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The We received well over 200 answers from you yoopheads!
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You needed to know what this was used for
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These
two contestants were close, and will recieve booby prizes, (yay!), but
did not fully answer "why." They neglected to mention the pads
being used to eliminate sparks because of the presence of "Unstable
High Explosives." |
ALMOST PERFECT ANSWER! From: tomlinjess03 |
NEXT ALMOST GOOD, BUT INCOMPLETE ANSWER! From: Patrick.Kozicki |
Many of you
thought it was a form of tiolet seat... |
| From: Mountenbikr26 Subject: Guess da gizmo Date: August 5, 2005 11:37:18 AM EDT a toilet seat, used fer leavin a dump in da outhouse without gettin slivers Kevin Kuopus |
| From: bryan.harmelink Subject: Doo-Hickey Date: October 25, 2005 9:01:06 PM EDT Dat dare is cushion for the two holer. Yoose use it for restin' yer blatz on when yer callin' dinosaurs in da other hole. |
| From: gehatch Subject: Date: October 13, 2005 9:10:59 PM EDT Dis one is easy, Dat is what ya call a one hole heater. See when you drink at da camp all night ya wake up wit da mudd somtimes, So ya stick da do-hicky in da fire for a minuet, then ya run to da one holer and stick it on da seat for a minuet, then ya take it off and your bunns don't get frostbitten Ryan Hatch Livermore Falls, ME |
| From: Zucchinij54 Subject: whazzzzzzit Date: November 10, 2005 11:56:49 AM EST It lukes to be one of them there padded hemroid seats for your saddle. It give you sum cushion for the pushin but them there medal buttons scratched them for ya to give ya some relief til you could get to eider da outhouse or da doc. |
| From: dirt694 Date: November 21, 2005 10:41:58 PM EST Alright, Well dat ting der' is an original seat-o-heat for da frozen deer blind, hang er' above da stove at night and and take er' out in da morn. Da Buckless Yooper |
| From: ddunn Subject: cripes eh! Date: November 10, 2005 4:29:20 PM EST Dat's one of dem classy turlet seats like you sees in da hotels where da wife always wants to stay when yous guys go up to check on da camp! seeya in Wausau! Dave |
Many of you thought it was a
form of horse shoe to keep eliminate injury from rocks or slipping on
ice, or a heel of a boot, etc... |
| From: knitnuts_2001 Subject: Da gizmo Date: August 8, 2005 12:18:26 AM EDT They are leather horse shoes. So the horses wouldnt crack their toes on hard ground or rocks. Dawn |
| Jenniffer Neault University of Michigan OSEH/RSS da leather heel of da shoe! |
| From: rpeter Subject: yooper lore Date: August 11, 2005 7:42:23 PM EDT It's real obvious Hoolie what da pitcher is. Da sou heel is from da boot of Tommy Stiglich in tird grade. His mudder had da darn ting reribbeted on a weekly basis. Yer lucky ya dint find one of his winter onz eh? Dat wood be ugly. His toze mite still be in dem..... Rick, Shawano, WI |
| From: Millerinaa Subject: What is this gizmo? Date: August 12, 2005 10:09:30 PM EDT Looks like the heel of a boot with caulks to keep from slipping. Was it for snow or for on logs in the river? |
| From: pstreur Subject: Great web site! Date: August 15, 2005 8:41:30 AM EDT Dat is a heel for a horse shoe. Could be heated by the miner's lamp at lunch time. They still carry those in de woods during the season, but heat them over da campfire. Can also be used as a leather pouch used to put pasties in - used as a lunch bucket to take into the mines. Paul Streur (a troll) |
| From: tdbgator Subject: Guess the Doo Hickey Date: August 24, 2005 8:41:31 AM EDT That there is a tennis shoe for a horse. Came in handy in the old days when you were sneaking in late from the Wayside! Tom Bowden part time resident - Big Bay |
