this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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What is this thing?

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I got one recently. Happy with it.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Landless2029 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Winner, jeez 2 minutes.

Going to have to try harder.

Thing works great by the way.

[–] over_clox 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well look at this fat cat here that can afford eggs!

[–] Iheartcheese 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] whostosay 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'll never fucking forgive you for not typing eggcessories

[–] Iheartcheese 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm never going to forgive myself either

[–] whostosay 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You are still loved.

Tap for spoilerJust a little less

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If it's any consolation, I knew none of the previous ones.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Lol, this is an amazing journey of crowd sourced archic knowledge

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I think every German kitchen in the 70s or 80s had one of these.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A doorbell for anti-vaxxers

[–] Landless2029 5 points 1 week ago

I expected a doorbell one. Nice twist.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pricking a hole in an egg before boiling. My mother had one exactly the same.

[–] Landless2029 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I use it after boiling to pierce the membrane. Makes peeling easy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I use it before boiling for the same purpose. It works.

[–] ThePantser 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] SendMePhotos 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You didn't have to say that. You could've not said that at all. I both respect and dislike you.

[–] Shou 3 points 1 week ago

What is a sounding device? It's clearly not a hearing aid...

[–] edgemaster72 8 points 1 week ago

Tiny dented German WW1 helmet, or what the front desk person does to the bell after people ring it too goddamn many times

[–] PostnataleAbtreibung 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You really don’t know what this is?

It is a (arguably fancy) egg piercer for boiling eggs.

[–] Landless2029 13 points 1 week ago

Challenges are known by the poster. It's a game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Citrus peel scorer?

Edit: Nope.