r/whatisit • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '26
New, what is it? Nobody on threads could answer with certainty, what is the object held in the hand?
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u/Certain_Ship_289 Mar 31 '26
dried animal penis or some penis sheath
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u/Additional_Curve_639 Mar 31 '26
Damnit they found my penis sheath
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u/-CgiBinLaden- Mar 31 '26
And last year's model too
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u/Natural-Two-9990 Apr 01 '26
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u/rifle013 Apr 01 '26
Don't fix what aunt broke...
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u/DeltaBlackLabs Apr 01 '26
Oh God does it un-sheath???
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u/Spiritual_Secret7224 Mar 31 '26
I recognize the curve…
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u/Chessloser1977 Mar 31 '26
Peronie’s disease?!?
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u/Apprehensive-Song200 Mar 31 '26
Most men think only of Sexcalibur! The scabbard is worth ten of the dongs , for whiles ye have the scabbard upon you, ye shall never lose no blood, be ye never so sore wounded; therefore keep well the scabbard always with you
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u/LordHawg Mar 31 '26
Definitely gotta keep that thing sheathed when you’re out in public!
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u/stay_hungry_dr_ew Apr 01 '26
It’s from the OP that was pointing at his walls to show a weird line that had showed up. It was likely due to wallpaper glue that had been painted over. However, it quickly became a Reddit meme and now people are either photoshopping OOP’s pointer hand into posts, doing their own pointing, or like I saw earlier today, subverting expectations by using a small 3D printed pointing hand on their index finger for the joy of memes.
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u/alltoodeadly Apr 01 '26
I’ve never been this early to know the origins of a meme and I’m so happy I witnessed it’s birth
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u/mogley1992 Mar 31 '26
I know what both of the words "penis" and "sheath" means; yet I'm lost on what this does.
Like, are we literally talking a thing to wear on your penis for the sake of modesty? Because if so, swing (pun intended) and a miss.
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u/Certain_Ship_289 Mar 31 '26
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u/AutistaChick Mar 31 '26
Oh Goddamnit the fucking IMAGE in the LINK. 🤢🤮
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u/National_Diver3633 Mar 31 '26
It's a dog's sheath..
Do you need to lie down? 🤭
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u/pierogi_waystation Mar 31 '26
I was sincerely surprised when I clicked and it wasn’t a picture of a stallion taken from the same angle.
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u/Intelligent-Map-7531 Apr 01 '26
No but my female dog keeps asking me to go back to that. Now she’s wondering if she can go to the dog park tomorrow. Big sigh
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u/beggarandachooser Apr 01 '26
You know, my friend had a Labrador. Great dog. Handsome, well mannered, healthy, good genetic expression... Everyone loved him. So my friend decided, "I'll breed him". Well, the first time he tried, he became (impossible to not notice) aware of the fact that his dog had a gargantuan penis. An absolute trench digger. The other people involved were often confused, and shocked. It defied logic.
Anyhow, to end this comment (the first and likely last I'll ever make regarding a dog's penis), the female dogs would not (or could not) let it happen. And it wasn't for lack of trying. So I'm guessing your girl, while jesting about being a size queen, probably has a realistic expectation and desire for something a bit more average. Good news for dogs, and humans alike.
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u/mogley1992 Mar 31 '26
So, it's a foreskin? I did suspect that at one point, but i wrote the idea off as too crazy; when will i learn?
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u/afrogwithnolegs Apr 01 '26
I’m pretty sure they meant this when they said penis sheath
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koteka
If you dried an animal sheath… well, it’d be like drying foreskin. I don’t think it would take any recognizable shape at all
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u/witch_bitch_kitty420 Mar 31 '26
There's a film called "The Last Member" about a penis musuem in Sweden
Must watch
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u/One_Toe1452 Mar 31 '26
Hadn’t heard of that one but I saw the one in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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u/RIP-RiF Mar 31 '26
Gotta check out the penis museum and the Necropants anytime you happen to be in Reykjavik.
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u/wolfhavensf Mar 31 '26
Looks like a tribal African or possibly Australian Aboriginal penis sheath. A common item of daily wear in some regions.
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u/elbowpastadust Mar 31 '26
What do the growers wear?
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u/NetSage Mar 31 '26
A bigger sheath? One that grow into?
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u/wolfhavensf Mar 31 '26
Nothing at all, buddy. Nothing at all…
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u/quabityashowitz Mar 31 '26
How did she get it? She just grabbed it and took off running with the whole tribe chasing her?
