# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/41 "2013-02-26T17:09:36Z")
**Irishman** , take a look at the two dimples just to the left of the two that are lit up brightly. Doesn’t it look like those two also have defined dark centers at the bottom of the cup-like thingies, what seems like holes? Oh well, hopefully there will be an answer soon, even though I’ll likely be made a fool of when we find out. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/42 "2013-02-26T17:33:31Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Ne c’est pas une balle de golf. If I may: Ceci n’est pas un balle de golf. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/43 "2013-02-26T18:35:48Z")
_Ceci n’est pas une drill_ [http://content.perspicuity.com/?q=node/330](http://content.perspicuity.com/?q=node/330) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/44 "2013-02-26T19:03:42Z")
Ní hé seo an liathróid gailf. Is é seo an grater bheag. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/45 "2013-02-26T19:05:05Z")
Diatom. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/46 "2013-02-26T19:27:40Z")
> [@Gymnopithys](#): > > If I may: Ceci n’est pas un balle de golf. Damn, and I’ve even been to the Magritte Museum. This is what I get for relying on Google Translate. ---
**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, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/47 "2013-02-26T20:08:45Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > This is not a golf ball. It’s a space station. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/48 "2013-02-26T20:19:19Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > **Irishman** , take a look at the two dimples just to the left of the two that are lit up brightly. Doesn’t it look like those two also have defined dark centers at the bottom of the cup-like thingies, what seems like holes? Not clear, looks like shadow pockets to me. ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/49 "2013-02-26T21:51:40Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > It’s a space station. Well, I didn’t think it was a moon… ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/50 "2013-02-26T22:52:59Z")
It’s Jesus’s Titleist. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/51 "2013-02-27T00:17:15Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > There are lines that run left-right, can be seen at the upper and lower edge of object, I fail to see these alleged lines… ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/52 "2013-02-27T01:35:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I fail to see these alleged lines… They appear on upper and lower edges of the object, whitish lines trailing faintly from left to right. They don’t extend much distance, but just enough to hint that the object is rectangularish rather than spherical. I think **St Germain** ’s thimble guess is a great one, wonder if the edges (I think I am seeing) are a trick of the light, which looks to originate from an angle off to the right somewhere. But looking at it again I keep seeing what looks like a defined edge; it’s reflecting light. It seems like if we were looking at the side of a thimble-like cylinder, we would not be seeing those upper lower lines - the edge would simply disappear into the darkness as the side of the cylinder rolled away from view. There seems to be something more that is creating those edge lines, like a seam of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/53 "2013-02-27T05:03:34Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > They appear on upper and lower edges of the object, whitish lines trailing faintly from left to right. They don’t extend much distance, but just enough to hint that the object is rectangularish rather than spherical. > > I think **St Germain** ’s thimble guess is a great one, wonder if the edges (I think I am seeing) are a trick of the light, which looks to originate from an angle off to the right somewhere. But looking at it again I keep seeing what looks like a defined edge; it’s reflecting light. It seems like if we were looking at the side of a thimble-like cylinder, we would not be seeing those\*\* upper lower lines \*\*- the edge would simply disappear into the darkness as the side of the cylinder rolled away from view. There seems to be something more that is creating those edge lines, like a seam of some sort. That could just be the display block that the silver trophy golf ball is attached to, and the upper lines are the lucite cover over the top of it (you know, to protect Tiger’s autograph from the elements). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/54 "2013-02-27T05:47:18Z")
To me it looks like an object that is curved in 2 dimensions and is designed for grip so I’m going with steering wheel or steering wheel cover. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/55 "2013-02-27T06:14:11Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > I think **St Germain** ’s thimble guess is a great one … . [Ahem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16045708#post16045708) ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/56 "2013-02-27T06:32:42Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > [Ahem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16045708#post16045708) :smack: Apologies! ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/57 "2013-02-27T06:54:21Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > To me it looks like an object that is curved in 2 dimensions and is designed for grip so I’m going with steering wheel or steering wheel cover. Oooh, good guess, the lines could be those little plastic string dealies that come with the cover and tie on to hold it in place. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/58 "2013-02-27T07:22:42Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Oooh, good guess, the lines could be those little plastic string dealies that come with the cover and tie on to hold it in place. I think the lines are the molded edge of a steering wheel cover. Based on the reflection they’re a curved molding. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2013, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/59 "2013-02-27T08:35:44Z")
Looking at it again, I think it’s [Pinhole spectacles.](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pinhole+spectacles&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=Z8ItUfm7Lci20QWE5YHQBQ&biw=1461&bih=718&sei=b8ItUdO7KIWp0QXviYCICA) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384/60 "2013-02-27T17:57:16Z")
I think that Mr Morris has it right. Spectacles are Looking-objects and these are rather Holy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-holy-looking-object/651384.md?page=4)