# Info on "Does anyone know what this is?" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881 "2009-11-09T04:49:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/1 "2009-11-09T04:49:29Z")
In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=539191), we are asked to identify a device, with the help of [this photo](http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff229/emmaandbecca/This%20stuff%20is%20just%20WRONG/onan2.jpg) presumably taken by the OP. Which looks absolutely identical to [this photo](http://www.pointsincase.com/files/u2/male-chastity-belt.jpg), from this page, possibly NSFW: [titled “The Diary of a Man Without Porn”](http://www.pointsincase.com/columns/alex-boonstra/diary-man-without-porn) which comes up on the 5th page of Google images of _male chastity belt_ (NSFW) as “Male chastity belt.” All of which leads me to form the humble opinion that said OP was lying in order to make fools of us. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/2 "2009-11-09T05:04:14Z")
From the linked thread: > [@Starring\_Emma](#): > > My grandfather was an underwear model for old peoples clothes catalogs and as for hobbies he bread guppies and had a garden full of cucumbers. So you’re saying she wasn’t being truthful? That\* is\* a mystery that needed solving. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/3 "2009-11-09T05:11:46Z")
I was right! I was right! I told my boyfriend we had a troll! I posted in that thread and nothing Emma said rang with truth. Breaded guppies indeed. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/4 "2009-11-09T05:15:43Z")
Emma appears to be a teenaged high school student with entirely too much time on her hands. I base this on her user profile, plus a quick Google search of her user name. (I had no idea there were _that many_ message boards out there. Seriously.) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/5 "2009-11-09T05:20:20Z")
Holy balls that chick is on a lot a websites. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/6 "2009-11-09T05:43:51Z")
> [@Cyn](#): > > Breaded guppies indeed. They’re delicious! But it takes a lot of 'em to really fill you up. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/7 "2009-11-09T15:37:55Z")
> [@Cyn](#): > > I was right! I was right! I told my boyfriend we had a troll! I posted in that thread and nothing Emma said rang with truth. Breaded guppies indeed. And did you help us out? You did not. You let me blather on about guppies and tubifex worms. Shame. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/8 "2009-11-09T15:40:45Z")
I like the part where someone asks why she named the files “onan” and she said her grandfather’s name was Onan. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/9 "2009-11-09T19:31:01Z")
I saw this posted on another site today and immediately thought of this thread: [http://i.imgur.com/WrjDf.png](http://i.imgur.com/WrjDf.png) EDIT: the picture is pretty work-safe (it’s a screenshot of a facebook status update) ---
**Author:** ![Starring\_Emma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Starring\_Emma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starring_Emma)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/10 "2009-11-09T19:56:53Z")
Was the thread locked because I said I thought it might be a tea infuser on another forum? On this one other forum I said it kinda looked like a little watering can and on this other forum I said it might be one of those East Indian incense burners. ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/11 "2009-11-10T00:55:13Z")
No, it’s because the photo is apparently elsewhere on the web in an entirely different context than “what is this?” (meaning it isn’t something you just found among your Grandfather’s possessions and took a picture of) and because your answers (Grandfather’s occupation and hobbies) are obviously tongue in cheek. It defies credulity that you could so inventively go out of your way to see it as anything other than penis related while all of your personal details about your Grandfather are sexual references. Edit: in other words, you’re messing with us. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/12 "2009-11-10T01:06:54Z")
So somebody explain the Guppy reference. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Starring\_Emma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Starring\_Emma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starring_Emma)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/13 "2009-11-10T01:16:30Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > So somebody explain the Guppy reference. 😕 My grandpa Onan was a guppy breeder. Although he just supplied the fish tanks and water while the guppys did all the breeding. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/14 "2009-11-10T01:25:02Z")
Just stop it. You’re not funny. ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/15 "2009-11-10T02:31:02Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > So somebody explain the Guppy reference. 😕 Guppies are the aquatic equivalent of rabbits, breeding-wise. That’s the only thing I can think of, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/16 "2009-11-10T02:48:08Z")
I thought it was gonna be a hamster thing. ---
**Author:** ![Starring\_Emma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Starring\_Emma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starring_Emma)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/17 "2009-11-10T03:27:34Z")
> [@supergoose](#): > > No, it’s because the photo is apparently elsewhere on the web in an entirely different context than “what is this?” (meaning it isn’t something you just found among your Grandfather’s possessions and took a picture of) and because your answers (Grandfather’s occupation and hobbies) are obviously tongue in cheek. It defies credulity that you could so inventively go out of your way to see it as anything other than penis related while all of your personal details about your Grandfather are sexual references. > > Edit: in other words, you’re messing with us. …and that’s bad? (messing with people byway of tongue and cheek) ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/18 "2009-11-10T03:29:10Z")
Lying to people just to get them going is frowned upon, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Starring\_Emma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Starring\_Emma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starring_Emma)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/19 "2009-11-10T03:35:55Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Just stop it. You’re not funny. Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Joking about guppies being delicious isn’t funny at all! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881/20 "2009-11-10T03:43:17Z")
> [@Starring\_Emma](#): > > Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Joking about guppies being delicious isn’t funny at all! It’s a lot funnier that lying to people to get a reaction or feed your own need for attention. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-does-anyone-know-what-this-is-thread/516881.md?page=2)