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What is it? CXCVI
On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 17:05:50 -0400, "R.H." wrote:
People usually submit a photo to me when they are looking to identify an object, but this morning I got an email with just a word description and no picture. After first reading it I had no ideas, so I replied asking for a photo to be sent. Five minutes later I reread it and an answer quickly came to mind. I sent another email, with a link to a photo of what I thought it was, and soon got a reply that my answer was correct. So I figured I would post his original email here to see if anyone would like the challenge of a "What is it?" word puzzle. Here's the email: "Amongst my grandmother's things we found an object that looks like a giant set of tweezers about 9" long but with two half circles of metal screwed to the inner sides of the tweezers half way along. When you squeeze the "tweezers" together the two half circles overlap to form a rough circular shape of about 1.5" in diameter. One edge of the completed circle has a serrated edge but the other edge is smooth." ----- I had seen one of these before but had never owned or used one, it's not very common among my friends and family but there are a number of them still for sale. Rob I don't know the proper name for it but I believe it's a device used to remove corn from the cob. |
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