# Identify this Whatsit **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 3, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790 "2018-01-03T11:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/141 "2018-01-09T22:12:53Z")
Sushi server? I was hoping for so much more… Thanks **Mangeout** , you put this to rest. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/142 "2018-01-09T22:36:47Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Found it! > > [https://www.restaurantware.com/product-category/disposables/tableware/pallets-serve-bases/deco-natural-bamboo-round-serving-disk-3-inch-100-count-box/](https://www.restaurantware.com/product-category/disposables/tableware/pallets-serve-bases/deco-natural-bamboo-round-serving-disk-3-inch-100-count-box/) Excellent! So, my suggestion (pessary) was wrong. Anyone using one for this use, stop immediately, please. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/143 "2018-01-09T22:51:42Z")
Awesome **Mangetout!** Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/144 "2018-01-09T23:54:27Z")
Nice! (If you care to notice, I said it was bamboo, first) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/145 "2018-01-10T00:00:28Z")
Whoa, we actually won one of these threads? That’s a first! ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/146 "2018-01-10T02:48:06Z")
Thank you, **Mangetout**! That was a feat worthy of Crandall Spondular! You have performed the Google-detective equivalent of the Spork! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/147 "2018-01-10T03:00:11Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Found it! > > [https://www.restaurantware.com/product-category/disposables/tableware/pallets-serve-bases/deco-natural-bamboo-round-serving-disk-3-inch-100-count-box/](https://www.restaurantware.com/product-category/disposables/tableware/pallets-serve-bases/deco-natural-bamboo-round-serving-disk-3-inch-100-count-box/) Now I want some. They would vastly improve the aesthetic appeal of my homemade sushi, which can look rather amateur. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/148 "2018-01-10T03:06:02Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Now I want some. They would vastly improve the aesthetic appeal of my homemade sushi, which can look rather amateur. I know where you can get some cheap! ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/149 "2018-01-10T07:32:53Z")
Winner winner Sushi dinner! ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/150 "2018-01-10T08:16:58Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I found [this](https://www.dropbox.com/s/8apnh9dzfskgnsn/Mystery.jpg?dl=0). The mystery deepens. Well done, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/151 "2018-01-10T08:21:19Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Thank you, **Mangetout**! That was a feat worthy of Crandall Spondular! You have performed the Google-detective equivalent of the Spork! Do you know what’s funny about all this? The Google-fu that actually worked here was an image search for ‘bamboo disk’ - this item was on the first page of results :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/152 "2018-01-10T09:42:32Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Whoa, we actually won one of these threads? That’s a first! Not at all. We’ve solved many such puzzles in the past. The unsolved ones are in the minority. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/153 "2018-01-10T10:01:24Z")
Dunno - I reckon we only have about 50% success on ‘identify this object’ puzzles unless it’s obvious (i.e. not really a puzzle) and someone gets it in the first couple of posts. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/154 "2018-01-10T11:09:06Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Dagnabbit! I actually thought of that and did some googling for single serving sushi servers, but I didn’t find it. Well done! [Throat-clearing noise](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20700579&postcount=32). ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/155 "2018-01-10T11:25:05Z")
Good guess, but you didn’t find any picture to back it up. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/156 "2018-01-10T11:52:37Z")
Also, every conveyor-belt sushi place I have eaten at offers up their items on a color-coded ceramic or plastic plate, not a fancy-pants bamboo disk with a grab handle. I still think my toy wood burning-stove idea is cooler. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/157 "2018-01-10T12:07:30Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Good guess, but you didn’t find any picture to back it up. I’m still not even finding it with Mangetout’s search term “bamboo disk.” Seeing lots of nice USB flash drives though. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/158 "2018-01-10T12:14:51Z")
Okay, it finally does show up in the “bamboo disk” search here–but nothing close to the first page–it is 68 rows down for me, or around the 340th image. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/159 "2018-01-17T15:03:32Z")
So, is anyone else now getting ads for this thing all over the place? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790/160 "2018-01-17T15:47:47Z")
Nope, I got a good adblocker, and I subscribe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-whatsit/805790.md?page=9)