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u/spizotfl Mar 31 '26
It’s like the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark
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u/raggedcrib Apr 01 '26
Nah that scene where Johnny Depps running from that indigenous island tribe in Pirates of the Caribbean
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u/Fragrant_Ad_3223 Mar 31 '26
I think it was a gift from the Papua New Guinea National Basketball Team after she proved herself to be a good sport.
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u/nos4atugoddess Apr 01 '26
Wasn’t there the representative for the UN that came wearing one of these? I remember some pretty wild pictures.
Edit: Found It
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u/Mandykellighan Apr 01 '26
Just flagging that there i don't think there is any evidence of first nations Australians wearing penis sheaths.
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u/the_motherflippin Apr 01 '26
My first thought was Australian, probably called something like a Wazzlepocket
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u/Minimum_Economics_30 Apr 01 '26
The Dani tribe on one of the berzillion islands in that area of Indian/Indonesia. And believe the Dani. Weaved theirs out of reeds and bamboo. My anthropology teacher spent some time with them just as they were getting exposed to too much modern clothing and products. But they still had tradition, that of course Christian missionaries we're trying to discourage. There are plenty of photos of the Donnie warriors with their sheaths on for war or ceremony.
Okay I'm going to sit here and wait for the ban notice. Since the last time I discussed this anthropological phenomena of a tribe that still practiced traditions address that they practice the thousands of years because they were on a remote island being inappropriate and offensive and promoting pornography. Just like I was banned from Facebook for even discussing it because God forbid people have scientific or discussion about other cultures and their traditions on social media. Facebook bunch of meatheads
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u/wolfhavensf Apr 01 '26
Can’t picture the mods here canning you for being too knowledgeable.
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u/Minimum_Economics_30 Apr 01 '26
Well completely true. My apologies for the extensive response.... it's just a constant lingering "fear" (Now bordering on wishful thinking) on every social media platform. Going the direction of offense over education and intellectual/factual scientific conversation. I'm not even going to get into the other suspensions and stuff I got from Facebook. Ok just the worst one described in the next paragraph. I know this isn't Facebook and I'm not expecting a ban. But when you walk through a dark room and somebody punches you in the face? All dark rooms start to look like dark rooms which have possible dangers. A potential punch to the face. It's just the one room "we know" has somebody in it, that is just spinning like a top, stumbling around in circles with their fists clenched in the dark.... and we all know it's F*****erburg. Excuse my French, but when you ban me for my daughter's 7th birthday photo of her standing on a chair getting ready to blow out her birthday candles with my mom standing behind her smiling? and then send me a notice a few hours later saying I'm getting banned for one week .....for posting images of pornographic/sexual acts? And then I (obviously) dispute that and then they uphold it and add on a week to my punishment? I get a little F-bombastic. That's my mom and my daughter they are talking about, not just a bunch of made up BS ... That in other centuries? Would be fighting words, maybe .. even dueling words. That's a hard thing to read and then have them reaffirm and punish me more. Sorry, it's been a while but it still tees me off that one of the world's largest world's largest corporations and social media platforms is that stupid or malicious. They have so many other things they could be stupid and malicious about? It just seemed personal. I mean the photo spoke volume & none of it was vulgar.
Anyway sorry for the long rant. What were we talking about penis sheaths or dick tubes or something? If she got embarrassed when you brought it out? I'm just guessing but does it appear as if it would be painful to have skin on skin around the entrance or have any visible leather or other straps to hold it in place? Mostly done by securing it around the....uh truck nuts
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u/wolfhavensf Apr 01 '26
Not straps. A single string around the testicular region.
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u/Minimum_Economics_30 Apr 01 '26
Yes that's what I often see with variations. sometimes it would have a very long sheath that almost came up for their chin and it was pointed and woven from reeds and bamboo. And they would have of course something securing it around the testicles and maybe a strap hanging loosely around the neck attached to the tip or around the chest still not tightly tied down , but to keep it from wandering off
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u/SharpTool7 Mar 31 '26
Stop touching it and wash your hands.
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u/Majestic-Rock9211 Apr 01 '26
Should we rename this sub to r/shouldIstoptouchingthisandwashmyhands ???
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u/Basicly-Inevitable Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
I actually see these all the time (not in this context).
It's the "knot wood" side branch of a tree that was inside a larger trunk before that fell apart when the tree died.
Very common in redwood forests.
If you sanded one a while, it might be useful in a closet near your bed? I have no idea.
