You tell me
If you are the first to correctly guess what the above Mystery Thingamajig is I will send you, free of charge, autographed by me and personally inscribed to you, a first edition copy of my critically acclaimed, earth-shattering, world famous book of which I have two boxes in my garage, entitled “I’m OK—You’re Not: The Message We’re Sending Nonbelievers And Why We Should Stop.”
Good luck!
And remember: Friends don’t let friends try to brush their teeth with one of these things.
(Thanks to Greta Shepard, whose blog is here, for inspiring this trail-blazing contest.)
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Well that was fun! Lots of close guesses, far more funny ones, and a even a little moment of "watch yo' mouth" among the participants right at the very end. Love it. Let's play again sometime….
Wait until today's post, which I'll have up in a minute or two….
As an old law school professor liked to say "You da judge." I can live with that. I can't wait to play the next game. Be well.
For crying in a bucket…I have to tell them: It’s an old-fashioned device which assisted those in the photography profession!
skull saw
injections maybe?
ok so its for perfume?
Well. lemme tell you why I let it continue, Snarky Pants. Mark guessed it was a "bone saw." That IS close—but to my mind it wasn't correct—or not correct enough. My thinking was that a bone saw is … well, a bone saw, meaning a saw that you could use on any human bone. THIS instrument is highly specialized; it can be used on only one bone.
Plus, I don't think most people think of the skull as a "bone." That's not what people mean by the word "bone." They mean a SKELETAL bone.
At the time I couldn't say, "Well, that was close, Mark," because just saying that would have revealed too much. I had to decide for myself whether or not, if this was Jeopardy and I was the judge to whom they had to turn for a decision on whether "bone saw" was close enough for the win, I would allow it. I decided that I wouldn't. (I also asked my wife, who said, "No way. Not close enough.") I don't think most people would have given "bone saw" the nod. It's not close enough.
Wiener.
OH! SORRY, JULIA #2!!!
If you track up, you’ll see there’s ANOTHER Julia who’s made about a zillion guesses. I was goofing with her. I totally didn’t realize a whole NEW Julia had entered the conversation. Sorry!
so it looks like Mark Lattimore won… i dont know why this continued when you know he got it correct
Latoya: Do you really think it’s in the best interest of everyone for you to continue giving people reason to believe in the stereotype that everyone in Jamaica is always stoned?
Brian: It doesn’t matter what kind of dinner the publishers take me to. The important thing is that, in the end, they’ll do everything they can to eat my lunch.
Yeah, I mean, the quality of the stuff that happened here today was amazing, I thought. Everybody was pretty on their game.
Nathan was closer than he knew when he guessed "a walnut cracker" at 5pm. I particularly like his comment that, if guessed wrong, it would be enough satisfaction for him to know that the inventor of the device died in poverty. Haha!
Julia: I’ll send you a book if you’ll STOP guessing. It’s like watching a 400-lb. spastic take yet another try on a trampoline. That’s on the side of a hill.
Although, you know: Maybe this thing IS bringing me readers. This post has been viewed 700 times. Maybe I SHOULDN’T end it too soon. I need stuff. I need readers. I need people to join my Facebook fan page so when I go out to sell my next book publishers are forced to offer to buy me lunch.
I think this stupid thing is WORKING for me.
On the other hand, I want you guys to be happy.
But whenever we get what we think we desire, does it ever really satisfy us?
***Hums ‘Anticipation’ to herself….***
Well that was fun! Lots of close guesses, far more funny ones, and a even a little moment of "watch yo' mouth" among the participants right at the very end. Love it. Let's play again sometime.
it works fine for me
Its a Prayer and Meditation device. When you’re Crankin’ on lifes weirdness and you need to get closer to God you just make a thousand revolutions, much like a Tibetan Prayer Wheel or a rosary.
John Shore made this for our amused diversions in clean living.
I agree with Martin, it’s a time waster!!! And a frustrator……………we’ll probably be disappointed when we find out what the heck the silly thing is. Isn’t it 11AM where John lives yet??? We’ve exhausted all the possibilities beyond the ridiculous so speak up John, what the heck is this thing?
For sure Tammy, it’s a way to drive page views on the blog..
Maybe he went to Starbucks to find his next blog topic
Brian, he’s on google trying to figure out what it is !
Okay what happened to John? I’ve been waiting for his witty putdowns of my latest guesses and those of my coworkers. Also my friend Chris is quite disappointed that John didn’t ridicule his three overnight suggestions… including that of massage tool.
Dawn, have you ever been to high school? theres nonstop cussing and racial slurs everywhere… in a place with rules…. this is the internet, im pretty sure theyre gonna have heard it before going to a Christian blog site
What the [heck] did you say, Dawn?
PPS – Bill, you ought to watch your language. It's really not necessary and you never know, Bill; there may be kids under 18 reading this highly interesting blog and you just dirtied it up for them.
Think before you hit "send" (or submit in this case) as they say…please?
A paper cutter? A book binder?
We need a hint John.
a chainsaw…
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