# What is this holy looking object? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 25, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384 "2013-02-25T23:00:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ddaug4uf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@ddaug4uf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddaug4uf)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/1 "2013-02-25T23:00:44Z")
[http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/225329\_506274646077520\_402979187\_n.jpg](http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/225329_506274646077520_402979187_n.jpg) There are no additional pictures of information. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/2 "2013-02-25T23:02:36Z")
Is this another competition? Do I get a share of the prize? ---
**Author:** ![ddaug4uf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@ddaug4uf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddaug4uf)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/3 "2013-02-25T23:07:58Z")
I will more than happily mail anyone who gets the right answer the gift card. This week, you get to choose from a $20 gift card to your choice of Subway, Best Buy, Target, Walmart, or Radio Shack. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/4 "2013-02-25T23:10:38Z")
It’s a golf ball. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/5 "2013-02-25T23:10:43Z")
Golf ball? ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/6 "2013-02-25T23:12:20Z")
The third caller to mention a golf ball wins. It’s a golf ball. Yay me! ---
**Author:** ![ddaug4uf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@ddaug4uf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddaug4uf)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/7 "2013-02-25T23:15:57Z")
Nice try, but I think it is metal, rectangular and has holes, not dimples, but it is difficult to tell with the flash… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/8 "2013-02-25T23:16:25Z")
It’s a silver replica of a golf ball, off a trophy. Target, please. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/9 "2013-02-25T23:22:03Z")
It’s another mysterious grid ball. Run! We’re surrounded! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/10 "2013-02-25T23:41:30Z")
Why is a bug using your camera, and why is he holding it backwards? ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/11 "2013-02-25T23:59:29Z")
> [@ddaug4uf](#): > > Nice try, but I think it is metal, rectangular and has holes, not dimples, but it is difficult to tell with the flash… Fine, so it’s a colander. Or an aspergillum. Or a tea strainer. There’s really no way to tell from that lousy picture. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/12 "2013-02-26T00:37:22Z")
Please note relevant difference between the following: holy: pertaining to deities or religion holey: full of holes Thank you. Lasciel, who is quite disappointed that she didn’t get to see an unidentified “holy” object. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/13 "2013-02-26T00:39:42Z")
Telephone handset speaker grille, badly out of focus. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/14 "2013-02-26T00:48:20Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > Lasciel, who is quite disappointed that she didn’t get to see an unidentified “holy” object. Now, now, we haven’t ruled out an aspergillium as mentioned above. There’s still hope. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/15 "2013-02-26T00:50:20Z")
Cheese grater. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/16 "2013-02-26T01:06:30Z")
Showerhead! But I really think it’s a golf ball. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/17 "2013-02-26T02:51:33Z")
> [@ddaug4uf](#): > > Nice try, but I think it is metal, rectangular and has holes, not dimples, but it is difficult to tell with the flash… Do you have the object and took a bad picture or is the picture all you have? I thought it was one of those “What is the object in this blurry/closeup/bad picture?” type things. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/18 "2013-02-26T03:02:59Z")
I’m surprised no one else came up with this. As soon as I saw it, I thought “golf ball!” ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/19 "2013-02-26T03:16:02Z")
I’d guess the cover on an [old-fashioned microphone](http://www.wavesllc.com/images/rca74front.JPG). StG ---
**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/20 "2013-02-26T04:31:47Z")
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