| From: DonDomitreal they used these on the hoofs of horses in the old days. |
| From: tweetie308 Subject: ANSWERE TO WHAT THIS IS? Date: September 11, 2005 10:11:50 PM EDT IT IS A HEAL OF A BOOT!!!! I HOPE I'M RIGHT.... I LOVE YA'LL'S MUSIC.MY HUBBY AND I HAVE BEEN TO ALOT OF YOUR CONCERTS AND WE HAD A LAUGHING GOOD OLD TIME WHILE WE WERE THERE.WISH YA'LL COULD COME DOWN HERE.TO WARM COUNTRY.(NORTHEAST ARKANSAS)WE USED TO LIVE IN MICHIGAN. ROBIN WORTH |
| From: phinnbrit Subject: Guess da Gizmo Date: September 24, 2005 11:55:01 AM EDT I had a nudder tot 'bout dat chunk o' ledder. Maybe it was a hoof pad for a horse, but has straps missing. When milk was delivered door-to-door in da olden days, it was done early in da mornin'. Da clop, clop of da horse's hooves annoyed people dat slept late, so to keep his customers happy, da delivery man used to put dese on da bottom of da horse's hooves to quiet dem down. He also had hard rubber rims on da wagon wheels. Well......just a tot. |
| From: crazydogs Subject: Gess da gizmo Date: October 9, 2005 12:32:29 AM EDT Dis is a slightly used sole off geampa's hobnail boots. He only wore them will drinking beer so he wouldn't slip and spill it. |
| From: jacob.macholl Subject: guess da doo-hickey Date: November 2, 2005 2:55:11 PM EST Ya hey, Dat looks like one a dem corked leathers, ya know, on da bottom of a river-pig's boots. Da spikes helped dem stay on the logs during da log drives...sometimes dey worked, sometimes dey didn't. Have a good one, eh? -Ben Jr. |
| From: nomanon Subject: Guess da Doo Hickey Date: December 10, 2005 11:11:59 PM EST Ya know, da first time I looked at dat ting, I thought it was a ting with snaps dat was used on the trap door of da old long johns. Next, I thought it might be a shuffleboard puck, but den I remembered dey weren't made outta leather. So after all my indecision, I decided to go to my library (bathroom), and I sat and thought about it for a couple of hours. Yep, da Doo Hickey is part of a "Cousin Jack" boot. |
| From: ThomasRoke Subject: What da heck is dis Contest. Date: January 1, 2006 1:27:40 PM EST It looks like A horse shoe pad for a logging horse. It would protect the horses frog of the foot from sharp or hard objects. It would also stop snow from snowballing in the horses foot. Well I hope that's it. My name is Tom Roke from Swartz creek, Michigan. My family has 40 acres on south manistique lake in Curtis. My e-mail is thomasroke@netscape.net. THANK YOU! |
| From: muskybacklash Subject: Hey dats my doo-hickey!! Date: January 22, 2006 4:41:52 PM EST Hey dats my doo-hickey ya got dare! Dats a bottom of my boot that done come off when I stumbled outta Da Spot in Carney! I hear day been usin it for a Yooper coaster so da Bosch cans wouldn't make rings on da mohogany ridge..can I have it back? I been walkin in circles wit one boot bein shorter than da otter and now my toes are gettin cold with the snow! Tanks Hoolie! Chris Radandt Mosinee, WI |
| From: cory48723 Subject: the anwser is Date: February 7, 2006 3:21:35 PM EST It is a old ass horse shoe....and my husband is wearing womens underwear....lmao |
| From: Brian.Marczak Subject: DAT DOO-HICKEY Date: June 16, 2006 2:21:22 PM EDT Yeah, I seen one a dem, before, eh? I member when gramps was drunk out in da woods one time and he lost his boot. He searched for hours trying to find it, but wasn’t even sure if he had it on in da first place. He finally gave up da search when his feet got pretty cut up and sore. ‘Course, ma got on his case pretty bad about losing da boot, and being drunk, ya, know? Well, we all had a good laugh, and forgot about it. Years later, we all got drunk out in da woods near da same spot, and low and behold, cousin Mutti lost his boot. We all had to go look for it and came across one a deese. Dat’s all dat was left from gramps boot from years ago. We had ta measure it up ta be sure, but dat was the same size heel from da boot he lost. We put 2 an 2 togedur when we found da old Pabst pull tab laying by it too. Now it is a treasured decoration on da fireplace, oh da memories!! |
