Author Topic: "What Is It?" For May 2009 ANSWER POSTED!! (Read 16762 times)

David In Indy · « **on:** May 07, 2009, 01:07:21 am »

This item is about 11 inches long and is at least 120 years old - probably MUCH older than that.

What do you think it is?

I will post the answer in approximately one week. Those guessing correctly will win a lamb from Jack and Ennis!

Everyone else will win a consolation prize which will be revealed at the end of the game.

David In Indy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 07, 2009, 01:14:39 am »

Please be sure to POST your answer in addition to voting! You have to TELL us what you think it is if you want a chance to win a cute lamb!

optom3 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 07, 2009, 01:39:25 am »

I can't tell you what I think it is because as per normal I am clueless. I am going to go and search out some grey matter and if I find any, I will be back to vote !!!

Well I might vote anyway if you promise the consollation prize is a goodie.

David In Indy · « **Reply #3 on:** May 07, 2009, 02:26:07 am »

Quote from: optom3 on May 07, 2009, 01:39:25 am

I can't tell you what I think it is because as per normal I am clueless. I am going to go and search out some grey matter and if I find any, I will be back to vote !!!
Well I might vote anyway if you promise the consollation prize is a goodie.

I promise I will give a fun prize to all those who guess incorrectly.

It won't be a lamb though!

injest · « **Reply #4 on:** May 07, 2009, 06:55:05 am »

well I said "Device For Testing Gun Firing Mechanisms" just cause I dont' think it is any of the OTHER things...

very interesting...is there another view?

Katie77 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 07, 2009, 07:57:43 am »

Yeah, I looked at it a few hours ago, and thought I would wait to see some answers before I voted.

....cause I dont have a clue what it is.

southendmd · « **Reply #6 on:** May 07, 2009, 08:45:10 am »

It looks like it could slice your banana right into your cereal bowl, but that's not a choice.

I'll go for the sound effects generator, becauase that's weird.

CellarDweller · « **Reply #7 on:** May 07, 2009, 09:30:42 am »

My gut is telling me it's a gun powder tester, but I don't know why, nor do I know why you would need to test gun powder.

I guess to see if it hasn't gone "bad", like old firecrackers can, and become duds.

optom3 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 07, 2009, 05:31:29 pm »

It seems to be resting on a stand, which would indicate it may not have been hand held. It has what appears to be a circular saw device, and a firing pin.Well still clueless, it should be a gun for shooting attached to a saw for butchering shot prey, device thingymajig.That does not appear to be one of the options though, curious.
I vote for gunpowder tester, the pin fires and causes the saw to spin round, which then causes sparks,a bit like a flint and if it all goes BOOM !! I guess the gunpowder is not wet.
It is on a stand so you can pull the trigger and run like hell.
Yes I know, time to go off with the nice little men in white coats again. I need to get a job, I'm really not fit to be left to my own devices for so much of the day. !!

Hah, just thought, it casts a whole new slant on the, "gun's goin off" of the S.S.

David In Indy · « **Reply #9 on:** May 07, 2009, 05:49:15 pm »

Quote from: optom3 on May 07, 2009, 05:31:29 pm

It has what appears to be a circular saw device, and a firing pin.Well still clueless, it should be a gun for shooting attached to a saw for butchering shot prey, device thingymajig.

That is very clever Fiona! I wish I had thought of that. I could have listed it as an option in the poll Thinking up all the wrong answers is probably the most difficult challenge when creating one of these games.

optom3 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 07, 2009, 05:54:52 pm »

Quote from: David In Indy on May 07, 2009, 05:49:15 pm

That is very clever Fiona! I wish I had thought of that. I could have listed it as an option in the poll Thinking up all the wrong answers is probably the most difficult challenge when creating one of these games.

Send me the next picture, I am a whiz at wrong answers, it's the correct ones I seem to have a problem with. I can provide you with reams of alternatives.

In fact the "gun's goin off" has got my warped mind working overtime.

ifyoucantfixit · « **Reply #11 on:** May 07, 2009, 11:02:43 pm »

I will say its the device for lighting fires. Looks like it holds a flint and spins a wheel against it to throw a spark??

If no, it should be.

Katie77 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 08, 2009, 07:07:35 am »

Well, Ive gone for early flare gun.....cause you put it in the middle of all the wrong answers.

Someone else has voted for that too, but I cant see who. Whoever it is, should let Davd know just in case its a winner, but, now Ive voted for it, your chances just blew out to 100-1.

Fiona......I think the stand is under it so it sits up as a display. I didn't think it would be with it originally.
But the again, what the bloody hell do I know.

optom3 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 08, 2009, 01:05:11 pm »

Quote from: Katie77 on May 08, 2009, 07:07:35 am

Well, Ive gone for early flare gun.....cause you put it in the middle of all the wrong answers.

Someone else has voted for that too, but I cant see who. Whoever it is, should let Davd know just in case its a winner, but, now Ive voted for it, your chances just blew out to 100-1.

