What’s That Wednesday
contests, What's That? August 18th, 2010UPDATE: See additional photo below!
Like always, I hope that today’s What’s That item is hard enough to make your head hurt, but not so hard that no one gets it.
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 of bacon bandaids, chocolate chip cookie soap or toasted Post-it notes.
Item Info:
1. This item is rather old.
2. It is not mine.
3. It’s very cool.
What’s that?
Since no one got it yet, here’s another picture. Same part of the object, different angle, more revealed.
Does this help?
In other Junk Drawer news:
In June I gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal about the loud Sun Chips bag. A marketing reporter found my blog post and video about the ear-splitting noise the 100% compostable bags make.
The article finally appeared yesterday. I’m quoted in the third to last paragraph. They also used a snippet of my bag demonstration 25 seconds into their video (click the Video tab at the top of the article).
Now go stare at the picture above for an hour and drop your guess in the drawer.
Go on! Get going!
Stumble it!
August 18th, 2010 at 5:40 am
a brush. cat brush. shoe brush. something with bristles.
my back hair brush?
August 18th, 2010 at 5:50 am
Shoe horn?
August 18th, 2010 at 7:02 am
An Albanian Gopher Getter
Beamer´s last [type] ..Monterey Pine Tree and Brick
August 18th, 2010 at 7:30 am
At first I thought it was a spoon handle. Why a spoon and not a fork, I have no idea. But then I saw you said it was “very cool”, so it must be the handle of an ICE CREAM spoon or scooper thing!
By the way, maybe you should consider having an Honorable Mention prize for the most creative (but wrong) guess. Beamer for the win!
Surfie´s last [type] ..Mellow Yellow Monday- Giant Hibiscus Flower in Maui
August 18th, 2010 at 7:50 am
Is this the item in it’s entirety? There seems to be something going on on the left hand side of the photo that’s confusing me.
Right, here we go…. I think it’s a carpet weight to stop a rug curling up in the corners. It has little spikes on one side that stick into the carpet. Even if I’m not right, I should be.
Just thought. Do you even have rugs and carpets in the US?
Babs – beetle´s last [type] ..Starry- Starry Night Hah!
August 18th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Boot scraper….to scrape mud off boots.
Honestly I have no idea but that’s what I’m guessing.
Laura´s last [type] ..All The Things I Thought Id Figured Out
August 18th, 2010 at 8:00 am
I think it’s the back of a hairbrush–one of those really pretty, vintage-y hairbrushes.
August 18th, 2010 at 8:20 am
Dang, I already know what this is, and I still don’t know what it is.
Congrats on the WSJ interview!
August 18th, 2010 at 8:21 am
It looks a bit like the peddle on my daughter’s piano. Did you pop by for a visit and I missed you ?
August 18th, 2010 at 8:36 am
Aw, Katherine beat me to it. I also think it’s a pedal on a piano.
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August 18th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Shoe horn?
Jenn of Many Cabbages´s last [type] ..The Back-To-School Supply Late 80s Flashback
August 18th, 2010 at 9:48 am
If that was the whole object, I’d guess an old style staple puller.
Jodith´s last [type] ..No Budget for Training Do It Yourself
August 18th, 2010 at 10:03 am
A hand implement used for crushing ice. To make homemade ice cream!
August 18th, 2010 at 10:15 am
Um, a bottle opener?
Daisy the Curly Cat´s last [type] ..Look What I Saw!
August 18th, 2010 at 11:31 am
A fishing lure?
August 18th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
it has to be a clip that holds paper under it or something… (is there a prize for the most vague answer?)
Ali´s last [type] ..Love Thy Neighbor and all that stuff
August 18th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
It’s part of an old style ice cream churn.
August 18th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
First thought was a brush of some type, but nope that’s not it.
It’s a handle of something, maybe a bed warmer
ann´s last [type] ..Presque Isle Day 4
August 18th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I need new bacon bandaids! lol
I think it’s a paddle or scraper for an ice cream churn. or just a flat ice cream scoop.
