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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
It's called a 'praam' in Dutch, I don't know the English word for it. It's for doing something nasty to a horse.
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
The middle one next to the egg looks like a knife sharpener to me. Nope.
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jar Member (Idle past 423 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Number three looks like a letter opener. Still working on the first two.
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
Number three looks like a letter opener. Close. But not quite there. This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 06-Apr-2006 12:27 AM
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riVeRraT Member (Idle past 444 days) Posts: 5788 From: NY USA Joined: |
1. swiss army golf knife?
2. egg slicer 3 box cutter
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riVeRraT Member (Idle past 444 days) Posts: 5788 From: NY USA Joined: |
I actually own one of those.
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
1. swiss army golf knife? What does a golfer need a knife for? To sharpen his clubs? To open up a golf ball? Or, heaven forbid, his opponent?
2. egg slicer Nice. But no.
3 box cutter 'Cutter' is right. 'Box' is wrong. I need to hear two more words, like "something something cutter" P.S.: I'm going to bed, it's an ungodly time of night here. I will be back tomorrow. This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 06-Apr-2006 01:14 AM
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jar Member (Idle past 423 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
well, number three is obviously designed to cut to a limited depth. It could be bandages, insulation, documents but there is something below that that should not be cut.
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FliesOnly Member (Idle past 4173 days) Posts: 797 From: Michigan Joined: |
Hello: Let me see how many I can get wrong (I'm betting at least three).
1) Assorted devices for starting a fire (knife to cutshavings...sparker for flint...magnifying glass to burn ants ). 2) A device that you put on your desk and use to hold a piece ofpaper that you are copying (i.e. typing) to your computer. 3) I have no idea. Obviously to cut something only to a certaindepth...therefore leaving what's under it uncut.
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riVeRraT Member (Idle past 444 days) Posts: 5788 From: NY USA Joined: |
What does a golfer need a knife for? To sharpen his clubs? To open up a golf ball? Or, heaven forbid, his opponent? I have a tool similar to that for golfing. They use it to clean their cleats out, adjust clubs, and whatever else they might need it for. I give up on the pics.
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
jar writes: well, number three is obviously designed to cut to a limited depth. It could be bandages, insulation, documents but there is something below that that should not be cut. FliesOnly writes: Hello: Let me see how many I can get wrong (I'm betting at least three). 1) Assorted devices for starting a fire (knife to cutshavings...sparker for flint...magnifying glass to burn ants ). 2) A device that you put on your desk and use to hold a piece ofpaper that you are copying (i.e. typing) to your computer. 3) I have no idea. Obviously to cut something only to a certaindepth...therefore leaving what's under it uncut. Jar and FliesOnly have essentially solved no.3, they have just not named it. It's called a "single sheet cutter", and it's used to cut articles or pictures from newspapers and magazines, without cutting the page beneath. FliesOnly was spot-on with no.2 (see the first two photos), so he lost his bet. I say the wager was that he now has to present us with a mystery object of his own. To give some more clues for no.1, I've made another, more revealing picture of it. As a verbal clue, I will divulge that the short blunt knife-like tool is for opening something and that the forked ending of the magnifying glass is meant for dislodging something. The magnifying glass itself should tell you that we're dealing with small scale things.
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kjsimons Member Posts: 822 From: Orlando,FL Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
A Swiss Army Watchmaker's Knife?
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
A Swiss Army Watchmaker's Knife? I tip my hat to you, KJ. I am an afficionado of mechanical watches, and during a stay in Switzerland I saw it in a watch shop. I just had to have it. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin. Did you know that most of the time your computer is doing nothing? What if you could make it do something really useful? Like helping scientists understand diseases? Your computer could even be instrumental in finding a cure for HIV/AIDS. Wouldn't that be something? If you agree, then join World Community Grid now and download a simple, free tool that lets you and your computer do your share in helping humanity. After all, you are part of it, so why not take part in it?
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nator Member (Idle past 2198 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: Yes, but What nasty thing does it do, and why would you do it?
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
schrafinator writes: Yes, but What nasty thing does it do, and why would you do it? Being a horse person myself, I know what it's used for. But won't I be spoiling the fun for non-horse people if I tell it? (The fun being in guessing its use, not in the use itself, of course.)
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