Gizmo Quiz - Volume 2 - Issue 9 - What Is It?

[bunltd]

Can you tell me what this [bunlimited.com] is? It'd be nice if you also describe it's function...

Have fun!

LisaB

[Lilliabeth]

bottle cork

[jatar_k]

I am going with very small coat rack

<added>oh yeah
to hang very small coats [upenn.edu] on

[edited by: jatar_k at 5:45 pm (utc) on Aug. 2, 2003]

[bunltd]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, Lilliabeth!

Just in case here's the Gizmo Quiz Rules [vif.com]

Sorry, it's not a bottle cork.

[bunltd]

jatar_k, no tiny coats hang on this gizmo.

[jatar_k]

how big is it?

[Lilliabeth]

Some sort of plug? Perhaps for a musket.

[bunltd]

It's approximately 18 inches tall.

Not a musket plug.

[SlowMove]

an insense holder

[defanjos]

It is used to make something, correct?

[Lilliabeth]

plug for a leaky ship

[PatrickDeese]

is it part of some sort of victorian era or earlier battery or electrical generator?

[lorax]

It's a sock dryer.

[coconutz]

Is this gizmo inverted when placed in use?

[SlowMove]

is it for cleaning shoes?

[bunltd]

Does not hold incense.

Used to make something, yes, you could say that.

not a plug for a ship.

not a victorian era electrical widget.

[bunltd]

Not a sock dryer.

No, it's used as shown.

No, not for cleaning shoes.

[jatar_k]

juicer

[Lilliabeth]

Is it a plug of any kind?

[SlowMove]

an early semiconductor?

[SlowMove]

Does it make something that is still made today?

[lgn]

does it involve working threads or string

[defanjos]

Does it have anything to do with leather or rope?

[lorax]

Was it used in the making of clothing?

[jbinbpt]

Fishing float holding multiple lines

[bunltd]

not a juicer (so many things could be a juicer ;) )

not a plug

not a semi-conductor - too rusty for that, I think.

make something made today - yes

no threads or string

no leather or rope

[PatrickDeese]

a pull or a handle for a piece of furniture or door?

[PatrickDeese]

part of a sailing ship?

[bunltd]

not used to make clothing.

not for fishing, but that occurred to me... (or maybe kites, but it's not)

not a pull or a handle.

[coconutz]

recipe card holder