What Is It? game 336

It's Thursday, so you know what it means, Neatoramanauts: it's time for the What Is It? Game, brought to you by the wonderful What Is It? Blog.

What is this thing in the picture? Your guess can win you a free T-shirt of your choice from the NeatoShop! Here's how to play:

Place your guess in the comment section below. One guess per comment, but you can enter as many guesses as you'd like in separate comments. Post no URLs or weblinks.

You might know what it is, but if you want to win a t-shirt, you'll have to use your imagination, because we are going to select two winners who give us the funniest incorrect guesses. If you guess right, then good for ya - but you don't win anything, okay? So, it's up to you, creative people: you have twice the chance of winning that T-shirt.

Please write your T-shirt selection alongside your guess. If you don't include a selection, you forfeit the prize. We highly suggest you take a look at the NeatoShop's new selection of Funny T-shirts and Science T-Shirts.

Ready? Go for it! (Don't forget to visit the What Is It? Blog for more clues!)

Update: This is a J.C. Cox Coin Till, the main selling point for it was that it was supposed to stop mistakes and disputes about which coin was given in payment since coins from the last four transactions could be seen through the glass on the right side. The coins were dropped into a slot at the top and progressed down to the next level by means of a brass lever which moved from side to side. Finally the coins were retained in a locked box at the base. The shelves on the left were for counted stacked coins and the bowl was for miscellaneous coins.

My favorite coins are miscellaneous coins! That’s all very interesting, but your outlandish ideas were priceless! Berhard said:

An incubator for butterfly eggs and chrysalis... On the shelf you may store the chrysalis, while the butterflies may hatch inside the glass cabinet. The glass cabinet may protect the butterflies from being disturbed or eaten by birds or laboratoy cats...

In the bowel on the left buterfly food may be stored to be able to feed the newly hatched butterflies with honey or nectar.

And Chris Date had a great idea, too.

This is cat liquor cabinet. Back before the pet prohibition amendment, you could drink alongside your pets. Small bottles of rum and scotch as well as mixers could be stored on the shelves with the "top shelf" stuff locked up in the right. The built in mixing/drinking bowl was an optional accessory to these cabinets.

So both win a T-shirt from the NeatoShop! Great going, guys! Thanks to everyone who played this week, and thanks to the What Is It blog.

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An antique hotel honor bar. Easily accessible area presenting goodies to tempt the younglings and a secure area for adult beverages.

"That's No Moon", Medium, black
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Howard Hughes, one of the world's richest (and most inventive) hypochondriacs, was famous for building "The Spruce Goose" a huge wooden seaplane. He simply loved wood! Hughes did not want his vast array of (pretty much useless) meds touched by any non-organic matter, so it was a no-brainer that he ordered his carpenters to construct this gravity fed pill dispenser, tonic mixer and ointment distributor out of wood.

"I aim to misbehave" black ladies large or Men's medium
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This is a spatial sock retrieval device, for reclaiming your favorite stockings that were sent into oblivion by a washer. Simply put the required magical components (They're a secret!) into the bowl and crank the handle a few times. Your missing socks will appear hanging on the rack in a puff of rainbow-colored smoke that smells like bacon.

Look Out, Schroedinger's Cat! Its a Trap! Black, M
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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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