What Is It Competition

[lucille]

I thought it might be fun to have a guessing competition with photos of unusual items. The one who guesses then has to put up a photo of something else.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/lucille92/ByronBay044.jpg

[Dee]

Well, it reminds me of that awful time I was abducted by those aliens, Wendy http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/deemark/Emoticons/_boggled.gif but is it some sort of wireless microphone?

[Randy & Betty in Pa]

Well thats easy enough.....

Thats the prototype for the all new (patent pending) Karensews All purpose left handed head thunking machine with the all new 3.7 horsepower Vibra drive for repeated thunkings... And if you act now and order yours today it comes complete with a bottle of liquid courage....:eek:

Best

R.

[Amy in Vermont]

Its a peppermill

[diver_boy]

a fancy whiskey stirrer?

[aabram]

I'm going with an... electric (as in battery operated) cocktail stirrer :)

[Mary6906]

I'm going with Dee ... looks like an alien probe to me :eek:

[Anna from Dublin]

Well, it's obviously a wine tasting event, so if you turn it the other way up, is it a gismo for spitting the wine into??

[RedjackRyan]

I'm guessing it has something to do with getting a broken cork out of the way so you can get to the tasty wine.


But, It does look like an Alien probe.. Bend over and grab yer ankles!

[Oak Kitten]

Some kind of hoity-toity cork puller, or a decanting funnel, or a bell to summon the oenophiles. . .

Oak

[hoops]

wine bottle corker...looks like a lot of fun
peace
hoops

[lucille]

Absobloominlutely nothing to do with wine:p

[KarenSews2]

You hold the bottom, and pull back the ball then let it go. It goes, "Boi-oi-oi-oi-oing" :p

Or it's a muddler. Need me to 'splain a muddler?

[hoops]

it's a gear shift for your BRAND NEW CONVERTIBLE!
peace
hoops

[Bat]

an antenna for my tinfoil hat.:p

[lucille]

A hint - it is used in cooking or maybe more to the point, in serving food.

[aabram]

Salad dressing stirrer? :confused: or maybe the remote control for Bat's Tin Foil Hat ... :p Do we get points for originality?????

[Dee]

It's an anorexic waiter with a tiny charcoal head isn't it? I'm sure he waited on my once!

[Oak Kitten]

It's a peppermill with delusions of grandiosity.

Oak

[lucille]

You hold the bottom, and pull back the ball then let it go. It goes, "Boi-oi-oi-oi-oing" :p

Or it's a muddler. Need me to 'splain a muddler?

This one is the closest so far - close but no cigar - the action is nearly correct. There isn't a "Boi-oi-oi-oi-oing" though. ...and yeah wotsa muddler?

[aabram]

Butter-baller/melon baller????? :confused:

[Bat]

a tube duster?

[hoops]

a lemon juicer
peace
hoops

[DaveM]

A "marital aid" with wireless Internet connection.

[Dee]

Okay this is not technically used for serving food but could it be a dinner bell?

[Eva]

I think it is to thunk the waiter in the head if the food or the service are bad.

Eva

[DaveM]

Storage post for flip-flops. Which, conversely, are on sale for $1 at an area store in celebration of the holiday weekend.

[lucille]

A "marital aid" with wireless Internet connection.
No it ain't Dave:D But I bet you had a girlfriend once who had a "marital aid" like this.;)

[DaveM]

Very possibly, lucille. Just now, though, i'm wondering if it might be some sort of doodad for Japanese steakhouse chefs to swirl around.

[Dee]

Is it an art deco nut cracker?

An IKEA paper towel holder?

A very strange hand held blender?

[Bat]

don't tell me it is a 'stimulator' of some type?

[Eva]

I guess that depends on how you like your food served Bat :D
I think it's some kind of design milkwhisk (or how do you call that?) to make milk foamy for coffee.

Eva

[hoops]

you mean it's not a golf ball cleaner?
peace
hoops

[Dee]

I think it's some kind of design milkwhisk (or how do you call that?) to make milk foamy for coffee.

Well. I called it a hand held blender, but we were thinking along the same lines.

[lucille]

Perhaps a hint. It is used for a meal usually served at breakfast.

By the way I'm just about to hit the 1,000 posts.:p

[aabram]

I wonder if it might be a thingy for taking the skin off milky coffee? :rolleyes:

[DaveM]

In the hands of a trained martial artist, this device could destroy half of Hong Kong.

[Bat]

a pancake/waffle batter blender?
an egg scrambler?
a bacon flipper?

