Author Topic: It's that time again...Time to play WHAT IS IT??? Answer POSTED (Read 8821 times)

dot-matrix · « **on:** May 31, 2007, 02:15:56 am »

11-1/2" long, compressing the handles opens the jaws at both ends:

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ifyoucantfixit · « **Reply #1 on:** May 31, 2007, 08:27:35 am »

I dont know what it is, but i made my guess...a glass blowers tool. duh,,,i feel so stupid on this one...

Kerry · « **Reply #2 on:** May 31, 2007, 10:17:19 am »

Quote from: ifyoucantfixit on May 31, 2007, 08:27:35 am

I dont know what it is, but i made my guess...a glass blowers tool. duh,,,i feel so stupid on this one...

I also voted for glass blowers tool. I seem to recall seeing something very like this in a documentary on glass blowing recently. The wide pincers at right molded the molten glass and the clippers at left cut off the excess, unwanted glob of molten glass. That's my guess. $:-\$

dot-matrix · « **Reply #3 on:** May 31, 2007, 03:45:37 pm »

3 people think this is a Glassblowers tool

.....Hmmmmm maybe

......then again maybe NOT

....Keep Guessing

David In Indy · « **Reply #4 on:** May 31, 2007, 04:30:59 pm »

It looks like some sort of medieval sex toy, but that wasn't on the list. So I voted for garden sheers.

You've confounded and confused us again Dottie!

Cameron · « **Reply #5 on:** May 31, 2007, 08:39:41 pm »

Where do you find these things?

I voted for the blacksmiths tool, but it is probably not that.

CellarDweller · « **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2007, 08:41:25 pm »

I bet it's a mortician's tool.

I'm sick that way.

dot-matrix · « **Reply #7 on:** May 31, 2007, 10:01:26 pm »

Quote from: CellarDweller on May 31, 2007, 08:41:25 pm

I bet it's a mortician's tool.

I'm sick that way.

LOL well darlin if it's NOT a mortician's tool, and I ain't sayin

, I put that choice on the list so I must be sick too!

Keep those guesses coming.

David In Indy · « **Reply #8 on:** June 02, 2007, 02:36:33 am »

You know what? I just looked at that picture again, and it looks like something they would use to pull teeth. But it's too big for that, isn't it? I think it's a surgical tool.

It won't let me change my answer!

dot-matrix · « **Reply #9 on:** June 05, 2007, 06:08:22 pm »

TIME IS RUNNING OUT>>>

Come on Down Bettermost
Give it your best shot!

Only 1 more Day to make your guess

What it is?

CellarDweller · « **Reply #10 on:** June 05, 2007, 08:42:03 pm »

I still say it's a mortician's tool

Shasta542 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 05, 2007, 09:50:48 pm »

I guessed cow tail holder even though I couldn't think of a reason a cow's tail would need holding.....I don't know. $:-\$

Shasta542 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 06, 2007, 09:09:54 am »

Hello SusieBell!! Haha--I didn't think about that!!

Too literal, I guess, since I didn't see the word "bull". That would make sense. OUCH--poor bull.

David In Indy · « **Reply #13 on:** June 06, 2007, 04:07:43 pm »

** David walks in and waits for Dottie to announce the answer **

Okay Dottie! We're waiting! What is it??? I've been waiting all week to find out what that crazy looking thing is!

Oops. Wait a minute. You won't tell us until tomorrow, will you? Today is June 6th!

** David walks back out feeling all embarrassed and confused **

Don't forget to tell us tomorrow, okay Dottie??

Shasta542 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 06, 2007, 04:51:20 pm »

LOL, David!

???Will there be a demonstration??

David In Indy · « **Reply #15 on:** June 06, 2007, 06:30:09 pm »

Quote from: Shasta542 on June 06, 2007, 04:51:20 pm

LOL, David!

???Will there be a demonstration??

Maybe!!

I haven't decided yet!! $:-\$

haha.

Shasta542 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 06, 2007, 09:21:13 pm »

LOL--I mean a demonstration of how to use the "item"

dot-matrix · « **Reply #17 on:** June 06, 2007, 11:53:40 pm »

Well the time has come to reveal the answer………………

Are you ready? …………...

Did you make your guess? ...........

Feeling Lucky? ………………

Well are ya? ………………….

OK OK David don’t push here it comes…………………

Without further adieu…………………..

The answer is……………………

A Cow Tail Holder

I didn’t even know that there was a need for such a product, but apparently when milking cows, serious eye injury can occur from the switching of the cow tail. The device below is a cow tail holder, when in use the larger end clamps to the leg and the other end attaches to the tail. Sorry I could not find a photo of the device in use but the explanation is pretty clear I think.

It was patented in 1891, number 444,428, over 100 other patents for a wide range of contraptions that perform the same task can be found on Google patents. The inventor of a cow tail holder estimated that between 15,000 and 20,000 milkmaids or milkmen received severe eye injuries each year.

Safe Work Practices on a Dairy Farm has more information on the risks and dangers of dairy farming. Just Google "Safe Work Practices on a Dairy Farm" for more than you ever wanted to know about this subject

David In Indy · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2007, 04:53:16 am »

A COW TAIL HOLDER??!!!!

Wow!!!

I never would have thought that!!

Way to go Susie!!!!

Thanks Dottie for the poll! I enjoyed it.

David In Indy · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2007, 05:13:33 am »

Quote from: Shasta542 on June 06, 2007, 09:21:13 pm

LOL--I mean a demonstration of how to use the "item"

Well, if there's going to be a demonstration, Dottie will have to do it. I have no idea how to use a cow tail holder!

Shasta542 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 07, 2007, 08:30:32 am »

Yay! I got that one right---I'm not too sure about the other one---the June 10th one.

Well, dottie, your explanation is perfect. I can visualize from it. (So no demonstation required, David.)

I grew up on a farm and we milked our one cow. Her name was Bossy. She never hit me with her tail, but we kept "stuff" on her that kept flies away, so maybe that's why.

One time she did corner us in a stall when my granny and I went out to see her new baby calf. She was sooooo mad. And I tell you what--bulls are not the only cows who have horns as some city slickers think! Bossy had horns. We had to yell and wait for my grandfather to come shoo her away before we could get out. LOL

Thanks for the fun game, dot!

ifyoucantfixit · « **Reply #21 on:** June 07, 2007, 09:02:02 am »

they aint called Bossy for nothing...............heheh

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Author Topic: It's that time again...Time to play WHAT IS IT??? Answer POSTED (Read 8821 times)