Degsy Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Does it need batteries :rofl:My thoughts exactly Les.
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 :rofl:My thoughts exactly Les. Oh dear and me,are we all about the same age.:blush:
fv1609 Posted February 16, 2009 Author Posted February 16, 2009 Yes I thought you lot would like it. It's not any of the suggestions so far (or even implied). Just got to wait for RF to come along now.
fv1609 Posted February 16, 2009 Author Posted February 16, 2009 Clue. The cord is for retrieving it after use.
Richard Farrant Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Just got to wait for RF to come along now. Clive, Well, I was going to take a back seat on this one, but as you have dragged me into this, all I can safely say is that it is definitely not a "comforter, special" :-D I had to check to see what wonderfully graphic description you might have given it
Richard Farrant Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Clue. The cord is for retrieving it after use. For breaking up turds in the latrines ? :rofl:
Nick Johns Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Interesting device here, anyone? African equivilent of the Swiss army knife...apparently very effective for hammering in replacement Landrover wheel studs
HotBed Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 clive, is it an early apparatus for the removal of internal piles regards
Degsy Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Clue. The cord is for retrieving it after use. We were way ahead of you there Clive:-D
fv1609 Posted February 16, 2009 Author Posted February 16, 2009 What a cornucopia of ingenuity, inventiveness & downright filthy minds. I have not been disappointed though. Nick I might resort to that & Richard, naughty boy...peeping again! It's none of those things. It came from a publication circa 1847, by which time it had ceased general usage as far as I can see.
ArtistsRifles Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 A device for safely pacifying the Local Indigenous Population" at a distance???
Bodge Deep Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 For repelling boarders on board a ship? Lob it over the side down through the bottom of the little boats & hey presto glub glub!
ferretfixer Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Anything to do with the shaving poll?.................:cool2:
AlienFTM Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Is it a 152mm ATGM as fired from US M60A2 MBTs and M551 Sheridan light tanks? aka Shillelagh. TBH not a shape of ATGM I am familiar with.
Snapper Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Looks like something from the posh veg counter at Waitrose to me. It must be for cleaning guns or something similar. Surely not for anything physical for some poor Sweat or Tar. M
antarmike Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 WW1 meat tenderizer....dead horse for the preperation of. (mk1)
fv1609 Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 When these were used, soldiers were issued with two of them.
gazzaw Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 A type of wheel chock for cannon or cart to increase grip on icy ground that can be pulled out with ropes once traction regained? Gary
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