What’s That Wednesday
contests August 12th, 2009You would think What’s That? posts would be easy to do, but you’d be so wrong. I’ve been looking for something to feature for days and nixed a ton of stuff. Muh head hurts. After a long struggle, I found something that made the cut.
This item has the following characteristics:
1. It does something.
2. I used it once and hated it.
Crystal clear, yes?
How to play:
1. The photo shows a small portion of a larger object.
2. First person to guess the object it’s a part of wins a Junk Drawer magnet and a mystery prize.
Most likely a prize involving bacon, since people keep giving me novelty bacon items they find in their travels. My desk drawer at work looks like a deli. Apparently, everyone I know thinks of me when they see bacon. How did that happen?
Go!
What’s that?
UPDATE: It appears I need to give a hint since no one has guessed the object correctly.
Because my brain didn’t hurt enough coming up with this item, I decided to write a clue in the form of a limerick. Limericks are hard to write at 5AM. Just sayin’.
I actually wrote better ones, but they would totally give it away. So here you go. My vague limerick:
You use it not inside, but out.
And hold as you walk all about.
It would be really swell
If it caused you to yell
"I’ve got something here, I’ve no doubt!"
Stumble it!






August 12th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Is it a cover to something? Someone has been using it;It has scratches all over it. Maybe something to do with vacuum cleaner?
.-= misspiggytoes´s last blog ..Junk Shop Lamp =-.
August 12th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
I think it’s a weight…a barbell-type weight. Oh, I hope I get this one! I would so love a Junk Drawer magnet.
.-= absepa´s last blog ..Don’t it make my blue/green/grey/hazel eyes…brown? =-.
August 12th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
ok this is a total shot in the dark cause i really can not tell, but is it one of those eclipse viewing board thingys
August 12th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Part of a Roomba.
.-= Cats~Goats~Quotes´s last blog ..Mancat Monday ~ Malachi the tester =-.
August 12th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
It looks like a heavy base for something… like a patio umbrella.
So, that’s my guess.
.-= Midwest Mom´s last blog ..What to do with All Those Tomatoes =-.
August 12th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Oh, I have absolutely no idea what this is. I’m confused by the clean, light coloured inside. Or are you going to say that it’s the flash making it look light inside? Something pokes into the hole, is all I can say
.-= babs – beetle´s last blog ..She’s no Eartha Kitt! =-.
August 12th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I’m LOVIN’ this game! You’re a freakin’ genius.
That said….I have no clue what it could be. The only
thing that comes to mind is a cup holder in an automobile.
Good one!
.-= kathryn´s last blog ..Oh, mon Dieu! =-.
August 12th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
What the hell is that ?!
August 12th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Looks like a cup holder. And I really DO think of you when I see bacon. Which makes it all psychologically weird when I eat it.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Is it the top of a sprinkler head? The hole is where the sprinkler head pops out.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
It’s the center hub of an old 5.25″ floppy! (I’m old school like that…)
.-= Rob O.´s last blog ..Living On the Edge =-.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
A reusable vacuum bag if there is such a thing
.-= misspiggytoes´s last blog ..Ramen Will Always Be Better Than The Local Pasta Restaurant =-.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
I don’t know how you found this, but it appears to be the entrance to a Bulgarian bat cave. I hope you washed your hands after being so near to it. Your a very brave woman.
Beamer
.-= Beamer´s last blog ..Whats Up? =-.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
It’s either a built-in ash tray or a really small sandbox.
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August 12th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
I’ve been staring at the thing for ten minutes and all I see is the moon rising through a spaceship window.
You really did go all out on this one, didn’t you?
.-= Don´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday: 8-12-09 =-.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Quoits…the game where you throw the quoit over a center
thing a ma bob that sticks up! Although…your clue said it does something. But..I could see you not liking quoits!
August 12th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
It’s obvious people! It’s a make up nose guard. You put it on your face so that your nose pokes through from behind. Then you can apply all sorts of make up to your nose and not get any on your face.
.-= Cromely´s last blog ..Hospitality for the night =-.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
i vote for a floppy disk also.
