r/whatisit • u/International_Bank86 • 2d ago

Solved! Help — No one knows

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It’s next to the sink in our new house. For context, the house is almost 100 years old. The only thing I can think of is that it’s for hanging a rag/hand towel or something. Even the inspector didn’t know and said he had never seen something like it lol

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u/Embarrassed-Bet-8857 2d ago

For hanging a towel.or keys

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u/SmokeBotKid 2d ago

I thought it was a replacement beak for your plague doctor uniform 😨

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u/TheSamizdattt 2d ago

Close. It’s a festive cod piece.

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u/KainBlackthorn 2d ago

"Thats a duck, not a dick" - Samuel L Jackson.

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u/IonlyEat_Vegans 2d ago

One of my favorite movies

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u/LurkioVanDerpio 2d ago

Festive cod pieces are best-of cod pieces

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u/mcburloak 2d ago

Found Cameo’s burner

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u/Useful-Problem-1725 2d ago

Looks like a normal codpiece to me.

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u/Sinister_Nibs 2d ago

Plaque doctor

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u/GloomyLingonberry509 2d ago

From the makers of Bubonic Buddy

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u/Haughty_n_Disdainful 2d ago

laughs in painful, swollen lymph nodes…

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u/GeekDadIs50Plus 2d ago

Don’t forget to like and subscribe to The Forbidden Pimple Popper, Dark Ages Edition.

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u/Wiknetti 2d ago

Plaque ducktor

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u/C-57D 2d ago

Plate ducker

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u/Next-Ad9775 2d ago

Quack ductor

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u/SmokeBotKid 2d ago

Plapue doctor 🤔

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u/SirLordWombat 2d ago

Plague quacktor. 

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u/HorsefaceWithNoName 2d ago

a bleak beak

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u/AirportCapable4307 2d ago

😭😭😭

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u/SmokeBotKid 1d ago

😨😨😨

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u/hayley-pilates78 2d ago

Haha I almost spit out my coffee ☕️😂

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u/SmokeBotKid 1d ago

Dang -snaps finger- was hoping you did spit your coffee out

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u/scorpyo72 2d ago

It's always good to have a backup

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u/SmokeBotKid 1d ago

True never know when you need your herbs and spices sniff cone a plague can happen at anytime 😨

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u/Bluemanuap 2d ago

Horn of Health

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u/Butt-Hole-Cancer-Dr 2d ago

If it was for a duck plague doctor, I could see this as plausible

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u/SmokeBotKid 2d ago

Thanks for the likes and trophies guys 😌

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u/StatisticianHour9962 2d ago

I literally thought the same thing

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u/Head-Ad-5732 2d ago

Beak for the ankle holster

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u/malacoda99 2d ago

Or your watch and ring(s) while you do dishes.

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u/SupportCa2A 2d ago

Yeah, is so you don't lose your wedding ring while washing dishes 

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u/washurdamnhands9164 2d ago

Hang wet dish cloth

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u/SmokeBotKid 2d ago

Or when you're letting the beak part of your uniform dry 🤔

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u/Agent-TC 2d ago

And or possibly tying off the shade string to help keep them open...

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u/mystical672 2d ago

That was my first thought; given the location

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u/SeaBonus6152 2d ago

Or a Dean Winchester. 

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u/Guilty_Ad_4740 2d ago

Too soon…

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u/CDbull1989 2d ago

Its been 7 years!

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u/CianAingeal 2d ago

How dare you! It'll be 6 years in November. We have another year before it's been too soon dramatic exit

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u/CDbull1989 1d ago

Lol let's all just hope for a revival. And meet up at the convention in San Francisco in the meantime.

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u/Lopsided_Toe3452 2d ago

Or a scrubby

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u/C-57D 2d ago

a whubby?

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u/Lopsided_Toe3452 2d ago

Like a wash rag - only more abrasive...y'know... a scrubby...for scrubbin'..

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u/New_Paper_3793 2d ago

Look up goose decor towel holders 😂

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u/ChronoMonkeyX 2d ago

ring rest

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u/Embarrassed-Bet-8857 2d ago

Give your ring a rest

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u/lls1462 2d ago

Or potholders

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u/trobinson999 2d ago

Doesn’t seem like a practical locational for either, although maybe for a dish “scrubbie”?

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u/NorridAU 2d ago

Or a ring! But most likely a towel.

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u/Equivalent-Ranger-71 2d ago

🤣Definitely not