# What is this thing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532 "2010-11-22T10:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/21 "2010-11-22T17:14:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Some vital part that a time traveler lost. Clearly! It’s that gadget that was on top of the time traveling phone booth in [Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_&_Ted%27s_Excellent_Adventure). ---
**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 22, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/22 "2010-11-22T17:22:24Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I doubt it. For one thing, how does it hang? For another, you could’t fit many ties on it, and half of the ones you do will fall off. Lastly, the hooks aren’t coated in rubber or plastic. And that differs from other tie racks in what way? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/23 "2010-11-22T17:27:23Z")
Allen wrenches? Hex head wrenches? Gizmos? ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/24 "2010-11-22T17:45:35Z")
It could be a hat, or a brooch, or a pteradactyl ! ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/25 "2010-11-22T17:58:49Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Cthulhu wall art. Back away…slowly. Check your blind spots first…then back away. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/26 "2010-11-22T18:03:32Z")
Seriously? This was a troll thread on /b/. Just this morning. Are you ther person who started that thread? or just a lurker on /b/ who wants to know what that think is? Joe ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/27 "2010-11-22T21:53:36Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > A tie rack. Hangs over the closet door. That’s what I was gonna say. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/28 "2010-11-24T12:13:34Z")
It’s for drying clothes, I think. Close to this: [Furniture - Shop Furniture Online & In-store Near You - IKEA](http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80189663) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/29 "2010-11-24T13:49:46Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Seriously? This was a troll thread on /b/. Just this morning. Did /b/ figure out what it was? It reminds me of the wire thingys inside a flour sifter, only bigger. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/30 "2010-11-24T14:14:29Z")
Ever heard of a [plumber’s helper](http://www.thesilverliningonline.com/pictures/plumber.gif)? Well, that’s a midwife’s helper. “…I told you you’d want the epidural.” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/31 "2010-11-24T14:32:04Z")
Does it attach to a bicycle? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/32 "2010-11-24T15:06:15Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Ever heard of a [plumber’s helper](http://www.thesilverliningonline.com/pictures/plumber.gif)? Well, that’s a midwife’s helper. > > “…I told you you’d want the epidural.” :eek: Outstanding! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jennmonkye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jennmonkye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennmonkye)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/33 "2010-11-24T16:42:27Z")
Looks like an artistic representation of the [Flying Spaghetti Monster](http://www.venganza.org/)to me! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/34 "2010-11-24T16:50:53Z")
Having no idea what it is, I guess it’s time to light it on fire. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/35 "2010-11-24T17:27:35Z")
A place where ninjas store their hex keys? Some kind of S&M device for octopuses? A device for storing spent facehuggers? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/36 "2010-11-24T20:17:40Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Did /b/ figure out what it was? Not while I was looking. Who knows, though? Joe ---
**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 24, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/37 "2010-11-24T20:25:31Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Having no idea what it is, I guess it’s time to light it on fire. Fine, another “Tell Me What This Is, Or I’ll Burn It!” thread. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/38 "2010-11-24T20:54:47Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Sex toy. Sometimes you frighten me. But not _this_ time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/39 "2010-11-24T21:36:07Z")
The spiders…they’ve evolved metal skeletons!! That’s it, we’re fucked ---
**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 24, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532/40 "2010-11-24T21:54:49Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > The spiders…they’ve evolved metal skeletons!! > > That’s it, we’re fucked Spiders have exo skeletons. We’re still ok. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/561532.md?page=3)