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"This guy was
close!"
From: Ivan Knapp <ivanknapp>
To: <youguysl @up.net>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 10:01 PM
Subject: What da heck is it
Well guys,
What you have here is a hair picker. Thats what it is patented and
sold as. I think it is to pluck your mother in laws 10 inch nose hairs.
This has to be what It is. You guys really had a tough one.
Thanks
Shannon Knapp |
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"The funniest one!"
From: Brian Marczak <BMAR8>
To: <youguysl@up.Net>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 9:09 AM
Subject: dat tingy I canít believe yous guys ainít figgurd it
out yet. Wah! Datís an easy one, eh? I mean just lookin at da ting,
it might be a bit of a challange, but not fer us smart guys. What dey
used dat fer was to make It look like da guys was busy working so da
wife donít keep nagging at dem fer not doing anything. What you gotta
do is, get dat wheelie ting spinning around and sit dere watching it
like you are gettin someting done. Den da wife looks out da window and
tinks, oh, heís busy, so Iíll just let him alone so he can actually
get someting done today. Den when she ainít looking, da guy can have
a couple a beers. It truly is one of da best inventions ever made. Up
until one a dem ol ladies figgurd out that noting was ever gettin done
and da guy always come in smellln like a brewrie. Yeah, word travels
quick, so It didnít get produced much after dat.
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"Great answer! Made Hoolie
laugh till he cried!"
From: ìPaul Taylorî
<tallpauIBl0>
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 7:58 PM
Subject: What da Heck is Dat? Iíve used one of these
since I was a liftle kid. It was invented by my Uncle Ron Neph of Kearsarge.
It was used to get the scales off of lake trout and tenderize them at
the same time. If you did it just right, you could play that fish just
like a flute. We had a band called ìFive Finns Fish Flute Bandî. Our
favorite song was ìTake Me To The Waterî.
Paul Taylor
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"Bill and Maggieget a booby
prive for most answers sent!"
1. From: Bill and Maggie <bimag>
To: <youguysl @up.net>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:19 PM
Subject: datting Wait a minute. How do we know dat dis guy dat
originally bought it used it for what it was intended for? A good friend
of da udder dad looked at it and a good friend of his dat is a farmer
in anudder state said, ìYa. That IS a corn stock shredder.î BUT, if
aint none of us guessed dat right? Holy wah!!! How many tings WAS dis
piece of mind boggling mystery used for??? (I know. Weíve had fun giving
it jobs! You should market these! LOL!) Soon you will tell us? For sure?
My head is getting funny looking where I keep beating it against tings
trying to knock da right answer in dere!
Ya! Also hope youíve all had on yer best waders!
2. From: Bill and Maggie <bimag>
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:11 PM
Subject: Oat gosh darn ting!
It is a fish getter! Ya! Ya put a crank handle on it if you didnít
have a tractor close by. BEFORE da days of da DNR, (datís what my adopted
dad always says), when you could really go fishiní, you went out on
da ice all day. You run a rope tru da fishís gills and mouth. And den
ya took da udder end oí da rope back to shore, (lllllooooonnnnnngggg
rope), and ya ran da rope under da roller so it didnít flip an flop
and let it hook over da liddle prongs and den ya put da orneriest kids
on it crankiní and crankiní ta bring in all da fish. Not only did ya
get all da fish ta shore, BUT it also saved LOTS of
time getting dos kids to bed at night! :o)
Dis line oí da ole bull brought to you by:
M.Mattingly
3. From: Bill and Maggie
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 7:00 PM
Subject: Iím back...AGAIN dsfiosdfaksdflk :)!
So where in da hay did Hoolie find dis ting? Do we get any more hints?
WAIT!! Ya put da guys on der backs in da chute. Den ya put der hair
under da roller and cranked. Da liií pointed tingys combed da hair and
den ya knew where to cut it! Itís a hair cutting ting a ma jig. Saved
LOTS of time on hair cuts.
Nooooooo....? Well, den MAYBE it was a baking time saving aide. Ya ya.
Datís it. It wuz also used to make omelets and scrambled eggs. Ya jes
trew da eggs in da shoot.., den ya got da roller going and in SMASHED
da eggs. Den da lil tine goobies stirred em. Ya set a bucket under it
to catch ëem. What do you mean the eggs wouldnít fit under da roller?
