A Sunday What’s That?
contests January 4th, 2009Got an easy What’s That? post for you today. I thought I’d be nice and not tax your brains too hard on a Sunday.
You know the drill:
1. The photo shows a small portion of a larger object.
2. First person to guess the object it’s a part of wins either 500 Entrecard credits or a Junk Drawer magnet, your choice.
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January 4th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Hmmm…. Is it some kind of a desk tidy for paperclips or something?
Babs - beetle’s last blog post..Who’s a happy bunny?
January 4th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I will have to guess a die as in singular of dice.
Anne’s last blog post..Tag, I am It
January 4th, 2009 at 9:41 am
center of a bundt cake still in the tin..:)man number 3 and trying harder move over Avis..:)
robert bourne’s last blog post..Thank You
January 4th, 2009 at 9:45 am
It holds a rod to a wall? Like a closet rod or something?
I’m so bad at these.
January 4th, 2009 at 9:46 am
The head of a nail.
Lauren’s last blog post..My Experience With Chat Boards
January 4th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Ooh, ooh, pick me! It’s a solar eclipse…because everyone has one of those in her home.
January 4th, 2009 at 9:51 am
a tack hole on a corkboard
January 4th, 2009 at 9:55 am
hi Kathy,
If this is “easy” I think I’m going to go back to bed. Maybe I’ll get up again in a hour and have another look at it… hmmm… a black recessed hole with a bit of silver paint around it set into someone’s skin or a board… or is it a different part of that paper towel holder?
~ Steve, the befuddled trade show guru
Steve | Trade Show Guru’s last blog post..High School Musical - am I a sell-out?
January 4th, 2009 at 9:57 am
A cup holder of some sort but I really like Anne’s.
Jen’s last blog post..Is it just me?
January 4th, 2009 at 10:23 am
It’s a hole. That’s all we got.
Gandalf and Grayson’s last blog post..What’s A 7-Letter Word For ‘Grayson Is Not Pleased’?
January 4th, 2009 at 10:27 am
A black hole.
Crap, I don’t have one of these in MY house… I’m jealous now.
Maureen’s last blog post..Another Lesson Learned
January 4th, 2009 at 10:34 am
It’s a drain hole for a toilet. And you do have one in your house.
January 4th, 2009 at 10:36 am
I agree with Robert, because it looks like chocolate CAKE on the outside.
Daisy the Curly Cat’s last blog post..Sunday Comics with Daisy!
January 4th, 2009 at 10:36 am
An empty bacon skillet?
Joe’s last blog post..Sunday Breakfast at Tiffany’s
January 4th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Is it the bottom of a salt shaker? No, I’m way off. It’s pepper.
Bryan’s last blog post..Huge shoe spill on Miami highway
January 4th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Looks like the hardest one yet.
The Black Hole to another galaxy ??
A checker……that you wrap in tin foil ?
You tried baking a cake again
January 4th, 2009 at 11:21 am
another vote for eclipse here
Grace’s last blog post..A Cough-less New Year’s Eve Night and a Happy New Year
January 4th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Its a hole in concrete where a pole used to be
dizzblnd’s last blog post..Reader Participation Sunday
January 4th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
It looks like a fish eye to me…
I could be wrong…
January 4th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
hi Kathy,
At least this time I did notice that you called the picture “hole.jpg” so it’s definately a hole. And I’m thinking it’s a plumbing-related hole, which makes me wonder if you had a clogged drain?
Well, I’m back, and I don’t think the extra hour of sleep helped.
~ Steve, aka the needs-more-sleep trade show guru
Steve | Trade Show Guru’s last blog post..High School Musical - am I a sell-out?
January 4th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
I haven’t a clue, but I’ve enjoyed everyone’s guesses. Have a terrific day.
Comedy Plus’s last blog post..Van Gogh’s Ear Award
January 4th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
a speaker hole…Where a speaker should go, but is missing. Golly, my Mr says it’s an animal eye.
amber’s last blog post..Overwhelmed, Slow It Down Please!
