin Man torture device.

"request denied" ladies L
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Tool to reach into a warm fireplace/chimney to open or close flue or otherwise engage a lever at the back or top of the fireplace. Note the coiled wire handle (doesn't get hot fast...) and the loop at the action end.
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Wiener Roasting Trainer

For training Boy Scouts to roast wieners over a camp fire.

The scout leader tests the trainee's proficiency by regularly holding a thermometer to the thick or "sausage" end.

I heart Sci-fi in extra large
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This was an early prototype for male grooming toll, similar to the popular "EpiLady". This model was produced prior to the advent of electricity. Unfortunately, it was never mass produced due to the discovery that men lacked the "intestinal fortitude" and had a very low tolerance for the "mild discomfort" associated with the "EpiGent".

I'd like the "Support Bacteria" T in 2XL...thank you!
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Its obviously for holding heat, large mass of metal and thin handle.
Someone else said bedwarmer, interesting but I don't think that's what it is, although possible.
It appears to be some sort of clothes iron, or something used to place warmth onto something, while still being able to control it with the handle.
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