August 13th, 2009 at 12:37 am
The white thing kind of looks like an eraser, so I’m going to go with one of those erasable pens, although I really don’t think that’s it. Too wide.
Maybe a button on something, like a remote, but I don’t think you would hate that.
Maybe it will come to me in my sleep.
.-= Staci´s last blog ..Dear God, It’s Me, Staci =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 2:41 am
I guess a vacuum cleaner bag. I think… Maybe…that’s my guess…which is…yeah
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August 13th, 2009 at 2:47 am
Hmmm… It does something and you used it once and hated it. The only thing that comes to mind is my Ex-husband. Nah. That can’t be right.
.-= Barb – WillThink4Wine´s last blog ..You can’t go home again =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 4:41 am
I think it’s some of the terribly expensive face powder that never really hides those blemishes!!
.-= Lynne Demeter´s last blog ..We’ve moved! =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 4:42 am
EVERYONE: Great guesses! I bet you want to know if anyone got it right. I would want to know too.
Rob — Nope, but I liked your guess because it made me think of how far we’ve come with data storage. You can hardly cut a disk with scissors these days.
Don — This one is reminiscent of another What’s That item, which was about the same-sized hole. Don’t stare at it too long or you’ll go blind. Oh wait. That’s the sun.
Drowsey — I feel equally weird knowing that. I get links and pictures sent to me and all forms of fake bacon given to me. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone shipped me a whole pig.
Linda Kreitz — You’re right about me not liking quoits. I doubt I’ve ever gotten one on the spike.
Barb — Har!
August 13th, 2009 at 5:04 am
It’s the hole for a tiddly wink cup.
Or an empty cup of coffee.
August 13th, 2009 at 5:24 am
If it’s any consolation, when I think “bacon,” the first person I think of is John Scalzi.
.-= Kelly´s last blog ..Fractal No. 94 =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 5:52 am
Is it one of those play-golf-in-your-home thingies that catches the ball once you’ve hit it? You know, I so look forward to the What’s That Wednesdays, and then you put these up and it hurts my brain. Good one!
August 13th, 2009 at 6:12 am
I think this is the hardest one you have ever done! Haven’t the foggiest.
August 13th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Is this some sort of spigot on a smoothie maker. And if so, what’s wrong with you hating on a smoothie maker?
August 13th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Argh. I’m thinking misspiggytoes is on to something here. It reminds me of a part of a vacuum cleaner bag-thing. I could see you hating a vacuum cleaner. Especially if it accidentally vacuumed up your bacon.
.-= JD at I Do Things´s last blog ..I Can Tap That so you don’t have to =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Is it a venti-port for a 1956 Buick?
.-= Joe´s last blog ..Yay!!!!!!!!! =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 7:36 am
My guess is it’s one of those optical illusion convex mirror dishes they have in bars… where you try to grab the coin or little pig or whatever they put in there, but it’s really just an optical illusion and you get all mad and everything and then have to go drink more beer. And then everyone laughs at you because you’re such a noob.
.-= CatLadyLarew´s last blog ..I Win! I Win! =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Is it used to measure the girth of something?
A Stargate-type wormhole for hamsters?
Am I getting warm?
.-= Tiggy´s last blog ..Losin’ My Muse =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:09 am
It looks like the ring that one of those roach traps sits in. They’re kinda gross so I could see how you wouldn’t enjoy touching it.
.-= MA Fat Woman´s last blog ..Car Trouble…Part III =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:32 am
You said you had used one of these before and hated it?
I am clueless.
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August 13th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Yeah, I go along with the folks who said vacuum cleaner type thingy – what the heck I haven’t a clue
.-= Grace´s last blog ..Thank You’s and assorted what-nots =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Would this be a cup warmer? Put your coffee cup in the hole, turn it on and it keeps the coffee warm?? Only thing I can think of besides some sort of Vacuum cleaner hose attachment.
.-= shadowsrider´s last blog ..Happy Birthday Finn! =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:49 am
A really, really wide and stylish bracelet?!