Fiona......I think the stand is under it so it sits up as a display. I didn't think it would be with it originally.
But the again, what the bloody hell do I know.

As long as you don't vote for the same as me, you stand a half chance of being right !!! P.S grudingly agree you might have a point about the stand

mariez · « **Reply #14 on:** May 08, 2009, 01:32:05 pm »

Thanks for posting another of "What Is It" David - they're fun!

I guessed early flare gun - but it looks like it could be a few of the choices.

David In Indy · « **Reply #15 on:** May 10, 2009, 05:11:10 pm »

Quote from: mariez on May 08, 2009, 01:32:05 pm

Thanks for posting another of "What Is It" David - they're fun!

I guessed early flare gun - but it looks like it could be a few of the choices.

I'm glad you like them Marie!

Any more guesses before I post the answer?

injest · « **Reply #16 on:** May 10, 2009, 11:34:28 pm »

Quote from: David In Indy on May 10, 2009, 05:11:10 pm

I'm glad you like them Marie!

Any more guesses before I post the answer?

*Jess getting a pen ready for her new lamb....setting out hay, getting a water bucket...pulling a dog house in there to give it some shelter*

David In Indy · « **Reply #17 on:** May 10, 2009, 11:37:34 pm »

Come on everyone!! Get in here and play!!

Because I'm getting tempted to tell the answer!

Katie77 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 11, 2009, 12:22:54 am »

Quote from: injest on May 10, 2009, 11:34:28 pm

*Jess getting a pen ready for her new lamb....setting out hay, getting a water bucket...pulling a dog house in there to give it some shelter*

Well if you dont win (which you probably wont)....and I do (which I probably will)....could you please take care of MY litle lamb while I organise getting him shipped over......He will be nice and comfy in that new pen you have made. Could you put a couple of soft toys in there as well please......

injest · « **Reply #19 on:** May 11, 2009, 12:29:27 am »

Quote from: Katie77 on May 11, 2009, 12:22:54 am

Well if you dont win (which you probably wont)....and I do (which I probably will)....could you please take care of MY litle lamb while I organise getting him shipped over......He will be nice and comfy in that new pen you have made. Could you put a couple of soft toys in there as well please......

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*

Katie77 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 11, 2009, 12:32:16 am »

Quote from: injest on May 11, 2009, 12:29:27 am

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 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 11, 2009, 12:44:23 am »

Quote from: Katie77 on May 11, 2009, 12:32:16 am

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

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

Kerry · « **Reply #22 on:** May 11, 2009, 11:43:32 am »

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 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 11, 2009, 06:40:53 pm »

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

David In Indy · « **Reply #24 on:** May 15, 2009, 01:05:49 am »

Quote from: optom3 on May 11, 2009, 06:40:53 pm

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 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 15, 2009, 06:58:15 am »

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 · « **Reply #26 on:** May 15, 2009, 05:01:57 pm »

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 · « **Reply #27 on:** May 15, 2009, 05:26:08 pm »

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

and

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 · « **Reply #28 on:** May 15, 2009, 06:02:40 pm »

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 · « **Reply #29 on:** May 15, 2009, 06:21:14 pm »

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? ? ? ? ?

CellarDweller · « **Reply #30 on:** May 15, 2009, 06:21:47 pm »

I'm kidding!

I'm kiddin!

David In Indy · « **Reply #31 on:** May 15, 2009, 07:08:46 pm »

Quote from: CellarDweller on May 15, 2009, 06:21:14 pm

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? ? ? ? ?

Chuck, PUT that mint jelly down before I unscrew your wrists!

That lamb is supposed to be a PET, he's NOT for eating!

You hurt one little hair on that lamb and I'll come over there and knock your head off.

David In Indy · « **Reply #32 on:** May 15, 2009, 07:09:59 pm »

Quote from: CellarDweller on May 15, 2009, 06:21:47 pm

I'm kidding!

I'm kiddin!

That's better!

southendmd · « **Reply #33 on:** May 15, 2009, 07:14:16 pm »

Hmm, that wheel thingie threw me off.

Congrats, Fi and Chuck!

David, thanks for the toy lambie, I figure he'll eat a whole lot less.

David In Indy · « **Reply #34 on:** May 15, 2009, 07:15:04 pm »

Quote from: optom3 on May 15, 2009, 06:02:40 pm

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.

Maybe Annie will teach your lamb how to swim in the pool.

I saw that picture of Annie in the pool. Very cute!

David In Indy · « **Reply #35 on:** May 15, 2009, 07:16:44 pm »

Quote from: southendmd on May 15, 2009, 07:14:16 pm

Hmm, that wheel thingie threw me off.

Congrats, Fi and Chuck!

David, thanks for the toy lambie, I figure he'll eat a whole lot less.