August 18th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
I looks like a lid lifter from an oldfashioned wood cook stove. Prongs on the end fit in the lid and you lift it up to reveal the fire beneath. Very hot, but still pretty cool!
August 18th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Is it a Celtic love spoon handle? Probably not. Those are you usually made of wood. Drat!
Jenny H´s last [type] ..The Only Child Myth
August 18th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Hi, all! Some of you are on the right track, most of you are out in left field.
Babs is right that something is going on over there on the left of the photo.
p.s. CBS Radio called me this morning for an interview after having read the Wall Street Journal article. I gave the reporter about 10 minutes of sound bites. Not sure where in the world I’ll find the finished piece online, but if I can find it, I’ll post about it.
August 18th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
See, now the left hand side looks like grass, but then it looks like it has a rubber back, so it might be carpet, though I’ve never seen a carpet that colour before. You don’t show enough of it, so I’ll be very vague and say a foot pedal of some sort.
Babs – beetle´s last [type] ..Starry- Starry Night Hah!
August 18th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Is it one of those piano foot pedal things? Or the end of a spoon/fork/knife?
August 18th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Its either a hair brush, or maybe a lint brush? I have no idea I am terrible at guessing these!
And PS: Congratulations on being quoted in the Wall Street Journal!
meleah rebeccah´s last [type] ..My Nephew Bowls The Epic Movie Edition
August 18th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
A thing for carding cotton? The brush that combs the seeds out and lines the fibers up. I’m not sure what it’s really called, though, is that a gin? That’s my (first ever) wild guess! :0D
August 18th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
back of a campaign button?
muskrat´s last [type] ..muskrattle and a bonzai run to portland
August 19th, 2010 at 7:41 am
Cool as in “neat”? Or cool as in “cold”?
August 19th, 2010 at 11:09 am
Some kind of bellows thing or foot operated fan? You said it was cool.
Congrats on the Sun Chip post!
Jen´s last [type] ..The Dentist
August 19th, 2010 at 11:12 am
A day late, a dollar short, but I’m going with a pedal on a piano.
cardiogirl´s last [type] ..Change is bad- A case study in breakfast cereal
August 19th, 2010 at 11:13 am
Since Beamer already guessed the answer I will concede
Little did you know that you would find your fame as a bag lady.
August 19th, 2010 at 11:43 am
A frozen spoon excavated from a pint of ice cream.
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August 19th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
A pea catapult utilizing authentic industrial era homing technology and a camouflaged pea shield for safe shooting.
After reading that Sun Chips article I had to test the bag in my local grocery store. I don’t think I could deal with that in my place.
August 19th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
An old tool to pull up carpet?
Katherine´s last [type] ..Another Weird Thing in my Back Yard
August 20th, 2010 at 2:45 am
What I like is that the blow up of the picture just gives so much more info than the original Photo. 0_o
Beamer´s last [type] ..Purple On White
August 20th, 2010 at 4:15 am
To Linda — Cool as in neat.
Nutrition Degree — What?
Beamer — You’re welcome.
EVERYONE — I’m sorry I haven’t been around much. NBC and CNN both did stories about the loud Sun Chips bag yesterday and I’ve been a little distracted. A snippet of my bag demo video appeared in the NBC (Today Show) piece. If you’d like to see it, I’m at the :55 mark.
I may need to post a better picture of the What’s That item that shows more of the object. I’ll let it go for the day and if no one gets it by tonight, I’ll add another picture. But some of you are in the general area, so it’s conceivable someone will get it soon without help.
August 20th, 2010 at 10:02 am
It’s a special holder for a Sun Chips bag. It keeps the bag open at just the right angle so you can reach in and grab a Sun Chip without touching the sides, thereby avoiding prolonged exposure to the annoying noise.
CatLadyLarew´s last [type] ..Gone Camping
August 20th, 2010 at 10:14 am
It looks like the back of a spoon to me.. is it? I love playing games like this. I played these games when I was younger! Some of the guesses are brilliant…”A frozen spoon excavated from a pint of ice cream.” – excellent!!