Don you remember yer Gramama putting you up on da shoot as a little
bugger and telliní ya to ìdanceî? How do you tink you got where you
are today??? Practice! LOTS of practice! (Granmamas baked and cooked
a LOT!) :) Have a funderful day!
Maggie Mattingly
McMillan, MI
4. From: Bill and Maggie
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 7:23 PM
Subject: Wait! ONE MORE!
Dis invention was created by an old time house wife. Da man of da house
was always out working and she just got sooooo squeemish if she even
thought about stepping on da chickenís head to ìdress itî for a meal.
(She had sadly only completed it part way once upon a time in da ole
UP. and derefore da doubts...). And to slap da chickenís head between
two nails... Well, it blinked and wiggled itís head... Therefore this
machine was invented!
Da chicken layed in da chute. Da head went under da roller and da tines
would catch da comb on da chickenís head when it tried to squirm away.
Ka-whack! And the rest is history. Chicken dinners. Chicken and noodles.
Chicken and dumplings. Crispy fried chicken. Creamy chicken sandwich
filling. And all because dis machine allowed da wife to get da chickens
butchered fast and easy. Wanna buy one of dese great handy dandy machines
to butcher chickens? Call 1-800-EAT-
BIRD. :)!
Stay tuned to dis ìstationî for futher updates and inventions of uses
for dis machine.
Who else!?
Maggie Mattingly
McMillan, MI
5. From: Bill and Maggie
To: <youguysl @up.net>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 7:31 PM
Subject: Dat Ting guess
Hey! Pay attention! (Please?) Dis ting sat in my granmaís back porch
for years. Ever so often she would have my grandad bring it into da
kitchen and she would make noodles. Ya! Dat is right! Da noodle dough
was made and den put under da roller, thus flattening it out and den
the little tines sticking out on da big wheel inside would run down
threw da dough.. .thus cutting the dough into strips. Den she would
lay dese strips all over da house to dry and yell at ya if ya came near
dem!
Dis was my udder Granmaís rag rug helper. You put da material under
da roller and den da tines on da inner roller wheel cut da material
into strips. After da material was cut into strips, it was rolled into
a ball and Granma spent lots of winter nights turning the balls of material
into rugs. Saved her LOTS of time. Yes it did.
And Granmaís house had da warmest softest floors wit doze rag rugs on
dem...
Maggie Mattingly
McMillan, MI
6. From: Bill and Maggie
To: <youguysl @up.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 7:58 AM
Subject: Dat Ting!
Dis ting.... dis flippiní annoying pesky ting, is an old time cinnamon
roll maker! :0)! Ok, Ok. But you could write a song about all da guesses
to guess what the hay someting Is! You know! Two Yoopers out and about...
finding a ìtlngî and trying to figure out what it is! Aaaaaaghlllll!!!
Letís face it. DIS TING Is something! WHAT????
(And ya, I am STILL laughing and having fun wit itl)
Maggie Mattingly
mcMillan, mi
7. From: ìBill-N-Maggieî
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: Wait! I know, I know...
Dis has to have been a husband washer! Ya. Ya hooked his suspenders
to the little pegs. (When he came home frum drinkin and huntin.) Ya
took a long handled brush and lathered him. ..in his clothes, real well.
Den ya got da machine going and it pulled him through and rolled all
the excess moisture out of him and da clothes. Wa La! One clean bugger!
Da air headed Mattingly
McMiLlan, MI Talk to dat machine. Still hunting one of deese machines.
VERY versatile, eh?!
8. From: ìBill-N-Maggieî
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:06 PM
Subject: Dat ting
Dis ting was a diet aid fer da husbands to use on da wives. Ya, dey
put da body part in of da wifeís dat dey wanted to git reducededed.
And den dey rolled and rolled it and let da little poker goobers poke
her a bit. Da wife, not wanting to do dat again, would run like heck!
And derfore she would be reducededed and it save LOTS of time. (No coaxing!)
Of course dis was a multi-purpose machine. Da husbands would also use
it to sort da rocks and minerals. And when da husband was gone working,
(or fishing or hunting), da wife would use it for da dough to make goodies
and pasties! Dem little poker dudes would just pull it right on through!
She tried to use it for a laundry aid too, but it put to many holes
in da clothes. However, it did do a great job tenderizing da meat dat
husband kept bringing home!
