A What’s That Wednesday and An FYI
Blogging, contests May 12th, 2010Today’s What’s That item comes with not one, but two, hints! I’m so generous.
Hint #1: It doesn’t belong to me.
Hint #2: It is always used with a second object not pictured here.
There. Wasn’t that super helpful?
How to play:
1. The photo shows a small portion of a larger object.
2. First person to guess the object wins a Junk Drawer magnet and your choice from a fine selection of novelty bandages. Nine out of ten clown doctors say that novelty bandages work better than regular ones.
OK, so here goes. What is this?
And now for that FYI:
I’m leaving Entrecard in a few days. If that’s how you usually visit The Junk Drawer, please consider bookmarking me or subscribing to the feed. I’d love to keep you as a regular visitor.
You can always find me over at Tribal Blogs and on Facebook, too! Stick with me, will ya?
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CONTEST CLOSED! We have a winner!
Stumble it!






May 12th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Is it a snap?
May 12th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
nevermind. I know that’s wrong.
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May 12th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
A bullet maker.
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May 12th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
It sort of looks like a melon baller, but not really. I’m so bad at this game.
And I’ve had you in my RSS feed since I left Entrecard a million years ago.
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May 12th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
a candlestick holder?
May 12th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Since I have next to no depth perception I really can’t tell if it is convex or concave, but I’m leaning towards concave – which doesn’t help me at all. It could be half of a fastening system or a really strange mortar and pestle set or something else altogether…Probably something else altogether…
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May 12th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
I am AWFUL at guessing these, but Ill give it my best shot. A jean button?
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May 12th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
It’s a divot in something. Looks like a ball of some kind would go into it. Like a playing board for something that used balls as pieces. Can’t think of any games like that though. Chinese Checkers? They aren’t metal, they’re wood.
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May 12th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Thanks for your excellent hints, now I’m sure that I have no clue what that is. But I do know that you’re already in my reader so I won’t miss a thing once you ditch EC
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May 12th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Is it a bb? from a bb gun?
May 12th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
I’m with Grace. First it looked like a small metal ball and then it looked like a bowl. Now it looks like a door knob. Used with something else? Who does it belong too?
I gotcha on the EC thingy. Everyone should come over to Tribal Blogs. Much easier to visit quality blogs:)
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May 12th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Since I have NO CLUE despite the 2 useless clues you gave us, I will have to console myself with the fact that I just received my BeetleMagnet and put it up next to my Junk Drawer Magnet. Now whenever I order Pizza I’ll be thinking of you two! Oh, is it a Pizza?
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May 12th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
I’ll say it’s a metal mixing bowl. Not sure if you cook or not, but if you don’t, then Hint #1 would make sense. Hint #2 could refer to a spoon or an electric mixer.
OR…I got nuthin’.
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May 12th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Looks to me like the receptacle for a fastener, like a snap or a rivet, where you pound the fastener in and it’s deformed by this receptacle into the right shape.
Or, of course, I could be insane.
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May 12th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
a trailer hitch ball?

that is my best and only guess.
hugs,
puglette
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May 12th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
You know those balls hanging from wires? You pull one back and let it go and then it goes “click click click” back and forth? It looks like one of those balls, only taken from underneath, so you can’t see the wire…
Do I get a prize for creativity?
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May 12th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
I don’t think it’s a trailer hit ball….unless it hasn’t been used for awhile. They typically have some black on them. It is something outside…due to the rust on it.
May 12th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Is it the end of a curtain rod?
May 12th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Just as well I won the last one because I have no idea. It could be a hollow bowl or a ball, depending on how you view it. Either way, I have no idea.
I am also leaving Entrecard. I stopped dropping but haven’t gotten around to actually removing it yet. I must do it soon. Thanks for reminding me.
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May 12th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
The ball bearing in a pinball machine or some other sort of game?
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May 12th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Is it a half of a ball bearing?
May 12th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
A very fancy mortar to be used with a very shiny pestle? I like the BB/ball bearing guesses, but those were already taken. Rats!
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May 12th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
If I stare at it long enough it begins to look like a wok.
Now I’m really screwed.
May 12th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
I say a nail? one of those things you see on the end of leather couches… so you need to use a hammer with it? lol
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May 12th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
I wish I was better at these. It looks like a divot from a set of dice, but that doesn’t match the clues…
May 12th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
WOW that is a hard one. I can’t wait to find out what it is. I have stared at that sucker for FIVE MINUTES, willing myself to figure it out. It looks convex to me, and almost bell shaped. But being part of a bigger thing? I have NO clue. If it isn’t yours, I was thinking it had to be something for a man, b/c why else would you make it a point to say that… hmmmmmm
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May 12th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Hi! Cardiogirl and Katie here. Katie thinks it’s a button to a jacket.