| From: pickie98 Subject: guess da gizmo Date: July 22, 2006 1:59:06 PM EDT Well, it's gotta be Yooper jerky! From da lean years when dey used God-knows-what fer da meat,eh? Da shape is from when dey tacked it to da bottom of dare boots to soften it up fer chewin'! Linda Castillo,Bay City,MI |
| From: cebru Subject: do hickey Date: July 26, 2006 10:52:46 PM EDT greetings from a son-of-a-yooper, it is either my southern wife's attempt at a pasty pie or a hobnail sole. I think my mom wore them to the 1951 Munising prom. See you again during deer season. Cary Brubaker, Midland Mi |
| From: jacooper@surfbest.net Subject: Guess da doo-hickey Date: August 7, 2005 10:07:51 PM EDT I had no idea what it was. But before chasing my wife out of the room after farting, she told me it looked like a shoe heel, for shoes (duh). And those rivets are no slip devices for walking on the ice. Joe Cooper Ovid, MI |
And many of you had no clue,
but came up with entertaining guesses... |
| From: skyblue2001 Subject: Guess Da Doo-Hickey Answer Date: August 8, 2005 8:56:44 AM EDT Hey guys, I got it, I got it.... It definitely looks like a stack of 100-year-old pancakes with green olives (at least they used to be) lined around the edges. Yummy! N. Bendele Michigan |
| From: rpeter Subject: me again Date: August 12, 2005 9:12:03 PM EDT Lynn was so hot at da ice fissin derby, see burnt da tops off er toze, and left er solz. Mrs. Rick, da outskirtz of Thorton, WI |
| From: William_Carpenter Subject: Guess What dis Doo-Hickey is! Date: September 1, 2005 1:07:16 AM EDT No bullcrap, it's a cow pie substitute. As you know there are several cow pie throwing contests. Well, this item is for a contestant that wants to keep in shape, in the off season, when there may be a shortage of genuine pies, this makes a fine substitute. William "Charlie" Carpenter |
| From: SAYCRAZE Subject: guess da gizz Date: September 14, 2005 10:33:57 PM EDT Dats an old condom holder!!! never could figure out how to get dah son of a bitch out and cause dat rivet system I gotts 7 little yoops runnin round al LaFountain |
| From: DickM Subject: Sixt Guess da doo-hickey contest answer Date: November 7, 2005 2:32:45 PM EST It's a New Field Starter Poop. When ya wanna put da cows out in a new field dat ain't got no cow flops in it, you pretend it's a frisbee and fling dis ting out dere in da grass as far as you kin and it gives da cows da idea where to lay da cow pies so dey don't poop just any old wheres like back by da house. Da rivets are so it kin spin real good and get some good distance when ya trow it plus you kin tell da difference from a genuine cow pasty when ya wanna go and pick it up a couple two tree months later. No foolin'. Dick Mattson (formerly Ishpeming) Ann Arbor MI |
| From: matt.l Subject: Guess what da doo-hiky is Date: November 17, 2005 12:50:55 PM EST Oh hey Dat’s easy. Dat dere is wacha call da de foundry mit. It was used inna foundry to catch da hot bars o metal dat came outa da forge. Ya kin tell da influ’nce of da catchers mit by da shape o da ting, and der big rivest alla round a ting holdin da two cast iron plates togedder. M London Capac, MI. |