[KarenSews2]

A donut/bagel stacker??

A muddler "muddles" stuff. :p For example, smashing mint leaves with sugar is called muddling.

[aabram]

Porridge Stirrer? Selkirk Bannock Maker? ....Hmmm ....Haggis mixer and stuffer. Honey Blender. Cooked fish basher for making fish cakes. Finnan Haddie is the finest smoked Haddock you can get! :D

[Oak Kitten]

It's a flambatic dobulator.

Oak

[marjan]

Wendy I think you better tell us what it is before someone comes up with the idea it is a "Tarzan" in disguise :eek:

[lucille]

Okay, but that means I have to find the next "What Is It", and I haven't got anything in mind. s-o-o-o-o-o-o another hint. It is an implement used to serve eggs! Now, can you guess how?:D

[Mary6906]

You use it to crack or tap your hard boiled egg?

[hoops]

poached?
peace
hoops

[KarenSews2]

It's a flambatic dobulator.

Oak


That was going to be my next guess...

[lucille]

You use it to crack or tap your hard boiled egg?


Okay Mary, congratulations - it's your turn to post a photo. Yes, you place the cup on the top of a boiled egg, lift the ball and drop it, and the top of the egg comes off as clean as a whistle. Great little toy, and they are available in the US. I'll have to find an exclusive kitchen implement place in NYC to get one for myself.

[Mary6906]

YEAH..... OK, guess I'll go find something tomorrow and post back here.

[Mary6906]

OK, here's my entry into the contest. (and keep your minds out of the gutter on this one :D .)

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg317/Mary6906/what-is-it-game-47.jpg

[Darlene]

cake icing nozzle?

[lucille]

Bottle Opener?

[aabram]

Choux Pastry nozzle?

[Marcia Drummergal]

I'm with Wendy...I was thinking "jar opener."

Marcia :)

[aabram]

I still think Choux Pastry nozzle :)

[Mary6906]

Well, it does open something :) ... just guess what.

It's not a pastry nozzle

[aabram]

Primitive tin opener? :D

[hoops]

a pipe cutter

[Dee]

You know I bet that's it, Hoops. Good guess!

[Mary6906]

You know I bet that's it, Hoops. Good guess!

A cutter, yes, but not of pipes!

[Bat]

Is it a briss implement?

[DaveM]

I had a girlfriend like that once.

[Eva]

I had a girlfriend like that once.
BWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Poor you... You seem to have a bad choice in girlfriends *shakes head*

Anywho... I think it's a eggcutter. You put a hardboild egg in it, and then it cuts it in half in a nifty shape. You know, for making salads look good and all.

Eva

[KarenSews2]

Is it a briss implement?


OUCH!! :eek:

Does it cut the foil on a wine/champagne bottle?

[Oak Kitten]

Looks to me like it was designed by Lorraine Bobbitt.

Oak

[hoops]

bat, as i once said to dee, you're a sick person and i love ya for it lolol
is it an amputation device
peace
hoops

[Mary6906]

EVA... I guess you WIN....

It is:
An egg shell cutter, or egg topper, used for cutting off the top of a soft boiled egg.


http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg317/Mary6906/what-is-it-game-47.jpg


1-3/8" inside diameter
Similar to a scissor in design, this kitchen tool snips off the top of a soft-boiled egg so it can be eaten while still in the shell. The Cutter, which may also be referred to as an Egg Topper, is placed over the tapered end of the egg and the two handles are squeezed together to close a ring of teeth around and through the egg shell. The teeth enclosed in the Egg Topper cut through the shell so the top of the shell can be lifted up and removed from the remainder of the shell. Then the egg shell can be placed in a small egg cup with the open end up, so the egg can be served for eating. Made from stainless steel, the Topper utensil can be easily cleaned by hand or in a dishwasher. The Egg Topper may also be referred to as an Egg Snipper or Egg Shell Scissor.


Although if those teeth are sharp enough... you probably could use it for "other" things!! :eek:

[Dee]

bat, as i once said to dee, you're a sick person and i love ya for it lolol

You say that like it's a bad thing.

I keep tellin' ya, Hoops, the truly crazy ones are blissfully unawares that they are. So we're safe (except from them). :p

I'm relieved that dangerous looking thing is something as benign as an egg topper, Mary. You had me worried there for a minute. http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/deemark/Emoticons/worried.gif

[Kath of the Guitar]

Bat, that's one BIG BABY! ;) I'm with you Oak!:eek:

[Mary6906]

... You had me worried there for a minute. http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/deemark/Emoticons/worried.gif

Gives a whole new meaning of "a little off the top, please."

