{"id":1362,"date":"2012-08-28T19:15:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T23:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handlernyc.com\/interestingfoundobjects\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2012-08-28T19:54:16","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T23:54:16","slug":"answers-to-the-guessing-game-2-squeezy-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handlernyc.com\/interestingfoundobjects\/2012\/08\/answers-to-the-guessing-game-2-squeezy-things\/","title":{"rendered":"ANSWERS TO THE GUESSING GAME 2 – SQUEEZY THINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For all of you smartypantses who informed me that you could read the answers by running your mouse over the images I say “HA”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It didn’t do you much good, \u00a0because in at least one case I was … wrong.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As for the rest, fine work.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If a bit strange …<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A smattering.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From Montana<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

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The fabulous Glenn Godward of Park Place Tavern in Livingston, Montana gave me this.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s an Interesting Found Object for you.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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4 \u00a01\/8 inches long.<\/p>\n

Passive.<\/p>\n

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Guesses:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Sausage grip. \u00a0Not THAT sausage … for slicing salamis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Making little vent holes in your cigar similar to the ones on Parliament filters. For a smooth light pull.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. A cigar trimmer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. A lemon rind grater for martinis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. A male chastity devise ? \u00a0An early S&M experiment ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. A circumciser. \u00a0Got a lot of those type answers …<\/strong><\/p>\n

7. Cuts off the heads of mice.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyone would know that who’s seen the movie\u00a0Masters of the Flying Guillotine<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In copy-of-a-copy (of a copy-of-a-copy) style, Kung Fu turns a passive hat (connected to a long string) into a skillful weapon for carrying out assassinations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fling the hat onto a man’s head (no problem for Kung Fu), pull the string and shark-teeth blades whip out from somewhere in the headband. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Voila, the head rolls.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>The Scissor Mouse-Head Decapitator is the smaller version.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t know how you’d actually get a mouse to stick it’s head in that thing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ah, maybe in conjunction with those feet-stuck-to-the-floor traps.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyway, am I close?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sort of.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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My guess – of which I was terribly certain – was that it was a device to cut the foil off of wine bottles.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Which is does.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But it’s not.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four smart people with high cholesterol got it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A device for cutting off the tops of soft boiled eggs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Active.<\/p>\n

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From Montana<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Cellulose plastic and metal<\/p>\n

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5 \u00a07\/8 inches long.<\/p>\n

Passive.<\/p>\n

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Guesses:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pretty much everybody who guessed got it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My favorite was from a friend who’s grandmother had a beauty salon in a little town in Texas in the 1920’s and 1930’s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She used them for making finger waves in ladies hair.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Active.<\/p>\n

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From Maryland<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

A dear friend gave this to me years ago.<\/p>\n

I loved it and asked “What is it?”<\/p>\n

“Yes!” she replied.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to another great friend, Fritz Karch – World Class Collecter – for solving the mystery.<\/p>\n

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4 \u00a03\/8 inches long.<\/p>\n

Passive.<\/p>\n

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Guesses:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Condiment or sugar tongs?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not too appetizing with the hairy knuckle close up, but I’ll get my appetite back eventually.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. For removing an egg from boiling water.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Ice tongs for cocktails. \u00a0I have a similar one in silver.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. A gynecological device. \u00a0Not particularly (gyneco) logical.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A device for getting olives out of a jar.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which is odd because it is made of brass and painted red like its a tool.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And it makes a very weird sound.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Not very foodish.<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Active.<\/p>\n

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