Dasmilinduh Mattingly (Pronounced Das mil ind md uhÖ. is actually?
Da smilin duh! As in ìfluffí...Air head!...)
McMillan, MI
(Lv. Msg. Weíre out hunting one of deese tings!) |
"Robert Windsor also gets
a booby prive for most answers sent!"
1. From: ìrobert windsorî
To: <youguysl @up.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:08 PM
Subject: What Da Heck Is That ???
I know now, Iíve seen dat thing before,on da way to do my job I pass by
da oriental massage parlor,and they have da thing hanging over their door.
I tink they brought da ting from da old country? The dam ting must work
pretty good because thereís always alot of cars there ehl
Coot Windsor
Westland Michigan 2. From: ìrobert
windsorî
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 3:59 PM
Subject: What Da Heck is it?
I want to guess again? I do know what da ting is now. Itís one of da
first slot machines da Tribe made,da thing was found over around Christmas
on tribal land? or It was da first tattoo machine,you lay yer arm down
and turn da crank and wala instance tattoo? or da thing could be how
day get da holes in da swiss cheese?
Coot Windsor
Westland, Michigan
3. From: ìrobert windsorî
To: <youguysl@up.net)
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 7:04 PM
Subject: What Da Heck is That?
I tink and tink and tink and I tink dat itís a machine to clean da scales
off of da smelt eh?
Coot Windsor
Westland,Michigan
4. From: ìrobert windsorî
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Sunday, September02, 2001 12:15 PM
Subject: what is that
irs a meat tenderizer for the tirdy point buck? or itís a wash machine
to get the skid marks out of Hoolieís underwear?
Coot Windsor
Westland Michigan
p.s. I yoosta be a Yooper from Hessei but now Iím a Troll, Iíll be back
somedayl!! |
"Bill White also gets a booby
prive for most answers sent!"
1. From: ìBill Whiteî cwilliam.ted.white>
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 11:37 AM
Subject: I gotta guess again...
Hiya Guys!
Okay. Itís actually for real and I amnít kiddin
on this one, itís a barley separator that ya shove barley stalks in and
it sorta mushes them and separates the grain from the stem. So you can
make barley and barley cakes and better yet barley whiskey and barley
beer. Especially barley beer. Cause you need barley for beer. And then,
you see, you use a felt marker to put ink on the roller spikes and you
stick your arm in it and itís then used as an automatic tattoo machine
to automatically tattoo stripes on your arm so everyone can see youíre
a corporal in the Ishpeming Militia and heading off to the armory for
National Guard meetings and important stuff. Of course, a lot of potential
militia were disarmed by the tattooing process, as one can plainly see
from the wickedness of the spikes, which makes them useless as militia.
In which case they became sergeants-at-arms. Yíall
take care,
Bill White (again)
2. From:
Bill White
To: <youguysl @up.net>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 8:27 AM
Subject: I know I know
Hiya Youseíall,
I mean, this one is like soooooo simple. Iíve actually debated whether
or not I should even say anything. Itís so plain to see. The darn thing
is a player kazoo. From the looks of the spikes, itís a prototype model,
and you guys are so darn sneaky. Anyone with any kind of a musical eye
can see the spikes on the thing are arranged to play ìThe THIRD Week
of Deer Campî!
Hmmm. Maybe not. Now that I look at it, and believe me, Iíve had nightmares
about this one, it could just be an Ishpeming Music Box Company Model
DC-2 Music Box with the optional camp stand.
Oh man. I just realized that this is a trick question. Wait. I really
think I know now. I saw one once when I was at church camp just south
of Bemidji, Minnesota. I saw it in a beauty shop where one of the counselors
got her hair done. (They had boys and girls there, it was a CHURCH camp,
so they had male and female counselors, and, well, never mind.) ((Hey,
The Second Week of Church Camp naaaaah....)) Anyway, since the
photo doesnít show all the angles and stuff, it resembles the Hair De-tangler
they had. Ya stick yer head in the thing and it combs any tangles right
out. Combs the hair right out, too if youíre not cautious... .but the
other one had a safety shroud.