Maybe you'll win a real lamb in the next game Paul!

mariez · « **Reply #36 on:** May 15, 2009, 07:23:41 pm »

Congratulations Fiona and Chuck!

Thanks for the toy lamb, David - and for another fun "What Is It?"

Kerry · « **Reply #37 on:** May 15, 2009, 07:36:02 pm »

I am absolutely delighted with my little toy lambkin! He's soooo cute! And as I live in an apartment, he's a lot more practical than a real, live baa-lamb. There's not a lot of grass up here, for a real sheep to eat! Thank you, David.

David In Indy · « **Reply #38 on:** May 15, 2009, 09:04:14 pm »

Quote from: mariez on May 15, 2009, 07:23:41 pm

Congratulations Fiona and Chuck!

Thanks for the toy lamb, David - and for another fun "What Is It?"

You're welcome Marie! I'll post another game soon!

David In Indy · « **Reply #39 on:** May 15, 2009, 09:05:55 pm »

Quote from: Kerry on May 15, 2009, 07:36:02 pm

I am absolutely delighted with my little toy lambkin! He's soooo cute! And as I live in an apartment, he's a lot more practical than a real, live baa-lamb. There's not a lot of grass up here, for a real sheep to eat! Thank you, David.

That's very true Kerry! Your little lamb is much better suited for apartment life. And like Paul said, he won't eat too much either!

optom3 · « **Reply #40 on:** May 15, 2009, 09:12:32 pm »

Quote from: David In Indy on May 15, 2009, 07:15:04 pm

Maybe Annie will teach your lamb how to swim in the pool.

I saw that picture of Annie in the pool. Very cute!

Well I am pleased to report, Larry arrived safe and sound.
Annie has not been that successful with the swimming lessons, but Matt is over the moon. He has realised that as long as the gestapo, sorry association don't get wind of it, Larry will make a fine substitute lawn mower,(that's why he is at the gifted school !!) one job less for Matt.One job more for Nigel who is numero uno pooper scooper. !!!

injest · « **Reply #41 on:** May 15, 2009, 09:25:53 pm »

Quote from: CellarDweller on May 15, 2009, 06:21:14 pm

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? ? ? ? ?

ACK!!!

DAVID!!!!

David In Indy · « **Reply #42 on:** May 15, 2009, 10:01:58 pm »

Quote from: optom3 on May 15, 2009, 09:12:32 pm

Well I am pleased to report, Larry arrived safe and sound.
Annie has not been that successful with the swimming lessons, but Matt is over the moon. He has realised that as long as the gestapo, sorry association don't get wind of it, Larry will make a fine substitute lawn mower,(that's why he is at the gifted school !!) one job less for Matt.One job more for Nigel who is numero uno pooper scooper. !!!

Uh oh! And I hear those lambs go poopy doopy a LOT!

You better get one of those super DUPER pooper scoopers!

David In Indy · « **Reply #43 on:** May 15, 2009, 10:03:45 pm »

Quote from: injest on May 15, 2009, 09:25:53 pm

ACK!!!

DAVID!!!!

He won't do it.

He doesn't want to suffer the consequences.

Right Chuck?

CellarDweller · « **Reply #44 on:** May 15, 2009, 10:07:03 pm »

Quote from: David In Indy on May 15, 2009, 10:03:45 pm

He won't do it.

He doesn't want to suffer the consequences.

Right Chuck?

Welllllllllllllllllllllllll......

*looks at mint jelly*

injest · « **Reply #45 on:** May 15, 2009, 10:07:34 pm »

Quote from: David In Indy on May 15, 2009, 10:03:45 pm

He won't do it.

He doesn't want to suffer the consequences.

Right Chuck?

he does NOT want to see David mad...uh uh...it ISN'T pretty..

optom3 · « **Reply #46 on:** May 15, 2009, 10:57:21 pm »

Quote from: CellarDweller on May 15, 2009, 10:07:03 pm

Welllllllllllllllllllllllll......

*looks at mint jelly*

You look at that mint jelly one more time and I am going to get your lamb taken into custody !

What's more I will never lend you the tickle fairy again !

Katie77 · « **Reply #47 on:** May 16, 2009, 05:29:53 am »

Well, what a surprise....Fiona you finally did it.....congratulations to you and Chucky

And thank you David for the great quiz, and for my toy fluffy lamb, which I will just have to put in a box for now until I move house.

Love these games David, so hope theres another one soon. Last thing I thought it would be a gunpowder tester.

And Chucky............DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

David In Indy · « **Reply #48 on:** May 17, 2009, 12:16:48 am »

Quote from: Katie77 on May 16, 2009, 05:29:53 am

Well, what a surprise....Fiona you finally did it.....congratulations to you and Chucky

And thank you David for the great quiz, and for my toy fluffy lamb, which I will just have to put in a box for now until I move house.

Love these games David, so hope theres another one soon. Last thing I thought it would be a gunpowder tester.

And Chucky............DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

Thanks Sue! I'll probably post another game soon.

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