Last week’s Macro Monday puzzle was so darned easy, ALL of you got it right, so this week I think I’ll do something just a little bit harder.
MWAHAHAHAHAA!
Well… to be fair, I don’t actually think this one is that difficult, either, but I suppose we shall see!
Take a long look at that thing up there. It’s a close-up photograph of something which should be familiar to most of you. Some will use one more often than others, some will never use one. Others will use one in their work, or for fun, and occasionally through necessity.
They come in many different forms, but this is kind of traditional. It’s almost the same as the one I remember my mother having when I was very young, only made from more modern materials. Mum still had hers when she died, because they don’t actually wear out very easily – in fact, it’s entirely possible to find perfectly usable antique versions! Although … Hmm. Some may possibly argue with this statement, on the grounds that – but ssshhh! I don’t want to give too much away!
So, enough clues. Off you go and cudgel those brains – or alternatively, take the answer that you’ve already formulated by now and pop it into the comments and I’ll be back. Tomorrow evening – that’s Tuesday – at about 10pm, UK time.
Have fun!
And don’t forget that you can visit Lisa’s Chaos for more macro photography.
Well, you’ve pretty much done it again! Most of you got this right, although I’m pretty sure that some of you would not have done so if you hadn’t been prompted by the other guesses. So I’m just going to mention Don’t Bug Me as the winner today, since she was the first to enter a comment. And Ron, Those Brindle Kids, Houndstooth, Molly, Shooting Parrots, and Kateri, all of whom seem to have arrived at the answer independently.
And I must give an honourable mention to Sharon for the Most Creative Guess of the Week.
Well played to all of you – especially those who got it right! See you again next week. Oh yeah … and go here, if you still don’t know what it is!
Reminds me of my Mum’s too, if it is what I think it is – a tape measure.
Don’t Bug Me!´s last [type] ..Why Do Hummingbirds Hum?
Yes, it looks a bit like a tape measure, except that it doesn’t have any numbers on it. Can’t think what else it could be.
nick´s last [type] ..Britishness
I can’t cheat! I see it now, but before I saw the other comments, I was clueless…as often is the case on Macro Mondays!
Lori – What Remains Now´s last [type] ..Creating A Life Worth Living – Part 6
To me, it looks like a tape measure, Jay.
GREAT macro!!!!!
Can’t wait to find out what it is!!!!
X
Ron´s last [type] ..Vent Gets A New Interior Design
I HAD to cheat and look at previous answers. I simply had no clue, but now feel like a dolt. It’s so obvious now…darn it! Great one, Jay! *high five!*
HermanTurnip´s last [type] ..Baby Huey
A stack of tea cups…?
Rob Lenihan´s last [type] ..When in Rome…
Yay! At least this time I can actually venture a guess – tape measure. It’s hard to find a good cloth/canvas tape measure these days.
Those Brindle Kids´s last [type] ..Black and White Sunday – Shadow Hound
I’m thinking it’s a tape measure!
Houndstooth´s last [type] ..Black And White Sunday 2/10 — Hopeless Romantic
LOL! I never have any idea what anything is. I’m (sad to say) extremely no-visiual. — no spacial relations either.
Madeleine Begun Kane´s last [type] ..Limerick Tie (Limerick-Off Monday)
Tape measure and looks remarkably like the one I have in my draw in the kitchen
Mollyxxx
Molly´s last [type] ..Day 42 – Cold Kiss
Nice picture – although I cheated and looked the the other comments!
Stewart M – Melbourne
Stewart M´s last [type] ..Macro Monday – Overlooked?
The first one I managed to get from the photo alone and without the clues. It’s a tape measure like the one in my daughter’s sewing box.
Shooting Parrots´s last [type] ..The Politics of Health
Cool picture (I cheated too but seems so obvious when you know!) I was going to say cookie cutters as a possibility!
It is definitely a skinny tapeworm with markings like piano keys. I just had to be different. Thanks for dropping by my blog!
Sharon Wagner´s last [type] ..An Unusual Storm
I used to love to play with my mom’s tape measure that was in her sewing box–your photo brought back memories!
kateri´s last [type] ..Contrast
I guessed tape measure before looking at the comments. Although mine is yellow.
A tape measure? Cute idea, doing a puzzle with the macro!
A sewing necessity: a tape measure! (And I didn’t peek! I knew as soon as I saw the thumbnail on Macro Monday…)
Dimple´s last [type] ..God’s Winter Wonders
I’m here late so the answer has been told but I still like to guess it before I look.
At first I thought something stacked and then a collapsing cup which would have been a gigantic cup.
I wouldn’t have gotten it but it was a unique idea!
Loved your comment about my snowflake! Thanks!
Carletta´s last [type] ..Valentine’s Week: Wild Birds
I came too late but, to be honest, I didn’t know what it was. Mine is more flexible
Everyone – Thank you all so much for playing and for being such good sports! It makes Macro Monday so much fun to have you all play along.
Those Brindle Kids and Shooting Parrots- I’m so glad you were both able to guess this one!
Molly, Stuart M, Rollercoaster Mum, Meghan, Marie-AZ, Dimple and Carletta – Thank you all so much for dropping in and taking part! Some of you were correct (well done, you!), and others were not, but I hope you had fun and will be back next week.
I laughed at Carletta’s comment about a gigantic collapsable cup!
Kateri – For me it was buttons that I played with from my Mum’s sewing box, but I’m glad I brought back some warm memories for you!
Sharon Wagner – That made me laugh out loud! You surely must be an animal person to think like that!
Babs – Yes, my Mum’s was a cloth tape which had been plasticised or something. Mine is plastic. It’s not quite as nice to use as the old cloth tapes, but it works!