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What the actual fuck IS this *pics included*

160 replies

NickMyLipple · 05/01/2019 20:51

Recieved a casserole dish type thing from South African family members for Christmas. It looked like it was in original packaging, so it wasn't until today when I was putting away all our Christmas stuff that I opened it properly.

Inside was 2 packets of biltong, a net to cover your sugar dish, and this insane contraption.

What on earth is it, and what do I do with it?!

What the actual fuck IS this *pics included*
OP posts:
Lomondstripe · 05/01/2019 20:52

Do you...clamp it to a table to hold. Um. Your handbag?!

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NickMyLipple · 05/01/2019 20:55

@Lomondstripe - it's very spiky - it would rip the leather/pleather to shreds!

OP posts:
Sexnotgender · 05/01/2019 20:57

I just asked my South African husband and he has no idea.

BluePepper · 05/01/2019 20:58

Ooh, I saw something like this in a shop recently. I had no idea what it was, DP said it was probably for resting hot pans on.

dementedpixie · 05/01/2019 20:59

Strange sex toy?

dementedpixie · 05/01/2019 20:59

Does it have spikes on the underside too?

dudsville · 05/01/2019 21:00

My apologies, I'm just placating so i can see the answer once it's provided. What an interesting thing!

hamzilla · 05/01/2019 21:00

A horrific speculum?

hamzilla · 05/01/2019 21:00

(An horrific? A horrific?)

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NickMyLipple · 05/01/2019 21:00

I was so sure I was going to get a load of replies with certain uses of this thing...!

It's not flat, @bluepepper so you couldn't rest pans on it. It also has a clamp bit which wouldnt make sense for pan resting! What kind of shop did you see it in?!

OP posts:
Fingermoose · 05/01/2019 21:01

Is it a clamp to keep your casserole dish lid closed? Goodness knows why it has to be spiky!

Flossmequick · 05/01/2019 21:01

A sex people shop

dementedpixie · 05/01/2019 21:01

What happens if you unscrew the metal bit?

AnotherOriginalUsername · 05/01/2019 21:02

What happens when you unscrew it?

IamFrauBlucher · 05/01/2019 21:02

Nipple Clamp GrinGrinGrin

dangerrabbit · 05/01/2019 21:02

Is it a pan cooling rest for your new pot?

flumpybear · 05/01/2019 21:03

It's a contraceptive device .... leave it in the bedroom and anyone would run a mile Grin

SophieLion · 05/01/2019 21:03

Some kind of nutcracker?! Does the metal loosen the clamp part so you can put a nut in? And then screw it back up again to crack nut? Confused

Sicario · 05/01/2019 21:04

Can you do that thing when you take a picture of it against a plain background then do google match to find out what it is?

IamFrauBlucher · 05/01/2019 21:04

It's not for clamping to an outside table to hold a table cloth in the breeze is it op? Confused

IknowTheBoswellJoke · 05/01/2019 21:04

It looks like a clip-on version of a pigs nose ring that stops them rootling up the mud?

SophieLion · 05/01/2019 21:04
  • metal screw loosen clamp part
nomfup44 · 05/01/2019 21:04

Apparently it's a calf weaning device!

MiddleClassProblem · 05/01/2019 21:05

Clamps labia shut and the spikes keep suitors out?

MargotLovedTom1 · 05/01/2019 21:05

WhatsApp whoever sent it and ask. Enquiring minds need to know!