January 4th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
I think it’s where a pole goes in a wardrobe so you can hang clothes on it.
Babs - beetle’s last blog post..Who’s a happy bunny?
January 4th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
P.S. It timed out just as I typed the last letter in my edit :O)
It’s a silver pole that goes in it, ’cause there is silver marks around it where it keeps falling out. Ha ha!
Babs - beetle’s last blog post..Who’s a happy bunny?
January 4th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Is it some sort of cup holder in your car? Or maybe….. a black hole? Oh, it’s a mug. Duhhhh
January 4th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
EVERYONE: Someone’s close!
Babs beetle — No, but I like that phrase “desk tidy.” Sounds like an oxymoron.
Anne — No dice.
robert bourne — Ooo, that’s a good guess! It does look like a bundt cake tin and thanks, now I want cake. Oh, and you’re wrong.
Carol at SheLives — Good guess. You guys are really thinking hard about this!
Lauren — You did not hit the nail on the head.
ann of the junkdrawerblogfamily — We sure are sisters. I was going to add to the post “And, no, it’s not a solar eclipse.” We do think alike!
Erinj1976 — Nope, and sorry that I give you no perspective when I take these photos. I can see how it can appear teeny tiny, but it’s not.
Befuddled Trade Shot Guru Steve — All I can tell you is you’ve described it perfectly. Sorta.
Jen — Like for a drink?
Gandalf and Grayson — Yes! It’s a hole! How ’bout that!
Maureen — Yes, it’s a black hole. And I’d bet money nobody has one of these in their houses, but they’ve seen them before. Oooo! A hint! Sorta maybe.
Agent U219 — Nope. All my toilets are currently attached to their holes. Um. That didn’t sound right.
Daisy the Curly Cat — Oh, you just want cake!
Joe — Nope, but just cuz you said that, I’m going to make a bacon and cheese sandwich. Thanks for the trigger.
Bryan — Nope, you can’t shake this!
Alan — Oh, and here I thought this would be so easy. A checker? Tin Foil? Whatta?
Grace — That was exactly what I thought it looked like when I cropped the image. But no.
dizzblnd — Good one, but no.
rapidmax — You are.
Needs-more-sleep Trade Show Guru Steve — Yes, hole it be. Not a plumbing-related hole, though I did have a drain problem recently. I had a wig’s worth of hair stuck in the shower drain. God bless Drano.
Comedy Plus — Me too! I always love to read how people interpret these things. Like some kind of weird Rorschach test.
amber — Nope and nope. Weird there were two animal eye guesses.
Babs beetle — You’re just gonna keep guessing, aren’t you? Nope, but good guess. Oh, and I increased the edit time by a minute. The marks are really not silver. It is the result of the camera’s flash. Does that help?
Regan — No, no and no. Strike 3, you’re out!
January 4th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Hole for your shower curtain rod?
Musing’s last blog post..If your kids walk into your room while you’re having sex
January 4th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Burner cover? Lunar eclipse?
carol at A Second Cup’s last blog post..Jimmy V and New Years Thoughts
January 4th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Every new episode of “What’s That” only reinforces the fact that I am truly terrible at this. I like reading everyone’s guesses, though.
absepa’s last blog post..I’m a Secretary, Captain, Not a Search Engine!
January 4th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
A “nut” as in a “nut and a bolt.”
I stink at these…
The Hawg!’s last blog post..Top Entrecard droppers for December
January 4th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Me thinks it is the stand for your Christmas tree.
January 4th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
It looks like a freeze plug (like on an engine block). So then, why are you taking pictures of your engine block? hee-hee
Matt’s last blog post..Absurd Files: New Year, Old (Really Old) Laws.