.-= Daisy the Curly Cat´s last blog ..A Catnip Haiku =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:50 am
A mouse crawled up in your car tailpipe with a teeny camera and took a flash photo of a waxing moon.
August 13th, 2009 at 10:01 am
It’s obviously the portal on the side of the the Obelisk from 2001: a Space Odyssey. It’s what made you so funny and smart, and has turned you into a hyper-evolved human, leaving you stuck with the comparative troglodytes of the planet as executive management at your job.
No wonder you hated it.
.-= Rufus Opus´s last blog ..Understanding Wealth =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 10:21 am
It’s where you plug an electrical cord into the side of something, like a George Foreman Grill. We’re done here.
.-= Jenny´s last blog ..I’m A Born Again American =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 11:53 am
I’m going to say a cup holder or something like that. =/
August 13th, 2009 at 11:58 am
It’s an extreme close-up right? So is it a penis pump for spiders?
.-= John J Savo´s last blog ..Winter is for Lovers =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
hi Kathy,
I love these “what’s that” posts, and I’m glad I got here in time to guess.
It reminds me of the ink well, but I know it isn’t that.
I’ll go with a hole in a bowling ball.
~ Steve, the clueless trade show guru
.-= steve, trade show guru´s last blog ..Trade Show Kinsella =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
A belt hole, you know, for pants. I also think of you around bacon . . . and bees.
August 13th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Used it once…
…George Foreman Grill?
.-= C.B.Jones´s last blog ..Mindful List: Ten reasons I never get anything done on time. =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
OK…changing my answer. It holds on weights to a barbell. You slide it on to a barbell…which then holds the weights onto the bar.
I can see you not liking weight lifting.
August 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
EVERYONE: No one’s getting it. Might be time for a hint. I’ll let it go the night and then maybe in the morning, I’ll update the post with another characteristic of the item.
BabaBooey — I have no idea what a tiddly wink cup is.
Kelly — I had to look up John Scalzi. I feel his pain. He’s got a good idea telling his readers to post their bacon finds in the comments.
To all those who are guessing vacuum cleaner part — NO.
Joe — Welcome home! Had to look up ventiport. Sounded like a made up name to me. And no.
CAtLadyLarew — I have no idea what you’re talking about. Do you only see those things when you’re drunk in the bar?
GoingLikeSixty — Cute! But no.
Rufus Opus — No one ever called me a hyper-evolved human and lived to tell about it.
John — You scare me a little.
Clueless Trade Show Guru Steve — Thanks, I like these too. Especially when no one can guess it. I’m evil like that.
Linda Kreitz — As if I tried weight lifting even once.
August 13th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
It’s a bowling ball. That’s my guess. The scratches made me think of this odd guess.
.-= melissan´s last blog ..Summer in Full Bloom =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
A garbage can for the car. If that’s too specific, something related to a garbage can.
.-= misspiggytoes´s last blog ..A Good Thriftstore is All I Need =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
A grommet? Like from lace up boots or a lace-up corset?
August 13th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Is it the hole in a belt?
August 13th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Or an ignition hole for a round key?
August 13th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Is it one of those computer mouses that have a ball that you move around? This is tough!
August 13th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Is it an ashtray?
August 13th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
The button on a flat iron? From your pic, it looks like you have curly hair. Maybe you hated what your hair looked like straight or you burnt yourself with it.
Or maybe a real iron where the steam comes out? I hate ironing. Maybe you do, too.
The switch to a battery operated screwdriver? The gray part kind of looks like that kind of plastic.
I think we really need a hint.
.-= Staci´s last blog ..Counting My Neighborhood Chickens =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
I stared, and stared, and stared some more…
And then it hit me. How could I have missed it… Of Course!
It’s that thingy. You know. That thingy. The thing you got on that late night infomercial that you thought you couldn’t live without, but now you know you really can, but you paid good money for it and you don’t want to just throw it out, so now you’re storing it in the garage where it is gathering dust… you know… that THINGY!
Steve, the suddenly-its-clear trade show guru
.-= steve, trade show guru´s last blog ..Trade Show Kinsella =-.
August 13th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
My last guess…is it an Oxo Good Grips Bag Clip??