Thanks,
Bill White
Stockton, CA
3. From: Bill White
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 10:14 AM
Subject: *REALLY* know now
How could I have been so blind? I am in total seclusion due to humiliation
after my obvious error. The object is actually a Yooper stem-wheeler
luxury and gambling cruise-snowmobile in drydock. Sheeeesh. I feel so
foolish.
Thanks!
Bill White
Stockton, CA
4. From: Bill White
To: <youguysl @up.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 8:51 AM
Subject: Yet another shot....
I have meditated long about this, and after a trip to the mountain top
with no food or water for three days, I had a vision that revealed to
me the true identity of this object. It is a 1st generation Yooper CD
burner, converted into an antique art object. Amazing what one can do
with a pair of vice grips, a bottle of Chlorox, a roll of baling wire
and enough beer.... kinda like turning an old pickup truck rear end
into a camping trailer...
Bill White
Stockton, CA |
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"Another great answer! John
C. Heikkila also gets a booby prive for most answers sent!"
1. From: John C. Heikkila <phinnbrit>
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:53 AM
Subject: What da heck is dat? You know, yous guys reely got
a tuff one dis time! I tot and tot and tot about
what da heck dis ting could be. I tink Iíll try one more time.
1. By da ëevidenceí, Hoolie probably got dis ting in da
U.P......BUT, I seems
like dere werenít many around, if at all. Dis machine may have ben da
only
one up dere. So, dat should exclude machines used for commonly grown
stuff
in da UP.
2. Da dam ting still looks like a shredder to me......but what????
Well, old-timers were known to try an grow dere own tobacco, using green
houses and stuff like dat. Now maybe.......just maybe, da first owner
of dis rig grew his/her own tobacco, and maybe even a little ìwacky-weedî.
Who da hell knows for sure? Anyway, after he/she dried the tobacco (probably
in a sauna), dey den fed it into dis machine and shredded it so dey
could fit it into dere pipes or rolled dere own cigs.
John C. Heikkila
2. From: John C. Heikkila <phinnbrit>
To: <youguysl©up.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 8:26 AM
Subject: What da heck is dat?
Yah, dat is a semi-auto burr remover. You know, da kinda burrs yous
guys pick up in da woods on your wool pants? Is it best to REMOVE pants
your pants before using dat machine, dough. I know! It feels good at
first, but den it starts to turn your legs into red meat and takes quite
a while to heal. Dat machine came out a long, long time before OSHA!
John C. Heikkila
3. From: John C. Heikkila <phinnbrit>
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:36 PM
Subject: What da heck is dat?
I bin tinking on dis one for a long, long time, and it looks like it
was used for shredding
cabbage to make da sauerkraut. As one can see, da big drum wit all da
spikes spins much faster den da roller which feeds da cabbage leaves.
Dat way, da spikes have time to do a good job of shredding da cabbage.
John C. Heikkila |
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From: Paulette <magooo4@yahoo.com>
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:38 PM
Subject: #3- what da heck is dat?
A mangle to iron da long-johns at deer campÖ.maybe ey. Like tat der Ironing
machine....I betchaÖ.!
PS:
Just wanted to say hello der. I ainít got the faintest idea Hoolie. Iím
a female, born and raised in Ishpeming, Hematite Class ofí64. Now living
here as a troll in Port Huron. I was in Ishpeming when you were here at
McMorran this year. Ya, you betcha, I was stranded in tat der October
Artic blizzard dey had, and I heard you made reference to it in your show
here.... hee heee. Great work you all do. Next to the making of ìAnatomy
Of A Murderî der, your making Oleí Ish proud. You can reach me at 1-800-toivo
to pay me for that one . . . or Iíll accept an oleírusty Chevrolet or
even an an oleí Im-Pa Ia from dat der peninsula |
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From: ìDavid Dunhamî
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 6:33 PM
Subject: What da heck is dat?
That device was fairly simple (for a troll) to decipher as my Da has a
corn sheller. After your done shelling you corn, you would take the stalks
of corn and run them thru this machine, which acts as a shredder of sorts,
to make sillage out of your corn. This has also been used to keep your
fungus infected toenails cutdown, as everyone knows, back in them days
we didnít make anything that could cut those thick as shingles nails that
wouldnít shatter and put your eye out...
David Dunham
Port Huron, Mi |
From: ìMichael Olinî
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 7:00
Subject: What da Heck is Dat?