January 4th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Rats!Rats!Rats!..I thought I had it..I am eating a whopping plate of bacon and eggs to console myself..:)
robert bourne’s last blog post..Thank You
January 4th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
I know! I know! It’s a peep hole someone drilled in the wall of your office at work! Actually, I went back and looked and it looks like a fuzzy picture of the moon glued into a bottle cap.
Lee’s last blog post..PhotoHunt #143 - Hope
January 4th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
It’s a shark’s eye, isn’t it? Ooh, Kathy, you’re brave to get so close to a shark. What WON’T you do for your readers?
JD at I Do Things’s last blog post..I’ll Say “No” to Drugs so you don’t have to
January 4th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Is it a cup from a miniature golf set up, some sort of home play thingee?
OK, I bite. Is it an inkwell in an antique desk - no you said it wasn’t small. Is it a hole with the manhole cover removed?
(I’m giving up now)
Stephanie Barr’s last blog post..Saturday Quote-a-thon! A new feature
January 4th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
hi Kathy,
Thanks for your reply… “All I can tell you is you’ve described it perfectly. Sorta.”
Have you ever heard the phrase, “That’s as clear as mud.”
I’ve spent the last 10 minutes staring at that picture. This is driving me mad!
~ Steve, the on-the-verge-of-insanity trade show guru
Steve | Trade Show Guru’s last blog post..High School Musical - am I a sell-out?
January 4th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
I’m guessing an outlet box for a light fixture?
January 4th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
My initial impression is it’s a bullet hole. However, the hole is too clean.
You been hangin’ around Jesse James lately?
Oh, I forgot, he dead.
January 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
I think it is a hole in the ground and the black part is liquid like water.
the other guess I have is a dryer vent (exhaust hole) on the side of a house
The Mind of a Mom’s last blog post..Absolutely Abu-less
January 4th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Having just come from scrubbing the stove, my guess is it’s the hole in the stovetop that the burner sits on, after you remove the drip pan.
Jodith’s last blog post..Top 10 Posts of 2008
January 4th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Hmmm, there are some very, very good guesses in this next batch. Very good.
Musing — Nope, and I guarantee no part of my shower will make an appearance in this blog.
carol at A Second Cup — No burner cover and no eclipse, although damned if it doesn’t look like one!
absepa — Stop saying that! You’ll get one when you least expect it.
The Hawg! — Don’t worry, I stink at lots of things. Probably doesn’t make you feel better, knowing me.
rattln’ along — Nope, but I was thinking of using that as I was scoping out things to photograph.
Matt — You speak another language. Engine block? Kathy does not understand car speak. Why does my engine have a block? Is that a good thing?
robert bourne — Bacon cures all ills.
Lee — Creepy! As for the moon/bottle cap theory, I would agree, except you’re still wrong.
JD at I Do Things — I deep sea dive for What’s That? posts so you don’t have to!
Stephanie Barr — That’s a whole bunch of guesses. It’s probably good I didn’t put a limit on the number of guesses from a single person.
On-the-verge-of-insanity Trade Show Guru Steve — I demand you stop looking at it. You must put it out of your mind immediately. Save yourself! And silly you. Don’t you know I’m the Queen of Vague?
tahtimbo — No, no outlet box. Sorry!
PaulsHealthBlog.com — Well, now, I’d have a really good story to accompany a bullet hole, wouldn’t I? Almost makes me wish it was one.
The Mind of a Mom — I like your dryer vent idea. But nope.
Jodith — Nope, but good for you for cleaning your stove. I felt so accomplished yesterday when I cleaned mine of bacon grease splatter, under the knobs and everything.
January 4th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
The drain in the floor in the basement (the emergency drain) that leads out to the main drain outside?
The Mind of a Mom’s last blog post..Absolutely Abu-less
January 4th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
A hole to a hillbilly pool table or a hole o put a post in.