SNIP, SNIP.... watch out, Dee. ;)
>> Mary running crazily with said instrument <<

[Bat]

Kath, size is not relevant when looking at a picture with nothing to compare...
but I have to say, it would be a great medieval torture implement!

Congrats, Eva! That device is right up there with a grapefruit knife.

[Eva]

I won? :confused: Wow... Ehm... let me look for something weird and then I'll get back to you.

Eva

[aabram]

Gives a whole new meaning of "a little off the top, please."

SNIP, SNIP.... watch out, Dee. ;)
>> Mary running crazily with said instrument <<

Still don't know what's wrong with using a knife for said deed... :)

[Dee]

>> Mary running crazily with said instrument <<

Tsk tsk tsk.

Now Mary, didn't your mama ever tell you not to run with scissors? You're such a little rebel, you and your seven-foot weenie.

[DaveM]

Here's a bit of news....Eva apparently doesn't own anything weird.

[marjan]

LOL Dave!! I´m sure she has weird stuff, but do you want to see it??

[hoops]

wierd is in the eye of the beholder
peace
hoops

[DaveM]

um.....you're right, Marjan, I don't.

[Eva]

Okayyyyy... I'll let that one slide, children :rolleyes: And thank you for your support Hoops :)

Sorry I am taking so long. I don't feel so well right now. Splitting headaches and I am on and off the net only for short times. Please continue the game with a weird object someone else has. Dave? :p I'll be back when I feel better but will peek in now and then.

Eva

[Bat]

Aww, feel better, Eva! I'm sure you'll be able to come up with something unique in a later game...but I didn't think it was a bad enough problem to give you a headache! Anyway, feel better!

[aabram]

Eva has nominated Dave (of the M variety) to take her turn. Perhaps it would be wise to honour the Pirate Queen's command, Dave? Over to you :) Eva, sorry to hear about your headache.

Annabel

[Dee]

Hope you feel better soon Eva. :(

[DaveM]

Well, if someone can tell me how to post photos here, I'll give it a shot. Be warned that I'm about to leave town for a few days.

[hoops]

eva, feel better, headaches suck!
peace
hoops

[Oak Kitten]

In the interest of keeping the game going, until Eva feels up to posting something, here is my entry. It probably won't be anywhere near as challenging as the one Wendy posted:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c70/rbalano/FireGrenade3.jpg

Oak

[Dar]

looks like a water balloon to me

[Elliott]

Yup, with some sort of tip on it.... Is it a device to prevent anything unwanted or unplanned? Just a thought; it didn't hurt this time! :o

[Dee]

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/deemark/Emoticons/chuckling.gif Me thinks you may be right, Elliott.

[Mary6906]

One of Dolly Parton's very first saline implants? :confused:

[Eva]

I think it's just a paper weight.

Eva

PS: the headaches are vastly improvin, thank goodness, but... I can't find anything weird enough to post here! :eek: (not a word Dave & Marjan! *frown* :D )

[Agnes]

I'll drop you an e-mail, Eva ;)

[david uk]

I think it's a lamp shade

[Oak Kitten]

Dar and Elliott,

If you combine your two guestimations, you are kind of on the right track. . .

Oak

[Elliott]

Dar, do you want to take this one, or shall I? I think Dee should do it!

[hoops]

ok so it's a condom filled with water?
peace
hoops

[Dee]

I thought Elliott already implied that Hoops and I agreed but Oak didn't say if it was. And if it’s not a condom full of water Elliott I have no other ideas, sorry.

[Eva]

It's so not...!

Eva


ok so it's a condom filled with water?
peace
hoops

[hoops]

well eva, i just had to put it out there plain and simple since that is what Dar and Elliott alluded to. looks kinda like one of those beer balls that used to be popular in the early 80's
peace
hoops

[Oak Kitten]

Here's another hint that will be useless. There was one of these mounted on the wall near the furnace in the cellar of the house I grew up in. I was so used to seeing it there as a kid it never even occurred to me to find out what the heck it was until years later. And it sure as heck was not a prophylactic as there were eight kids in the house. . .

Oak

[Roady]

Is it a fire extinguisher?

[Bat]

Some sort of humidifier?

[DaveM]

A "fire grenade", isn't it? They were full of some solution (carbon tetrachloride?) and made of glass and in case of a fire you were supposed to throw them into the middle of it. Every one I have seen was red or some similar vivid color.