Iím sayiní itís a buffalo chip shredder. Equally useful for bull chip
shredding (saythat 10 times real fast!) should buffali be unavailable
in your area. Just point the thing in the general direction of your garden,
hook up the drive belt, and then go grab another brew while technology
does the rest. And if thatís NOT what it is, Iím still sayiní it would
work anyway. After all, anything that allows man to reach for that next
brew is a thing of beauty!
Michael Olin
Ludington, MI
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From: <GEORGIE718>
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:50 PM
Subject: guess the gizmo
You canít fool me. I seen one of these on Art Bellís web page. It is an
antique engine from a UFO and was found at Roswell NM. Iím sure Iím right.
Perhaps youís guys done know what youíve got there eh!!!
Les Morr
Sanford, Ml 48657 |
From: Ernest Rochefort
To: <youguysl @up.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 6:06 PM
Subject: What Da Heck Is Dat?
Hmmmm, datís a tough one. Weíre debating wedder datís a back scratcher
for da mudder-in-law, or mebbe somethiní to squeeze da toothpaste outta
da family size tube on dem cold UP. nights. Udderwise, we got no idea.
Time for a beer... |
From: Dennis Paulin
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 3:24 PM
Subject: What Da Heck is Dat?
After further examination, any fool can see itís NOt a cabbage shredder
but a laundry wringer. The womenfolk (or Ole if he was caught with the
neighbor Helga) fed wet clothes into the machine. The roller squashed
the water out while the ìgrippersî kept it moving along and deposited
it in the laundry basket! Not sure how the cam worked but it must have
done fine since it was ìpatentedî).
Dennis Paulin (Make believe Yooper, from Wis, live in Ga, cabin north
of Amasa)
Alpharetta, GA |
From: Ellen
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 8:38 PM
Subject: what the heck is that?
I think it is some type of threshing machine that Hoolie uses to make
beer. You shove the hops in and it takes them off the hull so then Hoolie
can make illegal liqour. Thaít my guess and if thats not what it is, maybe
you could use it for that and it wouldnt just be sitting around doing
nothing!
Ellen Beck
Waterloo, Iowa |
From: Bob Daehling Jr. <daehling©mailbag.com>
To: <youguys1~up.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 1:39 PM
Subject: What the hell is it?
Automatic pelter - used to clean coon pelts (or whatever) - When you are
done with this thing I would like to take it to the PBS Antiques Road
Show. They usually donít have stuff of this quality on that show. If you
want to go along I will buy the beer for the trip.
Bob Daehling
Lodi, Wi |
From: ìMary Taylorî
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:53 AM
Subject: WHAT DA HECK IS DAT
A YOOPER VOTING DEVICE/CHAD PUNCH MACHINE FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
Mary Taylor
STOCKTON, CA |
From: kathy kleikamp
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 5:51 PM
Subject: wha da heck is dat?
Old time yooper broads prob used it to press out Toivos long underwear..
poor ladies.
Kat kleikamp
Escanaba, Mi |
From: Jim Lawry
To: <youguysl @up.net>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 11:33 AM
Subject: what is it?
This is obviously the cigarette rolling machine that
Cheech and Chong used to roll their ìwacky tobaccyî
giant stogies.
Jim Lawry
Lyons Mi |
From: ìfrank parrî
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 12:57 PM
Subject: What da heck is dat?
Itís my mother-in-lawís denture cleaner. She has da big teeth. She couldnít
find wire brushes big enough for her mouth. We tryed sand blasting but
it was to costly.
>From Gordon Seyler Lincoln Park, MI. seyler99 |
From: ìfrank parrî
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 12:47
Subject: what da heck is dat?
itís most certainly a modem time saving device, a yooper sewing machine/salt
spreader so the wives can sew up the wholes in your long johns while they
are spreading salt on the drive way to melt the ice in the winter, some
troll must have stole itís wheels so thatís why itís sifting in your yard,
rusting away.
Frank Parr
Wyandotte, Michigan |
From: ìM Ruesingî
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 8:14 PM
Its a yooper back scratcher. Used for years at the deer camps when women
werent allowed to come, you would stand in the front aginst the wheel
and have a buddy crank the wheel( after all no one was going to touch
your filthy back) As a benefit all blood sucking tick and louse were removed
and deposited on the table where the buddy would smash em with a shoe.
