"What Is It?" For May 2009 ***ANSWER POSTED!! ***

[Katie77]

suuuurrree.....

*Jess knows that Sue is not aware of the boarding fees....by the time Sue arranges the shipping fees, she'll owe so much she will sign OVER her rights to the lamb..*

*Evil laughter*

 

OK.....KEEP THE BLOODY LAMB.......but you cant EAT it..........ok

[injest]

OK.....KEEP THE BLOODY LAMB.......but you cant EAT it..........ok

tell you what...I'll knit you a sweater...

[Kerry]

I voted for "device for lighting fires." You poke the barrel end into the kindling, pull the trigger, which turns the wheel, which creates a spark, which starts a fire.  Having said all that, however, I'm honestly not exactly sure what the bloody hell it is. I'm pretty confident it's not a rapid fire gun, or a flame thrower, or anything to do with animal/bird shooting, because I'm guessing such a firearm would require a long barrel. So I'll stick with "device for lighting fires." 

[optom3]

Answer please soon !!!  I am so impatient to see what the dummy prize is 

[David In Indy]

Answer please soon !!!  I am so impatient to see what the dummy prize is 

I'll be posting the answer soon!

I'm waiting for Littlewing to get here and play.

MARIE!!! WHERE YOU AT??

Hurry girlfriend. I'm gonna post the answer!

[Penthesilea]

Device for lighting fires.

I have no idea though what the saw-like wheel is for. But I know that lighters were invented before matches, and that they looked pretty strange back then. I even believe to remember that they had a gun like form (not sure about the last part).
Anyway, that's my answer and I stick with it!

[optom3]

Hmm fickle woman of indecision that I am, I feel myself being tempted by the erudite answers of my colleagues, that it may be a device for lighting fires.
Damn I hate being wrong, I am such a poor looser.I will console myself, with the fact that David, gentleman that he is, will have arranged a simply splendorous consollation prize !

Now hurry up everyone else, my patience is wearing thin.

[David In Indy]

Okay, it is time for the answer.



Two people will be winning a REAL lamb from Ennis and Jack, and those two people are -





















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FIONA   




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CHUCK   



Here is a description of the gun powder testing device -

Because gunpowder varied in explosive power, gunsmiths needed devices to test particular batches. By the 1500's, elaborate powder testers were available. This one resembles contemporary military pistols and may have belonged to a military gunsmith. Pulling the trigger ignited a measured amount of powder in the tube atop the tester, turning and locking a spring-loaded, numbered wheel. The number at which the wheel stopped indicated the powder's strength. The development of self-contained cartridges during the 1800's made powder testers obsolete.





The rest of you will receive a toy version of the lambs as a consolation prize!




So congratulations to Fiona and Chuck! And thanks to everyone for playing!

[optom3]

YIPPEE !!!!!!!!

OH YES, OH YES, I got it right first time ever.
 
Sorry for the pause was doing my victory pirouette and you try spelling that, never mind doing it after a victory beer !!

Let me put your mind at rest, I have, no expense spared prepared a home of sumptuous delights for Larry the lamb. I have thrown away all the mint sauce and Annie has been trained, well that might be an exaggeration, she has been shown the centuries old art of sheep herding. Now it's early days but I have the feeling this has all the signs of a match made in heaven.
I will of course keep you fully updated of all pertinant developments.

[CellarDweller]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

I won the sheep.....

*picks up prize*

Well, aren't you the cute one!

*pets sheep*


now.....where did I leave that mint jelly? ? ? ? ?