It is once again time for our collaboration with the always amusing What Is It? Blog. This week's contest is a little different. To be honest, we don't know what it is! It looks like a case, but no one knows for sure what it is for. Don't let that stop you from guessing.
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. We'll select two winners with the funniest and/or most imaginative guesses to win T-shirts 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?
Be sure to check out the What Is It? Blog. Let your imagination run wild, and good luck!
Update: The most imaginative guess was from arvana, who wrote a somewhat involved story insinuating that this case could hold the Prometheus Drive which would save the world's energy problems if it hadn't gone into the river (you really should read the whole thing). The funniest was when jjent567 declared the case was "fer me rat stompin' peg leg...".
If only I had some...braaaains. 2x.
Don't Make Me Send Out The Flying Monkeys in black, in XL
Protect your nuts XL
glow in the dark skeleton xs
Fourier Transform - Medium
T-shirt - evolution of gamers
darkside cookies
Shirt:
surprise me with a men's medium
FUNNY T SHIRT!
XXL Funny t shirt please.
t-shirt : I Blame Hipsters
For musicians to carry their stool around in. Nobody wants their stools damaged in transit.
I'll take good marx,bad marx. L
"What's in the case, Mr. Johnson?" Fred asked.
"It's that new set of barbells that I made up in the shop -- my wife wants me to lose my paunch!" Walter answered. Both men laughed.
"Mind if I have a look?" Fred asked.
"It's really nothing to look at," Walter answered, "I'm kind of embarrassed at my workmanship, to be honest."
"Don't worry about that, Mr. Johnson, my lips are sealed. Just gotta take a quick peek inside, you know how management is around here."
Just then, Amy Pilford, the company's friendly receptionist, appeared from the building. Walter knew that Fred had a big crush on Amy. He had timed things perfectly.
"You know what, I trust you Mr. Johnson -- have a great night," Fred said, waving Walter on. He turned towards Amy with a big smile, the case completely forgotten.
Walter headed for his car, forcing himself to move slowly, although his mind was screaming for him to run. He lifted the heavy case into his trunk, started his car, and drove away. He had made it.
They aren't going to shut this thing down now, he thought. All his hard work, all his dreams, had borne fruit, the Prometheus Drive actually worked, and GM wanted to bury it. He couldn't let that happen -- the world needed to know that zero-point energy could be harnessed and used. And in half an hour, the world's press would be getting a first hand look.
Rehearsing his demonstration in his mind, Walter didn't notice the big truck edging closer to him. At the last moment, he saw it swerve towards his car, but it was too late. His car was forced into the guardrail. The trunk popped open and the case bounced out. It burst open, and Walter caught one last look at the Prometheus Drive as it dropped towards the river, before he too was falling through space. It was the last thing he ever saw.
[Love Machine, M, Black please :)]
XXL Funny t shirt please.
How else may I ignore you? Ladies med, red please
t-shirt : I Blame Hipsters
good marx, bad marx, Medium PLZ
Science t shirt
Great Vocab Didn't Save The Thesaurus From
ORLY Chocolate Large
Hydrogen Bondage, size s, white.
Love Machine, L, black
XXL please, with stretchy biceps
Thanks.
http://www.neatoshop.com/product/What-Happens-At-Grandmas
XL
black in the outside and empty in the inside.
t-shirt : I Blame Hipsters
Come to the Dark Side (L-black)
PS I vote for Arvana's Prometheus Drive "story", (I was the truck driver).
Neatoramabot in dark grey- med.
Thanks!
This is a case for a die cast in furniture making. Casts like these were used in various workshops during the turn of the century as a form of pre-assembly line mass- production. Exact specifications could be taken from a single die, and taken to different workshops for lathing.
An example of the furniture produced using such a process can be seen here:
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R2-D2 Back Pack!!!! (I think this is appropriate.)
XL Granpa F&*king Space Shuttle
Thesaurus XL
For those of us who have felt the urge to abscond with cast iron street posts found dislodged and lying on the sidewalk after the bars have closed, this item can be handy.
i rpn heart, xl, navy
i rpn heart, navy, xl
protect your nuts 2 xl
protect your nuts 2 xl
protect your nuts 2 xl
Protect your nuts 2 xl
I heart medicine M
Oh no, it was... 2x
And those miniature luggage clasps are to die for!
I blame hipsters T. Medium. Thanks
Protect your nuts 2 xl
Funny t-shirt pls... :) XL
A boss spots your case, rushes over, slaps you on the back, and invites you to the smoke-filled room in back. As he leads you across the floor, others join you. Your reputation has preceded you.
You set up your invention and they stand in a circle gushing praise. They agree that you will be the next President of the United States. They don't shake hands but are definitely relieved to conclude their business.