Last week’s Macro Monday puzzle was quite difficult, partly because some of you had never heard of charcoal dog biscuits, let alone seen one, so I tried to find you something more universal this week.
Now, I know these things are found all over the world. They might have a different appearance in different countries, but those which are accessible to the public usually look vaguely similar to this one, so hopefully you’ll all be in with a fighting chance!
Take a good look. This is something which is not found in a house, and in fact, very seldom indoors at all, apart from a few very specialised buildings. Usually they are found in the open air. I saw this one yesterday while walking Sid.
This particular one is a modern version of something which has been around for a very long time. According to one source, it was invented in 1804, which surprised me because I would have thought it was older than that.
Anyway. Off you go. Scratch those heads, jiggle those brain cells, and post your answer in the comments! I’ll be back again as usual tomorrow with a link to the answer, and I will also add the answer in the comments at that time.
Have fun!
Well, here we are on Tuesday evening and I bet you’re all waiting impatiently for the solution, aren’t you? Well, here it is! Congratulations to Mara, who was the first to guess correctly! Also to Colleen, who holds the record for correct guesses. Well done, you too!
I should also congratulate Tina and Toby, who both seemed to know more or less what it was but couldn’t think what it was called.
A lifebuoy by the side of a canal or river.
.-= Mara´s last blog ..Old =-.
And by lifebuoy I mean one of those rings, but I don’t know their proper name…
.-= Mara´s last blog ..Old =-.
Something for the water perhaps..or boat realated..myabe even a kid’s toy.! Another puzzle indeed! Love the macro!
I reckon it looks very like the pulling/carrying handle on a plastic sledge. I’m probably wrong this time. Last week I guessed the charcoal biscuit straight away, but unfortunately didn’t log on till it was all over!
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I’m guessing a snow sled
I shall not say what I think it is, since I may have cheated a little. Still, while doing some “research”, I did find out that some other significant things were invented in 1804, such as the steam locomotive, canned food, the hand loom and, most importantly, baked alaska.
.-= Don’t Bug Me!´s last blog ..Macro Monday – Fact or Fiction? =-.
DBM – Baked Alaska? Hahahaha! Must’ve used the ice house for that one!
Well, I must admit to thinking it’s a sledge/sled also, though I’ve never seen one up close, so can’t be sure. I’m not very good at these what’s this games
.-= babs – beetle´s last blog ..Butterflies =-.
I must have a streak of masochism in me, Jay! It looks like twine I need to hold these brain cells together!
Fun as usual, Jay! 
.-= petra michelle´s last blog ..How to survive on a teacher’s salary of $39,000/year! =-.
My first guess is a life preserver.
Happy Monday!
.-= Helena´s last blog ..A Taste of What’s To Come =-.
I’m going with the life buoy too. At least that was my first thought.
.-= Colleen´s last blog ..Macro Monday: Under water =-.
Im going to guess a Canoe? or something related to boating?
.-= meleah rebeccah´s last blog ..Doing Things Differently – My Week In Review [Part Three] =-.
Well, I’m sure it isn’t Johnny Depp’s silver braided hair bound in red plastic. Some sort of rope/anchor?
.-= Gel´s last blog ..Amputation Hurts =-.
It looks like a handle of a tray? Guess guess guess!
Marbles
.-= manang kim´s last blog ..Marbles anyone? =-.
It is found all over the world but not in the house and still it is so clean. Some kind of handle, I think but it is too clean.
Great macro, but I have no idea what it can be…!
.-= Birgitta´s last blog ..Macro Monday – Soft Tulip =-.
Hi Jay! Loved your comment on Fiddle-Dee-Dee! Thank you!
Can’t tell you how many references, because it’s been years and years since I saw Gone with the Wind – and my memory is *ahem* pretty poor right now anyway. I struggled to remember poor Rhett’s name before I read that far. ROFL!
Am so glad that your memory and you are so much better, Jay!
.-= petra michelle´s last blog ..MT. OLYMPICS =-.
hmmm….a lifeguard’s rescue board….?
thank you for leaving me a comment…i enjoyed the orange
Hmm, a sled or swing?
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Looks like a child’s sled to me!
.-= dawn´s last blog ..Macro Monday =-.
As usual, I have no idea! Will wait for your answer.
.-= Kala´s last blog ..All the world’s a stage… =-.
some sort of tag on ring or shower
.-= sandy´s last blog ..Happy Monday =-.
I know! White rope in a red dooflinger.
.-= John McDevitt´s last blog ..Monday Musings: Da Bug! =-.
My guess would be a plastic tub with rope handles, but I doubt they have been around that long and they certainly would belong in a house so I am stumped as usual. Love the great contrast in the photo. Red is my favorite color. What is a dooflinger? I will check back tomorrow for the answer to that one too.
Looks like a swing to me.
Lovin’ Macro Monday,
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Looks like a swing to me!
Lovin’ Macro Monday,
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Clearly it is the left pokeroo of a unicorn halter.
.-= Vicki´s last blog ..Macro Monday: Viola. =-.
I have a guess, but I don’t know what it’s called – one of those floaters that lifeguards carry, so that people in trouble in the water can hang onto them…
It’s a bit of nylon rope, obviously. But 1804? Don’t be ridiculous. Nylon was only invented in 1935, and rope’s been in use for millennia!
To me it looks like a cord of a shopping bag.
.-= Gattina´s last blog ..RUBY RED TUESDAY =-.
A rope on a child’s pail. But I love the idea of a unicorn halter, lol.
.-= lisaschaos´s last blog ..Crabby Macro Monday =-.
Everyone – Here I am back with the solution! But first, several of your comments made me laugh, including Gel’s and Jake’s. Jake – Ha! You didn’t know what it was, did you? Tee hee.
Now, the solution. It’s one of those things you see alongside rivers and canals, on beaches and esplanades, on boats and harbour walls – a lifebelt!
If you go back up and look at the bottom of the original post, I’ve added a link to a larger picture. Well done to those who got it right (Colleen and Mara) or nearly right (Toby and Tina). Not surprised so many of you thought of a sled or a child’s toy. I’ve certainly seen those in this same bright orange plastic and yes, the sleds do often have white nylon rope handles!
Thank you all once again for taking part and making this so much fun! See you next week?
I was here last night and had typed a comment but then my computer locked up and I never got back.
I was wrong.
I had first guessed one of those large plastic laundry tubs. Then a child’s swing.
You are very good at showing just enough and not too much as to keep it fun.
Have a great week!
.-= Carletta´s last blog ..Macro Monday: Peruvian Lily =-.
Oh I told you I was useless at these guessing games
.-= babs – beetle´s last blog ..The empty page =-.
Whatever it is, it sure is RED. Happy Ruby Tuesday!
.-= Sara Chapman in Seattle, USA´s last blog ..Normandy Park overlook =-.
Dammit, I thought that was just too obvious! Damn my lateral brain.
.-= Baino´s last blog ..Saffa’s Can’t Fix It =-.
I was going to go with the life buoy too but thought that it looked more like a plastic tote bucket handle. What a great idea for Macro Monday!
.-= Dave´s last blog ..Point Holmes Tide Pools =-.
Ah ha!
.-= meleah rebeccah´s last blog ..Honest Scrap =-.
Good one! I thought it was a child’s swing.
.-= dutchbaby´s last blog ..Macro Monday – Water Lilies at the Okavango Delta =-.
I’m glad you all enjoyed it! Baino, you’re going to have to try to stop thinking so hard! LOL!