# Another mystery object to identify

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 23, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mystery-object-to-identify/990602 "2023-09-23T16:41:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mystery-object-to-identify/990602/1 "2023-09-23T16:41:14Z")

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Posted on [FreeCycle](https://www.freecycle.org/posts/93814722) … described as “Thing”, with description “I don’t know what this is !”  
[![](https://i.ibb.co/2NzGvSC/Freecycle-thing.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/2NzGvSC/Freecycle-thing.jpg)

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mystery-object-to-identify/990602/2 "2023-09-23T16:55:42Z")

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A two-handed pooper scooper?

~VOW

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mystery-object-to-identify/990602/3 "2023-09-23T16:56:44Z")

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A quick google lens search tells me (in German, sorry) it’s a “Fahrradhalter”, meaning something to fasten or attach a bicycle with. (Maybe for a car?)

ETA: read a bit further on the link. It’s a fixture for hanging bikes on a wall.

> **[Fahrradhalterungen](https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/fahrradhalterungen/2510345116-217-1437)**
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> Drei ältere Fahrradhalterungen (ehemals für Dachträger)
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> Hiermit können sie die Räder senkrecht an...,Fahrradhalterungen in Nordrhein-Westfalen - Eslohe

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mystery-object-to-identify/990602/4 "2023-09-23T17:01:11Z")

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Ah ! That looks like it, thanks EinsteinsHund !

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mystery-object-to-identify/990602/5 "2023-09-23T18:02:34Z")

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> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> Fahrradhalter

Great, now I’ve got that song from _Avenue Q_ stuck in my head.