This weekend I came across this object for sale in a thrift store. Be the first to correctly identify what it is, and I’ll send you your choice of an autographed and inscribed copy of either of my two books, or a JohnShore.com tee-shirt.
Contest closes Wednesday morning, May 18, 8 a.m. PST.
Mucho fun was had when I did this before here, and another time here. No one correctly guessed what either of those two items was—and I’m not much sweating anyone guessing what this is, either.
But have at it! Only 230 guesses per reader allowed.
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Dimensions woulda’ been helpful!
Coconut scraper – but a few people beat me to it…
It’s a grater, but, doesn’t look strong enough for a coconut to me. Maybe to grate up the white stuff inside the skin of a pomelo. Well, maybe if you kneel on that wooden thing and have a strong chubby kid to hold the coconut you could do it. I certainly don’t like to think about abortion devices tthat are that primitive.
A turnip twaddler: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76484458@N00/156980933/
I was going to say ‘sick & twisted device to punish homosexuals created by the Catholic Church circa 14th Century’ but Cory beat me to it! Darn! Seriously though, it’s a manual coconut scraper.
Haha
a device to make jullian potatoes
A rotary coconut shredder or grater
I am looking at it thinking that it burrs into something but what? Juicer makes no sense because the juice would leak all over and there is nothing underneath the actual mechanics of this thing to catch whatever it is doing. Also it’s not like you could get the seeds ouf ot a melon or a squash with it because it is a stationary size; you’d have to be moving the fruit/vegetable all over the place trying to get the blades to connect.
Hmmm…maybe it is for winding string or yarn? Or for making something rather than changing something?
Some kinda juicer/pulper?
A contraption for cutting out the inside of something I assume to be a food item. Like a fruit. Or a bird. An onion slicer? A primitive paper shredder?
I don’t know what it is, but it is very creepy looking and it doesn’t look like it’s old (as in antique). I googled as many descriptions as I could but nothing like this came up.
If I were you, I’d send it to whoever wins the contest, too, John, along with the prize of his or her choice, but that’s because I wouldn’t want it around. It looks like it could do some damage to soft tissue.
Coconut scraper.
A contraption intended to slice circular fruit into equal slices, or a combination apple corer/slicer.
A general food chopper.
Corn silk remover
An Eggbeater designed by Darwin?
Item on Elementary School Principal’s Desk.
Pencil sharpener
Citrus reamer.
Nose hair trimmer!
Ear wax gatherer!
228 more guesses coming!
A sick twisted device to punish homosexuals?
And in no way am I saying that in a positive light…
you mean, “not in a good way?”
Hand-powered coconut grater.
THIS!
Fruit coring device.