| From: jake Subject: Guess what the doo-hickey is Date: December 22, 2005 6:31:14 PM EST Yer, I recon de thinger in the foo-toe is an ol’ yooper wrastling belt. When de farmers would finish on the horse hair picker, they would go to da “busy wheel” and have the hops-n-barley sodas, while the misses mind er own, then once they got all feeling tall, the “busy wheel” men would meet in a yard and wrestle round tell one fell down…”no arms” was the rule of the day, where they would wrastle one with out the use of the arms-ya. Da winner got to use da wrastlin belt as an insulator for when day be sittin at that thur “busy wheel” The last one to have da belt before it was mass produced as an artificial pasture Frisbee was Brian Maczack…believe he’s about an Elkoan ya? Jake Bogdon |
| From: pickie98 Subject: guess da gizmo! Date: January 12, 2006 2:19:38 PM EST Well, I started thinking the other day how important the Mighty Mac is to Hoolie. He knows guys who worked on it. Put two and two together and get five!!! Those guys needed sumthin' for grabbin' and grippin' the lines, conduits, tugs, and other various 1950's construction gadgets... One night when all da guys were sippin' a brew and toastin' dare tootsies in the local refreshment establishment, one of da guys who da other guys called " Slippery Sam", got an idea of how to stay stuck to da bridge when da Nor'easter was a blowin'! He got tired of bein' whipped around like a fly on a wet line, so he put ta gedder a set of leather "Swamper Snugs"! As ya can see with yer own two eyes, he sewed da edges of all da layers to make dem sturdy, den he put doze rivet/hobnail/snap concoctions on da bottoms, soze he could grip and grab doze slippery guy lines, pipes, and udder stuff in da rain, fog, and snow....&nbs! p; He sure did give 'em a workout in doze days, but once da Bridge was done, dat was dat.. Ol Slippery Sam retired to California and took his Swamper Snugs wit him to stomp grapes fur da rest of his days. HE died wit a smile on his face and a jug in his hand. Took da undertaker 3 days ta scrub da grape stains off his lips!!!! TRUE STORY!!!! Linda Castillo, Bay City, Michigan |
| From: pickie98 Subject: guess da doo hickey! Date: April 14, 2006 4:09:27 PM EDT Well, I've been tinkin' dis here ting is one of doze Finnish sauna seat covers. Back in da olden days before bleach and cleansers, dis was what da Finns(Yoopers) put on dare spot in da sauna where dey sat,eh? Dey used 'em because not everybody had da clean bare doopa (derriere, bum,etc) and it was a way to make sure dat dey didn't carry anyting outta da sauna dat dey didn't come in dare wit,eh? It even had da handy little snaps to make sure yer bum stayed where it oughtta! Linda Castillo, Bay City, Michigan |
| From: yupperdoo Subject: Guess da Gizmo Date: June 7, 2006 12:02:27 PM EDT Yooper Hockey Puck.Made from old swampers as dere weren't no rubber trees in Yooperland,hence requiring innovation in da "rubber goods"substitution field. |
| From: R2Deb2 Subject: r2deb2@comcast.net Date: June 10, 2006 11:25:39 AM EDT It is a burned left-over blueberry pancake which is so hard that it is used for skeet shooting. Did I win???? Debra Sherwood Annapolis, MD |
| From: ERIK.OLSEN Subject: got the answer Date: June 10, 2006 3:29:13 PM EDT It’s a famadulator from a 1972 Volkswagen bug. It was part of the engine of the “turbo” bug, which was never put into full production. Thanks, Erik Olsen |
This contestant should be happy
now... |
| From: phinnbrit Subject: Doo-Hickey Date: December 25, 2005 12:42:40 AM EST Well? What da hell is it? Da suspense is killin' me. |
Here's the best, "worst"
guess... |
| From: mwhale3 Subject: 14 Date: July 13, 2006 10:04:01 PM EDT Dear Yooperheads, Don'tcha know, ehh??? It's 14 trilobytes doing a jig Matt Whale |
 
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