August 20th, 2010 at 10:35 am
A zipper pull, but not from your ‘plaid below the knee’ school skirt.
An Amish button clasp
August 20th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
it’s a presser thing for when a guy makes you a pair of shoes that’s how they get the tip of the shoe rounded on the inside
August 20th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
No idea on the item, although I would have guessed shoe horn – but someone already beat me to that. Saw the article on the sun chip bags. That’s wild.
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August 20th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Handle to a pie server or ladle?
Laura´s last [type] ..All The Things I Thought Id Figured Out
August 21st, 2010 at 5:26 am
Id=s it part of an organ?
an antique game table top?
kristin/ kwr221´s last [type] ..Too lazy unmotivatated untalented to post!
August 21st, 2010 at 6:05 am
It looks like the clip part of a picture frame.
Rachele´s last [type] ..Want a Good Laugh Want it at My Expense
August 21st, 2010 at 6:10 am
Or. Something to repair divots on the golf course.
Rachele´s last [type] ..Want a Good Laugh Want it at My Expense
August 21st, 2010 at 6:30 am
Now we get some perspective. Though I still have no idea.
I think it may be some sort of display case and that is a clip that holds something in place. It’s small, that much I have deduced (Like that Sherlock Holmes word?)
Babs – beetle´s last [type] ..Starry- Starry Night Hah!
August 21st, 2010 at 6:33 am
Mo has a guess! She said she thinks it’s an old gramophone record player, and that this is the switch that makes it spin!
How’s that for originality?
Babs – beetle´s last [type] ..Starry- Starry Night Hah!
August 21st, 2010 at 9:05 am
The catch/lever that stops and starts the music in a music box.
August 21st, 2010 at 9:31 am
It’s the speed control on a grammaphone.
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August 21st, 2010 at 9:34 am
I spelled gamophone wrong so I hope that doesn’t count against my guess. It’s actually called the variable speed control.
Jen´s last [type] ..I Hate Comment Auto Responders!
August 21st, 2010 at 9:35 am
OMFG I spelled it wrong again!
Gramophone.
Or in the US phonograph.
Jen´s last [type] ..I Hate Comment Auto Responders!
August 21st, 2010 at 9:52 am
the on/off switch to a 78 rpm gramophone with the crank handle on the side.
August 21st, 2010 at 10:01 am
Something that grips, keeps things together. Like the plastic things that keep noisy or quiet potato chip bags closed.
Cats~Goats~Quotes´s last [type] ..We will miss them so
August 21st, 2010 at 10:18 am
Hmm a catch on which to hook a table cover over a gaming table possibly, that then allows the table to be used for dining. Honestly, I don’t think there is enough coffee in the world this morning to help me figure this one out lol.
August 21st, 2010 at 11:04 am
have the same views with Katherine
nice post
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August 21st, 2010 at 11:12 am
Okay, Ill revise my original guess. Is it a shoe horn?
meleah rebeccah´s last [type] ..Sitting ‘Shoulda’
August 21st, 2010 at 11:21 am
We don’t have any idea! So what else is new??
Sorry we haven’t been around much. With Sniffie being sick and some other stuff happening, Mom didn’t do much visiting. Now that Sniffie is getting better, we’ll make Mom visit more.
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids
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August 21st, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Its a Grammophone….. I think
August 21st, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Oh yes….that is the little switch thing under the felt covered turntable part of an old victor/victrola Probably the box kind.
How COOL.
I want one.
Laura´s last [type] ..All The Things I Thought Id Figured Out
August 21st, 2010 at 7:02 pm
It’s a turntable of a Victrola.
August 22nd, 2010 at 9:27 am
An extraterrestrial light bulb. Congratulations on all the buzz on the bag.
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August 31st, 2010 at 11:17 am
Now that is cool. I just saw an old Victrola for sale in a shop about an hour a way. Beautiful, but very costly!