Mike Ruesing
Greenbrier Ark |
From: ìDean Whisnantí
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 2:29 AM
Subject: What da Heck is Dat?
Why obviously dat is one of dem dare deer foding up in da pastie machines
dat makes da rutebaggies taste sodarn ~bruuuuuuuppp~ I mean dat dere is
one of dem clothes driers I boght da oladie one juslike it for her birtday
last year. It still sitn dere next tada exrcise quipmnt I
got her to work off dat dang moose butt of hers. All dat stuff sittn here
next to me and deerdogs room in da dog camp out back. Cmere deerdog, say
hitada lopers dat candt ansir da qwestchun.
Dean Whisnant
Marriottsville, MD |
From: ìMary Taylorî
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:42 AM
Subject: WHAT DA HECK IS DAT?
ITíS A TAMMI FAYE BAKER MAKEUP REMOVER/FACE GRINDER
P.S. IíVE BEEN REFERRED/CORRUPTED BY BILL WHITE OF STOCKTON(FELLOW YOOPER).
MARY TAYLOR
111W. LORETTA AVE.
STOCKTON, CA |
From: ìMichael Keithî
To: <youguysl@up.net>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:10 AM
Subject: my guess
ITS THE FIRST STEP IN FLATTENING A WIENER TO MAKE. SALAMI OUT OF IT.
AFTER DAT YOU SEND DEM LORRAINE BOBBITS HOUSE SHE CUTS SLICES AND DICES
DEM TO GO TO MARKET
MICHAEL KEITH
STOCKTON, CA |
From: ìMichael Keithî
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 10:30 AM
Subject: my guess
after yu pick up yore cow pies yu put dem on the tray turn the crank to
send dem thru with da sandpaper smoothing them out. Da young farm boyz
are able to sell to dem off as pancakes to da people with no scents.
Michael Keith
Stockton, CA |
From: <MLaatz>
To: <youguys1@up.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 7:04
Subject: What da heck is dat
Even Abe Lincoln needed a document shredder, this was one of the first
ones.
It was made by Eli Whitney before he became interested in cotton.
Mark Laatz
Twin Lake, Mich |
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to the trap who wrote their answers out on paper: |
It has to be a pasty hole maker. Ya know need a prick so they won't
burst! Lots of pasties were made in the U.P.!
Jean Blaske
St. Cloud, MN. |
Remove bark from trees or to tenderize meat that my sister Couna cooks
for the holiday so we can actually cut it without using a cain saw!
Nancy Burrell
Wapakoneta, OH. |
It's an automated pasty making machine, my Grandmother had one very
similer to this. There were way to many Ontto boys to feed andGrandma
had to come up with a faster way to make pasties.
Carol Ontto
Rock, MI. |
It's either a wool carding machine or an automatic brush for men with
hairy backs.
John Schwoch
Barrnum, MN. |
It was an attempt to find the perfect reusable device for wiping one's
seething bottom. I believe it was invented by the renown Canadian Mr.
Ben Dover ("Gethepointowipe"). Unfortunetly, toilet paper was invented
shortly after it's invention. What a bummer.
Bruce Bisbey
Jacksonville, FL. |
"Yooper Clothes Shredder."
Useful when your man goes to deer camp and leaves you at home (only because
he's afaid you'll get a bigger buck!) You can shred his clothes out of
anger or yours so you have an excuse to "go Green Bay" for some serious
shopping!!
Crystal Richard
Chatham, MI. |
A "Sleeping Bag Shucker."
It worked well when Rudy wouldn't get up to light our fire. You put the
bag on spikes and crank.
Derek Oja
Hancock, MI. |
It's a "Yooper Hemorhoid Remover."
It was origanaly invented as a two man back scratcher by Skanee's own
Cowski brothers, Stash & Jako. Jako turned the handle & Stash
was getting scratched. How so ever Stash bent a little to far over to
get a tough spot discovered and discovered it's true use.
John Oerther
Jackson, MI. |
It's a "Cotton Picken', Finger Lickin' Chicken Plucker!"
Cliff Trudell
Ishpeming, MI. |
Back in the old days this
was a machine that was patented and sold as a
time saving device.
I think the guy who owned this machine was the only one
who bought this when it came out. After he passed away, his son's (Uno
Tankanon) wife Easter sold it to me (She also told me what it was dere,
eh!) |
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