January 4th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
looks like a hole that was part of a radiator….but, duuh, I love everyone else saying ‘easy?…I’m going back to bed!’
amy lilley’s last blog post..If Winter Had a Flower…
January 4th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
wait I need to change my answer unless I am right when in that case, yea for me ! My next guess is ~ a thumb tack (push pin). Looking down on top if it as it is pushed into a board.
The Mind of a Mom’s last blog post..Absolutely Abu-less
January 4th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
It’s the hole from a miniature golf course (or game) minus the astro-turf around it…
Stacy’s last blog post..Reminder of my Guest Blog Post Today!
January 4th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
AHA!! It’s a flower pot receptacle in a headstone!
Matt’s last blog post..Absurd Files: New Year, Old (Really Old) Laws.
January 4th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
I’m thinking a bullet hole in the wall where the bullet landed after the mysterious shooting that took out the evil Gladys Kravitz-type neighbor who has taunted you for years.
The camera flash reflected off the gunshot residue - It was a very close range shot.
Cheers
January 4th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I’ve got it! I’ve got it! It’s a flashlight with the lit end down! Do I have it?
January 4th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
The finger hole for a sliding door/drawer?
January 5th, 2009 at 12:27 am
It’s now what I’m seeing when I look away after looking at a black dot for 15 minutes.
MA Fat Woman’s last blog post..A Special Announcement
January 5th, 2009 at 12:56 am
Is it a close up photo of a dice? Particularly the face that has one dot on it.
Riayn’s last blog post..Answers To Life’s Difficult Questions
January 5th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Oh Geez. I have No Idea!
meleah rebeccah’s last blog post..Hello Internet!
January 5th, 2009 at 5:41 am
The Mind of a Mom — My husband thought the same thing when I showed him the picture.
brooke — You’re going to have to explain a hillbilly pool table to me. Do you mean one that’s been sitting out in the rain for months and is still used?
amy lilley — Yeah, I guess it wasn’t so easy. Well, it was to me, but then again, I took the picture. D’oh!
The Mind of a Mom — No, not a thumb tack. I’m sorry this is driving you insane.
Stacy — Good guess! Wrong answer!
Matt — That is such a good guess. But it’s so no right.
David — I love that two people thought this was a gun shot hole. I’m not the gun-toting type.
Lori — You do not have it, but your idea is interesting.
Susan K — Good guess. That’s what I thought it looked like myself. Without the metal insert.
MA Fat Woman — I’m very sorry. Don’t come back until tonight. I’ll probably post the answer this evening.
Riayn — Ah! You’re not the first person to suggest that. But no.
meleah rebeccah — You’re in good company! Don’t feel bad.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:58 am
I was going to guess one of the holes on the bottom of an iron, but since you said it’s not teeny tiny, I’m going to go with the hole in a door where the door know (probably painted white) used to be.
Cromely’s last blog post..Apparently, I’m interesting
January 5th, 2009 at 6:22 am
I think it looks life an access port for some duct work, but I’ve seen so much construction lately I might be jaded.
Under the category of most creative guess, How about a portal to Hell at Lehigh University? It is a black hole, and I’m sure if you get to nosy you can get sucked down. They do have portals to Hell at Lehigh, don’t they? At least a couple over at Tech Support?
Chris Casey’s last blog post..Mark Trail Saves the Swamp!
January 5th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Is it one of those rubber bumper thingys like on the inside of a cabinet door?
January 5th, 2009 at 7:27 am
Perhaps an empty rubbish bin? A table with a hole, illuminated from above…
January 5th, 2009 at 7:31 am
How about one of those indoor golfing thingamajiggys?
January 5th, 2009 at 7:38 am
These are so madening and equally humiliating! I fancy myself a pretty sharp tack until I visit the “What’s That” posts and then I slink away after peering at the photo for MINUTES, mind you! I need to take more fish oil capsules. Humpf.
Vivienne’s last blog post..Subway Sandwich Artists: Stop Smashing my Sandwiches
January 5th, 2009 at 7:47 am
This one is really hard! Haven’t the foggiest.