Otherwise, I was thinking it might be the last remaining piece of Anna Nicole Smith. I do not care to speculate on which piece.

[Roady]

A "fire grenade", isn't it? They were full of some solution (carbon tetrachloride?) and made of glass and in case of a fire you were supposed to throw them into the middle of it. Every one I have seen was red or some similar vivid color.

That's what I had in mind when I said "fire extinguisher"! One that you throw. But I can't come up with anything for the competition so if that's what it is, you win Dave!

In the far reaches of my brain I vaguely remember something like this that was pink or blue. :confused:

[Mary6906]

In the interest of keeping the game going, until Eva feels up to posting something, here is my entry. It probably won't be anywhere near as challenging as the one Wendy posted:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c70/rbalano/FireGrenade3.jpg

Oak

Dave M.... I believe you may be the winner... check this out....

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1033088236032898341Ejazao

[Oak Kitten]

Yep, give Roady and Dave a Kewpie Doll.

I KNEW DaveM would know what it was, so I figured if he was out of town, everyone else would be kept guessing for a while. So Dave, since Roady opted out, that makes you the stuckee for the next item.

Some of those fire grenades are pretty elaborate in terms of colors and designs, and bottle collectors will pay hundreds of dollars for them. So if you ever come across one, don't throw it at anything! Dave, I am not sure what the liquid is inside those things.

Oak

[DaveM]

I've actually had a couple of these, and yes, they sold for large amounts. One, as I recall, was screwed to a basement wall in a house that was being emptied via estate sale and no one had noticed it. The guy having the sale let me have it for a few dollars, but I had to "uninstall" it myself!

By the way, I still don't know how to post pictures on here.....can anyone help?

[Eva]

I have a picture. Agnes sent it to me. Obviously that girl has more weird ideas in her head then I do :rolleyes: It's always the quiet, innocent looking ones, isn't it? :D Is it okay if I post it Dave?

Eva

[DaveM]

Yes Eva, by all means, do post it! If we don't like it, you can always say it was Agnes' fault!

[Eva]

You have a point Dave...
Here it is... And if it isn't then click on the link.

Eva

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p238/EvaPirateQueen/All%20kinds/vreemdvoorwerp1.jpg

[GodSistah]

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p238/EvaPirateQueen/All%20kinds/vreemdvoorwerp1.jpg

I have no clue...

:o

~Andrea~

[hoops]

looks like on of those "magic disappearing quarter" things
peace
hoops

[Eva]

Thanks Andrea :)

(maybe it is a bit early for a clue... :o )

Eva

[Oak Kitten]

It's a vreemdvoorwerp. Don't bother trying to look it up on Babelfish or similar sites, it defies translation. And while this thingy may very well be a type of vreemdvoorwerp, not all vreemdvoorwerpen are necessarily this thingy. How's that?

Oak

[Bat]

Sounds sorta like a Gizmo to me! It does look like a magic trick machine to me.

[Agnes]

ROFL, Oak, you're so funny! :D Can't wait to meet you!

[Oak Kitten]

I really have no earthly idea, but just to take a stab at it, it looks like a case for tins of shoe polish - perhaps for a shoe shine concession? And since Agnes sent the picture to Eva, it MUST be shoe-related, nicht wahr?

Oak

[Eva]

You have a point there Oak. But unfortunately... :rolleyes:

Here is a clue...
It has to do with food :D

Eva



I really have no earthly idea, but just to take a stab at it, it looks like a case for tins of shoe polish - perhaps for a shoe shine concession? And since Agnes sent the picture to Eva, it MUST be shoe-related, nicht wahr?

Oak

[coffeegyrl]

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p238/EvaPirateQueen/All%20kinds/vreemdvoorwerp1.jpg

hmmmmm, has to do with food. But of course!

Is it a holder for salt and pepper grinders?

[Eva]

Ehm... No.

Eva

[hoops]

a sushi roller

[DaveM]

With some minor adjustment, I would think it would serve excellently for converting bulls into steers, though I know that's not what it is.

And since I can't post any curiosities myself, I won't speculate.

[Bat]

Perhaps a turnip-or beet-topper?

[Oak Kitten]

You put eggs in it and bake 'em in the oven - as opposed to poaching them.

Oak

[Eva]

You are all very creative but no, no, no and no. Another pointer: that upper part that you see; it can move up and down.