This is truly like torture to me. I’m going with grommet but that’s not what I think it is. I have a vague idea of what I think it is but I don’t know what that thing is. I know. This makes no sense at all.
But you’ve thrown down a challenge and my competitive spirit is in high gear but I’m going nowhere. It’s like I’m stuck in first gear and red lining the engine. I just need some traction!!
I have no idea what that thing is. Thanks for listening. Good night.
I have to quickly hop back in here to say, look down there!! That’s my kid! She’s 10. I bet she’s your youngest commenter.
There. I win something. I gave you your youngest commenter. And now my competitive spirit has been satisfied.
(Car jerks into gear and tires squeal as her ponytail flies in fury behind her.)
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May 12th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Like my mom said I think it is the button to the jacket. I also think it might be the button to pants. =)
May 12th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
I think it’s one of those paper fasteners that has two longer, thin pieces on the other side, which flatten out to hold the paper in place. Was that scattered and vague enough for you?
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May 12th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
C3PO’s nipple ?
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May 12th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Well, someone guessed a bullet-maker, but I think it’s an actual bullet!
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May 12th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
“There. Wasn’t that super helpful?” Nooooo, but I know what it is anyway. It it the brass, tinfoil lined, hat I wear when I don’t want the aliens to read my thoughts.
May 12th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
second guess – a cymbal?
May 12th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
looks like a hitch to me
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May 12th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
I guess should be more specific… it looks lie the ball of a hitch.
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May 12th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
I get you in my reader now, so no worries. Mom says a marble ashtray?
May 12th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
*sigh* You do this to torture me, don’t you? I have no idea what this is, but it looks like a ball of some sort. I agree with the trailer hitch ball guesses. It even seems to have a spot at the top of the picture where the trailer hitch would have worn against the metal causing that distressing to the metal. Other than that I have no idea.
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May 12th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
I’m Going with an actual Bullet as well, ’cause otherwise I have not a clue. Who do I have to pay to get my Icon back?
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May 12th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
is it the ball on the lid of a copper saucepan lid?
May 13th, 2010 at 12:12 am
The top piece of a pressure cooker?
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May 13th, 2010 at 12:27 am
It’s a part of a cheese grater? It’s hard to figure it out, I am also having trouble if it’s bulging or inward.
May 13th, 2010 at 12:46 am
Sparkle should try a contest like this! But I get the weird feeling that not many people would want to identify a bug piece.
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May 13th, 2010 at 1:03 am
I have no clue what it is, but I’ve added you to my Google Reader so I can keep up with the happenings here!
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May 13th, 2010 at 1:31 am
It’s a dish from an old fashioned set of kitchen scales
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May 13th, 2010 at 1:42 am
I’m guessing it’s a door knob. It won’t work by itself, but I’m wondering to whom it belongs.
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May 13th, 2010 at 4:05 am
What is EC? Will that affect my email subscription??
Looks like part of a lamp???
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May 13th, 2010 at 4:59 am
I was going to say a sun lamp but that is wrong. I think the guess of a boat or trailer hitch is a good one. Good job Kathy, you have everyone stumped.
I get your blog through email.
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May 13th, 2010 at 7:29 am
is it a brad such as used with scrapbooking?
May 13th, 2010 at 8:20 am
Just bookmarked your blog so I can visit regularly. I’ll be leaving Entrecard soon too!
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May 13th, 2010 at 8:45 am
Oooh, I like the cymbal guess! it wouldn’t work without the other half, that’s for sure!
May 13th, 2010 at 8:45 am
and what the heck is entrecard, anyway?
May 13th, 2010 at 9:29 am
Well, I don’t know for sure, but I would guess either a drawer pull or handle thingy. Which from what others are guessing is totally off, but that was my first thought.
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May 13th, 2010 at 10:27 am
The mouthpiece to a trumpet, or some such.
I suck at these and sometimes I just guess to amuse myself.
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May 13th, 2010 at 11:23 am
OK – here it goes:
I think it is a doorknob. The photo looks like it was zoomed in some.
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May 13th, 2010 at 11:50 am
Is it a abacus? It’s a abacus, isn’t it?
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May 13th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
It looks like the inside of a copper pan.