The "Whattheheckizzit?" game - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/19/2012 09:35:35 PM · #976

Not a torture device.

The background is made of wicker, but its not a basket.

o2bskating

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

01/19/2012 10:29:39 PM · #977

ok so the gnomes are safe......damn how bout a bell ringer for a clock

01/19/2012 10:41:33 PM · #978

Nope.

Originally posted by o2bskating:

ok so the gnomes are safe......damn how bout a bell ringer for a clock

Carlo21

01/19/2012 10:43:34 PM · #979

Toilet flusher mechanism

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

01/19/2012 10:45:21 PM · #980

Interesting idea, but no.

Originally posted by Carlo21:

Toilet flusher mechanism

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

01/19/2012 10:46:45 PM · #981

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Spork99:
It's one of the faces mounted in the gland for a gas barrier pump seal. There's a mating part that spins with the shaft. The pattern pulls gas between the two mating faces and causes them to separate a few millionths of an inch. This lets the seal turn with very little drag since the only resistance in the seal is from shear forces in the gas barrier.

Try that again in English? :-)

R.

It's a thing that mounts in the doohickey for a gas thingamajig and there's a part that goes round and round and the fancy design thingies make it so it works proper & stuff.

OMG! YOU SAID "DOOHICKEY"!
When I was growing up I would be helping me dad with something and he would say, "hand me that hickey over there". I wouldn't know which tool was the "hickey" tool so I would say, what hickey. Eventually it would get on his nerves because I didn't know one "hickey" from a another. In a last dish effort to let me know what tool he want he would say, "THAT HICKEY; THE DOOHICKEY!".

I grew up thinking that a hickey was a tool and a DOOHICKEY was the important tool. ROFLMAO!

I can't believe you said it. Brings back memories of my dad!

Thanks Art! I needed a good laugh.

Message edited by author 2012-01-19 22:47:55.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/19/2012 10:50:19 PM · #982

Seems to me, it might be something in a dollhouse: but what, I have no idea yet.

My dad said "doohickey" too... but *I* always knew that a "doohickey" was "that thing over there I'm too lazy to remember the name of yeah THAT one!"

R.

Beetle

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/19/2012 10:55:15 PM · #983

Boohooo.... I took three photos especially for this thread, and now it turns out I'm too dumb to ever get a turn at posting them LOL

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

01/19/2012 11:06:34 PM · #984

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

LOL!

I have, to my knowledge, never heard anyone say "Doohickey" except my dad till tonight in this thread.

Thanks Robert and Art!

Made my day.

Scott

Message edited by author 2012-01-19 23:06:56.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/19/2012 11:41:19 PM · #985

Its not in a dollhouse. Its a larger object.

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Seems to me, it might be something in a dollhouse: but what, I have no idea yet.

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

01/20/2012 12:14:55 AM · #986

can we get a hint?

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

01/20/2012 09:02:05 AM · #987

Is it a trip mechanism for a trap?

pixelpig

Sony Alpha a55

Sony DT 1.8/50mm SAM

01/20/2012 09:27:55 AM · #988

Does it have anything to do with the theatre?

01/20/2012 10:52:25 AM · #989

No.

Originally posted by kirbic:

Is it a trip mechanism for a trap?

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/20/2012 10:53:51 AM · #990

Yes, but not in the direct sense.

This object was inspired by the love of theatre. (that's the hint I'll give right now).

Admittedly, this may be a little on the abstract side, so I won't expect a direct guess.

Originally posted by pixelpig:

Does it have anything to do with the theatre?

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

01/20/2012 11:08:00 AM · #991

Shaker handle for fake snow?
Trip handle for the big trap door in the middle of the stage, for when the central actor gets boring?

Message edited by author 2012-01-20 11:09:10.

kawesttex

Apple iPhone 11 Pro

01/20/2012 12:18:03 PM · #992

A mock guillotine handle/trip device? It's attached to the basket the head rolls into!

Cory

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

01/20/2012 12:19:53 PM · #993

Is this something you expect most of us to have seen?

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/20/2012 01:17:28 PM · #994

Hi Everyone,

I'm pulling the image and replacing it with something a bit easier. After looking at the guesses, it was too far out there. I think only a handful of people would be able to get it.

It was a vintage "remote control" handle to operate the light over the bed of William Gillette . I took it at his castle in Hadlyme, CT. He hung the wicker all over the house. He also designed many of the light switches, handles, etc in the style of the theatre.

Sorry about that, it was late last night and I was processing a bunch of photos for a magazine. Here is an easier one to give others a fair chance. Again, sorry about that.

Message edited by author 2012-01-20 13:18:34.

ScooterMcNutty

Canon EOS-5D

01/20/2012 01:19:27 PM · #995

the end of a banana