Eva

[hoops]

Garlic Roaster

[Darlene]

sausage slicer???:confused:

[aabram]

sausage slicer???:confused:

Think that in English that's called a... knife!!!!!

Had a good look, :confused: but I really haven't the faintest idea!!!!! :)

Annabel

[Eva]

Shall we tell them what it is, Agnes? Or should they suffer a bit more? :D

Eva

[Agnes]

Bat was close... :D Well, maybe you should tell them that if you don't use this properly, things will crumble... :D

[Darlene]

Think that in English that's called a... knife!!!!!

Had a good look, :confused: but I really haven't the faintest idea!!!!! :)

Annabel

Ha, Ha, Ha,

[coffeegyrl]

a bagel slicer? but there's no blade

[aabram]

Looking for clues here, but I'll go for the Turnip Topper :D Although the rest of us use knives :D

[Eva]

a bagel slicer? but there's no blade
Hmm... you are coming closer. I guess you like to eat something with your coffee? ;)

Eva

[Mary6906]

A Muffin "topper"?.... for those who like to eat only the tops, or the bottoms!

[Eva]

A Muffin "topper"?.... for those who like to eat only the tops, or the bottoms!
WHAT? And waist a perfectly good half of a muffin? :eek: I don't think so :rolleyes:

Eva

[Dee]

Is it for cutting English Muffins in half? Or crumpets maybe?

[hoops]

dang it all i don;t drink coffee!
peace
hoops

[coffeegyrl]

dang it all i don;t drink coffee!

Hoops--these are RUDIES. They care about FOOD. My choice is coffee, obviously, but I guess you are on your own in the beverage department.

[aabram]

Hoops--these are RUDIES. They care about FOOD. My choice is coffee, obviously, but I guess you are on your own in the beverage department.

A woman after my own heart. The fresher, the stronger, the better.... :cool: oh and it HAS to be percolated.... none of that instant muck... :)

[dragonlady]

Ick...coffee can't stand the stuff!!! Never have...don't even like the smell of it...:p BLAH!!

Tea...chai...now that's heavenly...

-di

[hoops]

ok , so what is this thing? crumbling, hmmm...i'm lost
peace
hoops

[RedjackRyan]

Ick...coffee can't stand the stuff!!! Never have...don't even like the smell of it...:p BLAH!!

Tea...chai...now that's heavenly...

-di

Heathen.. You are hereby ordered to turn over yer Yinzer's membership card!

[dragonlady]

Nope, not giving it up...you'll have to pry it from my cold dead fingers...even if you are the Cap'n :p

-DRAGONLADY

[Mary6906]

I'm a TEA drinker also.... coffee... FOOEY YUCK... although I enjoy the smell of it brewing, but can't stand to swallow the swill.

[dragonlady]

Now I'm even more impatient to meet you Mary....not often I meet another person who thinks coffee is yucky in these days of Starbucks is king....

-di

[Agnes]

Another tea freak here; 'specially tisanes.
I've never understood how something that smells pretty good (coffee) can taste so disgusting...:o

[dragonlady]

Ooooh she likes tea and she can cook! :D

[coffeegyrl]

Go on and enjoy your tea.

heeheehee more coffee for me! :D

[Mary6906]

Now I'm even more impatient to meet you Mary....not often I meet another person who thinks coffee is yucky in these days of Starbucks is king....

-di

the only two things I ever get in Starbucks is 1) during the summer I get the Vanilla Bean Frappucino Creme Blend (nothing but milk, vanilla bean, ice and whipped cream) and 2) during the colder months I get the Caramel Apple Cider (100% apple juice with cinnamon syrup, whipped cream and caramel sauce drizzle on top) -- liquid dessert...MMMMmmm.

Coffee shall not touch my lips!!

[DaveM]

I am quite happy with both tea and coffee, thank you very much (does that make me some sort of fence-sitter?), however, I do not go to places like Starbucks. I refuse to put anything in my mouth that I cannot pronounce and even if I could, cannot understand.

Mind, it is lots of fun to go to Starbucks, wait while the people in front of me order the "mumbo-jumbo coitus interruptus yuppie headtrip" and then ask for "a cup of coffee".

[Dee]

Coffee? Drinking it now as I do to begin every morning. I make my own using a French style coffee press. Tea is my boyfriend's preference. I probably drink about four cups of tea a year and that’s more than enough for me.

But we still don't know what Eva's contraption is. Will we ever know, I wonder?

[RedjackRyan]

Go on and enjoy your tea.

heeheehee more coffee for me! :D

Amen to that.