What Is It? - #22

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A double-header for you today - Twofer Tuesday!

These two items perform the same function, just in slightly different ways.

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They aren't used much today, although they might be in the future.

Both items are 4"-5" long.

WHAT ARE THEY? ;)
 

I don't usually get involved in these discussions, but this time..

OK, The one on the left has a cork at the end because it probably has a pointed end..
The other one has the cork removed and has a needle like end..

They both have some sort of handle to inject something..
Looks like something to draw out a liquid and inject it..

How about an instrument used for artificial insemination in horses or animals ?????
 
Steve said:
I don't usually get involved in these discussions, but this time..

OK, The one on the left has a cork at the end because it probably has a pointed end..
The other one has the cork removed and has a needle like end..

They both have some sort of handle to inject something..
Looks like something to draw out a liquid and inject it..

How about an instrument used for artificial insemination in horses or animals ?????
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EXCELLENT chain of reasoning and deduction, Steve! You're SO close that I almost wanted to give you the win, but then you put your money on the artificial insemination. :(

Sorry, no - they are / were not used for that purpose. But everyone else, take note!

TICA said:
The one on the right looks like an old bicycle pump.
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It does, doesn't it? :D

But it isn't. :p
 
Pappy said:
Having spent so much time last year at the urologist, I think I'll decline to try this one. :rolleyes:

Although, naw.....
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I agree ... naw. :playful:

That Guy said:
An old fashioned ***** enlarger???
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What differentiates an old-fashioned ***** from a modern one?

Do the old ones have handlebar mustaches?

TICA said:
:applause2:I don't know how you come up with these things. lol
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He has no home, so he has lots of time to think of them.
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That Guy said:
It's a blessing and a curse to have an active imagination...
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In Nomine Patris, damn you!
~ A blessing and a curse

Anne said:
umm...the first one looks like a wine bottle opener; to remove the cork???
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SeaBreeze said:
A grape crusher to make wine?
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Steve said:
How about something to test the wine in the barrels before bottling ???
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Ah, I have successfully misled you all! BWAhahahahahaha!

Note that I said -

... but it IS related to some wines in a certain manner
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[HINT] It might be related to wine, but not in the direct way that you think ... consider physical characteristics of wine ...
 
I lived with folks who owned a winery for a few years. Learned a lot but not enough to figure out this thing. Physical characteristics might be be the color, body, nose . . . it might display varying degrees of sweetness, bitterness, acidity, alcohol content. So, with that in mind I would say this thing, uhm.... gets you drunk.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Wine aerator?
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Nope.

SeaBreeze said:
Embalming tool?
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Heh, heh ... you're actually getting warmer ... ;)

That Guy said:
I lived with folks who owned a winery for a few years. Learned a lot but not enough to figure out this thing. Physical characteristics might be be the color, body, nose . . . it might display varying degrees of sweetness, bitterness, acidity, alcohol content. So, with that in mind I would say this thing, uhm.... gets you drunk.
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You hit on the association I wanted to make in your list ... it's one of the first three.

Steve said:
Wine proofer ???
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... but it doesn't DIRECTLY have anything to do with wine.


I don't mean to mislead you folks - it just seems my analogy went off-track.


[HINT] Sea's idea of an embalming tool is actually closer to what this item is than her wine aerator guess ...
 

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