Answer: “It’s a personalized dog planter for a tiny plant. You can send in a pic of your dog, and they’ll create one that looks similar. They are also super pricy.”
Answer: "It’s for someone playing in instrument in a marching band to hold their sheet music."
Answer: "Looks like the base of a yarn winder. Toyota was in the fabric loom business originally."
Answer: “Today is my birthday and I turned 55. But nothing made me feel older than seeing this post and knowing immediately what these were. Flash bulbs. Oh my God, I’m so old.”
Answer: "It’s a rack for newspapers and magazines."
Answer: "It’s a vintage letter opener."
Answer: "This is used for clipping gloves to your handbag."
Answer: "It looks like a hair dryer holder. But it’s unclear why the previous owners chose such a strange place for it."
Answer: "It’s to slice bread."
Answer: "It’s a jadeite pendant with a space to hold herbs or sandalwood. The word on the back is “fu” which means “luck”."
Answer: "This is a perfume bottle."
Answer: "It’s a sugar scuttle."
Answer: "It cleans the chimney."
Answer: "It’s a soap dish/sponge holder."
Answer: "It’s a horse brass strap, they hang off horse tack for decoration."
Answer: "It’s an orchestral conductor’s baton."
Answer: “I can tell you what that thing is... A RED FLAG! It’s a woman’s hygienic article wrapping, and it’s you who should be asking what it is doing in his room.”
“This was found in an old tool box. It’s orange. It’s very elastic and very sticky.”
Answer: “Well, it’s actually a sensory toy — spiky glove.”
“Small plastic object. Has a cap that covers 2 small nubs on top.”
Answer: “I was over here assuming it was for 2 part epoxy.”
“I work in recycling and have found multiple objects like this. It is made of silicone, has a (weak) magnet, and is kinda phallic. What is this thing?”
Answer: “Looks like the band can loop and attach to itself. Maybe it attaches to a backpack and holds a water bottle or something of the sort.”
“Hollow small glass object with a weird opening. What is it?”
Answer: "Glass vase/flower holder."
“I found it in a forest in Sweden, about 1 m from the ground, roughly 20 cm in size. Hard to the touch, but drips liquid when knocked.”
Answer: “Looks like a polypore fungus that is exuding excess moisture, called guttation.”
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It's a bread bow
Flash CUBES, not bulbs - for Instamatic cameras. We used to make a gadget out of a paper clip to set 'em off in your hand.
Useful for magic acts.