August 14th, 2009 at 3:49 am
It’s that thing that’s going in your next garage sale!
Or…it looks like either a tealight, a drugstore “decorative” air freshener or — except for the cardboard insert — a table top patio “mini fireplace”.
I’m still gonna go with the garage sale thing though.
.-= edder´s last blog ..you might be bipolar if… =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 6:09 am
A pot of eyeshadow??
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids
.-= Sniffie and the Florida Furkids´s last blog ..Friends on Friday???? =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 6:50 am
ski pole?
August 14th, 2009 at 6:51 am
metal detector thingy you use on the beach
August 14th, 2009 at 6:55 am
I was going to also say metal detector, but now I will go with megaphone, or leaf blower.
.-= misspiggytoes´s last blog ..A Good Thriftstore is All I Need =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 7:34 am
I am going to say metal detector too, because of the limerick.
.-= melissan´s last blog ..Summer in Full Bloom =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 7:37 am
I’m going to say it’s one of those things you use to look at eclipses and such. The little box thingy, sometimes there’s mirrors inside to help you look without looking directly at the sun.
That or a cardboard periscope. >^-^<
August 14th, 2009 at 7:51 am
OK…the bottom of some sort of stand. Or a part to a desk.
August 14th, 2009 at 7:56 am
It the cover of a fishing reel looking in the hole where the fishing line comes out. You removed it and put it on a cement floor. Bou-ya!
.-= Jeff´s last blog ..still alive but… =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Part of a weedeater?
.-= misspiggytoes´s last blog ..A Good Thriftstore is All I Need =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 9:13 am
i thought it was the underside of a snap/button on a jacket, but your poem makes me think it’s something else. *sigh*
.-= muskrat´s last blog ..son, your government’s writing checks the muskrat just cashed =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Oh it must be a metal detector! Woohoo!
.-= Daisy the Curly Cat´s last blog ..Fashion Friday: Daisy in the Hood! =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Is it a telescope looking at the moon?
August 14th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Your clue makes me think it’s part of a metal detector. Jeff’s guess about part of a fishing rod is good, too, though!
.-= muskrat´s last blog ..son, your government’s writing checks the muskrat just cashed =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Hi Kathy,
Is it the eyelet of a shoe? You know, where you slip the shoelace through? Okay, not a great guess, but this is a terrific contest. -Mike.
.-= Michael J. Kannengieser´s last blog ..Islanders =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 10:44 am
hmmm,
now my head hurts…
from your earlier comment, the hole is the same size as the inkwell hole…
so I can’t see it being a fishing rod… and I’ve never seen a metal detector but I don’t know why it would have a hole in it…
I’ll stick with “that thingy” for now…
and maybe I’ll google “metal detector pictures”…
~ Steve, the thoroughly puzzled trade show guru
.-= steve, trade show guru´s last blog ..Trade Show Kinsella =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Bada bing, bada bang, bada boom…
I’m back…
and a metal detector it is!
$100 at Walmart for the Bounty Hunter Pioneer EX Metal Detector
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6372474
right? Steve, the googling trade show guru
.-= steve, trade show guru´s last blog ..Trade Show Kinsella =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 11:24 am
hmmm…i will guess that is is a part of a walking stick / hiking pole.
.-= Puglette´s last blog ..Charlie’s Glamour Shot =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 11:29 am
This is probably too simple an answer, but did anyone guess flashlight?
August 14th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
I need to know the answer to this…as I’m going on vacation…so just e-mail me the answer and I won’t tell anyone!
August 14th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
It’s one of those devices that picks up pecans off the ground.
.-= Cats~Goats~Quotes´s last blog ..Happy Weekend ~ Jasmine =-.
August 14th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I have reduced myself to trying to see up into the corners of the picture the way I used to always try to see the Nanny’s face on the Muppett Babies.
.-= misspiggytoes´s last blog ..All the Albums You Thought You Wanted for Ten Dollars =-.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I see a Round window, me looking at the moon…but I don’t know whether the moon is white or black…:-p
Tough to guess…so many comments, but none could succeed! What is that thing?