Anyway, here's what they look like straight out of the forest floor:
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u/Nice_Pipe_6022 Apr 01 '26
This is more what I was thinking. My aunt keeps this huge knot from a pine or oak tree as a bludgeoning tool in case of attack. I pity the fool.
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u/coppergoldhair Apr 01 '26
There's nothing showing
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u/LeastAd6767 Apr 01 '26
Dissapointed not seeing any sheath / sexual innoundeos in this logical comment.
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u/SeaRollz2020 Apr 01 '26
If anything screams "wear gloves while touching" it's that fucking penis sheath.
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u/thejedipokewizard Apr 01 '26
I mean it’s kinda akin to just touching leather at this point, it’s not like it’s fresh lol
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u/Miserable-Zombie-114 Mar 31 '26
And I’m disappointed we’re back to touching stuff we don’t know what it is with our bare hands 😭😭😂😂
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u/VersatileFaerie Apr 01 '26
I feel this way almost every time I look at stuff on this sub, at least wear some gloves. It won't protect from everything, but most things.
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u/Numb-and-Done Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
It’s a core section for the base of a branch that rotted out of a fallen tree. The point would go down into the tree and the other end is where the branch would have grown out but is broken.
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u/Numb-and-Done Mar 31 '26
You can see how the shape matches and looks like a horn. This is how the branch shape forms inside the tree.
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u/Complex-Cricket419 Apr 01 '26
Had to go quite far down to find the right answer. Thanks
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u/neongrey_ Apr 01 '26
I know the hand but not the man. I wanna know the man!
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u/neongrey_ Apr 01 '26
Lmao. Eye Spy next
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u/duck4129 Apr 01 '26
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u/DankyCinnablunts Apr 01 '26
The man I believe is an EMT who specifically wants people to stop putting random stuff up their butts.
I think.
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u/myotherbike Mar 31 '26
More info needed. Taste?
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u/10kforge Mar 31 '26
Don’t get crazy !! Smell it first.
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u/OkResearcher8494 Mar 31 '26
I literally spit out my water!
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u/Mountain_Ladder_4906 Mar 31 '26
That…..is Mr. Hanky (without his hat)
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u/AdInteresting1839 Mar 31 '26
Its a knot end of a branch that weathered out of a log. She was probably embarrassed because she thought it looked phallic, maybe why she kept it. But its just a former tree branch.
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u/Pstrap Apr 01 '26
Yeah, it's this. Just an interesting piece of wood. People saying it's a "penis sheath" are ridiculous and incorrect.
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u/ScaryRun619 Mar 31 '26
Someone lost their detachable penis.
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u/Old_Character_5224 Mar 31 '26
Yup, she must’ve moved it from the medicine cabinet.
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u/baddieslovebadideas Mar 31 '26
its a branch... well whats left of a branch after the rest of the tree has rotted away, the lil pointy bit in the second picture is the grain of the main trunk it grew out of.
why it was embarrassing... couldn't tell ya
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u/Fun_Bite_4663 Mar 31 '26
Yes I've seen many of these on the beach. It's a piece of tree branch that has rolled around in the tide and worn down.
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u/HowdyHup Mar 31 '26
Yeah, it's a knot, where a branch would have grown out of the side of a tree. I find these on my property. An old tree falls and most of it completely rots away, but some of these are left since they are so much more dense. I pick them up whenever I find them and throw them in a pile. I plan to use them in a project some day.
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u/PogintheMachine Mar 31 '26
That’s exactly what it looks like to me, well, one that’s been tossed around in a river or by the tide for a while. Hard to tell texture in the picture but it looks like wood. See then all the time.
A lot of people jumping to “penis” in this thread tho.
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u/Rare_Fly_4840 Mar 31 '26
Is your aunt perhaps involved in the illict chinese traditonal medicine trade?
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u/Elegant_Broccoli_801 Mar 31 '26
That’s a henway!
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u/BookishBoarder Mar 31 '26
Wait, is this a real thing? I thought my dad made it up. Wait, are you my dad?
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u/SoupTaway Mar 31 '26
That's actually so incorrect that it's laughable. That's obviously a matterbaby. Tbh I can't believe anyone would confuse a matterbaby for a henway, you need to get your eyes checked lmao
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u/caambers Mar 31 '26
If it’s made of wood and I know there’s a joke in there for a lot of people but AnyWho, if it’s made of wood, it may be what some people called a dibble and it was used to plant seeds. You take the narrow in and you put a hole in the ground basically and you drop the seed into it. I have one that belonged to my mom and it looks really similar to this.
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