January 5th, 2009 at 7:49 am
The center hole on a patio/bisto table?
January 5th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Wow…late to the game (again) and no one seems to have it yet. Is it one of the three holes in a 10-pin bowling ball?
Steve’s last blog post..Wow…
January 5th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Okay this is my final guess! A door handle, (door knob)
and then you got me
The Mind of a Mom’s last blog post..Pee-A-Boo ~ I found you with just one clue
January 5th, 2009 at 9:30 am
THIS is not taxing my brain, Kathy? Er… you have more confidence in my brain then than I do.
Jenn Thorson’s last blog post..Of Cabbages and Kings New Year’s Irresolutions
January 5th, 2009 at 10:52 am
A sump pit opening
January 5th, 2009 at 10:56 am
I know this is wrong but it looks like a solar eclipse. Guess the larger item would be the solar system.
Jayne’s last blog post..Composting Leaves - Tips for Composting Your Leaves
January 5th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Yes and is made out of plywood with no covering.
January 5th, 2009 at 11:53 am
the belly button of a robot?
MerapuLand’s last blog post..Photoshop: It’s About Time You Learn How To Use It
January 5th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I have no clue. Looks like concrete or stucco, and I’d say a hole for a port-hole style window, but that would make the wall behind it REALLY close. “And I’d bet money nobody has one of these in their houses, but they’ve seen them before” Hmmmm…is it a coin slot in a machine?
Laurelei’s last blog post..Nighty-Night
January 5th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I would be curious to know why it took 28 hours from post time for me to get this…hmmm
January 5th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
The hole in a vacuum cleaner bag?
feefifoto’s last blog post..The Kindness Of Strangers
January 5th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
It’s the holder for a coffee cup. Like in the car or something like that. Maybe not in the car but the same item in another place in your home.
lauren’s last blog post..Do You REALLY Want To Know The Truth?
January 5th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
A wormhole portal to the homeland of tinsel? It would explain the shiny edges to the hole.
shadowsrider’s last blog post..Christmas trees…
January 5th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
I’m not even sure if anybody guessed it right yet. In case it’s still open, I’d say: a burner on the top of electrical stove ;o)
Ivanhoe’s last blog post..Google Meme
January 5th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
The tormenting continues! I just got an email informing me of a new post at your blog and thought,finally the answer! I open the email only to find out it is telling me about YESTERDAYS post (this post). LET US KNOW ALREADY!
OK, I will calm down… you said most people wouldn’t have it in their homes and you alluded to it being big.
I’ll go with an open manhole (already said above) or a cleanout to a septic tank, or a place to dump used car oil (but I don’t think you change your oil)…
I don’t think I’ve ever looked forward to a “next post” so much.
~ Steve, the still-befuddled trade show guru
Steve | Trade Show Guru’s last blog post..High School Musical - am I a sell-out?
January 5th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I think I have no imagination whatsoever; I’m no good at figuring out what these things are. Anyway, wanted to let you know you made my blog today. Here’s the link: http://blondesherry.blogspot.com/2009/01/top-commentors-in-december-and-blogs-i.html
Sherry Martschink’s last blog post..Chances of Dying Depend on Where You Live?
January 5th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
A hole in a door with a missing doorknob! Did I get it? Did someone already guess that? No way I was reading through 77 comments.
Woman Tribune’s last blog post..Hip Maternity Fashion for Every Taste
January 5th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Is it a pencil from head on?
Jeff’s last blog post..Thank you… I’ll be your entertainment for the evening.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
An empty dog dish as viewed from above. (one of those heavy rubber hard to chew type.)
January 5th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Okay I know I said my guess was my last and final one but I love a good challange!
It is a candle holder. You know the flat(ish) kind that hold large thick candles.
Or it is looking down on the top of the screw that holds the hands in place on a clock!
Now you have to either tell us or shoot me and put me out of my misery!! LoL
The Mind of a Mom’s last blog post..Pee-A-Boo ~ I found you with just one clue
January 5th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I haven’t a clue in hell and I keep checking back to see if you have posted the answer yet. I have guessed a couple right but I wasn’t the first one…this is beyond me…
Broadway Matron’s last blog post..Pizza Sunday
January 5th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Hey, is it a button for a cross walk? Kind of looks like one of the recessed buttons you push.
shadowsrider’s last blog post..Christmas trees…
January 5th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
EVERYONE: There’s a winner! Check the latest post for the winning entry.
Cromely — Both good guesses, in fact, the door knob thing is what I thought it looked like when I cropped it.
Chris Casey — I would love it to be a portal to another place, especially when I need to get away for a bit. Portals don’t need to be large, do they? Like, I can still fit through one this small if I wish it, right?
Lori — No rubber bumper thingy, though I like your description.
Sam — Well, it is a table with a hole in it, but that wasn’t specific enough. Go look at the answer. You’ll kick yourself. You were so close!
Kathy — Golf hole is incorrect, and you have to be more specific than thingamajiggys. Thingamabob is also unacceptable. Just for the record.
Vivienne — I love making you guys crazy. Truly I do.
Data Entry Services — Well, I thought it was easy because you can make out that the hole doesn’t go through something all the way. It’s a hole to a cavernous pit and I was thinking someone would get that it was a desk.
Susan K — Nope, but very good guess. I have one of those tables and we never put the umbrella in it because the table is under a covered patio.
Steve — Oooo! No! I like your guess, though. The only bowling ball is the fake one I use when playing Wii Bowling.
The Mind of a Mom — Oh, my dear, I felt so guilty reading your answers, knowing the correct guess was already made. I hope you didn’t get a headache.
Jenn Thorson — I do! I do! You’re a smarty pants. I’m so disappointed in you.
Patricia — Good guess. But nyet.
Jayne — You’re right, it does look like an eclipse. You are in good company with that guess.
brooke — Gotcha. You know your hillbilly!
MerapuLand — Aw! Points for cuteness!
Laurelei — You’ve obviously thought long and hard about it. I’m sorry you are wrong. Better luck next time!
Melissa — You got my email about that. I’m really sorry I messed with the Feedburner settings. I was trying to get the email notification out sooner, not later. I’ve since changed it again, to send notifications between 1-3AM, so you should always have them in your morning mail if I have posted the night before, which is my typical posting time.
feefifoto — That’s a great guess. I hate putting those stupid bags on. It shouldn’t be that hard!
lauren — It is a holder, but not for coffee. For ink! Well, if you drink black coffee like I do, then maybe you could call it ink.
shadowsrider — I feel bad there was some shine on there from the camera flash. It might have thrown some people. Of course, I’m dastardly like that.
Ivanhoe — Yes, someone guessed it by this point, but I was so busy at work, I couldn’t get the post up announcing the winner. Check the newest post!
Still-befuddled Trade Show Guru Steve — I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I know I messed up the Feedburner thing. Sorry that you thought it was a new post. I’ve hopefully fixed that. So do you have an old school desk in your house? I’m curious if anyone does.
Woman Tribune — I don’t blame you for not sifting through this many comments. If it makes you feel any better, I thought it looked like doorknob hole to. If I didn’t already know what it was, that’d have been my guess.
Jeff — I loved your guess. I stared and stared at it and then it hit me. Pencil tip up really, really close. Good one!
Susan K — I love the multitude of different guesses here. I’m sorry it drove people insane. Um. No I’m not!
The Mind of a Mom — OK, so you’re back. You’re still wrong, my dear. You were the inspiration for the post title announcing the winner. So that’s something, right?
Broadway Matron — Go look! I posted the winning entry!
shadowsrider — It does, doesn’t it? You’ve just given me a good idea. I might expand my items to those found outdoors as well as indoors. Might get more interesting!
June 11th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Is that a rabbit hole??