Weird inventions!

[Camy]

This week the British Library opens an exhibition of weird and wonderful inventions.

Can you guess what they do?

This was a lot of fun, and I got a stonkingly glorious 5/10!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7556528.stm

[DesDownunder]

4/10 for me, but then I am an Aussie.

[Trab]

Frankly, I'm ticked off. I thought I'd be better than a Brit, noooooo. I too got 5/10. Gnashing of teeth.

[Cole Parker]

I scored with Des.

You can take that however you want to.

C

[Trab]

Video at 11?

[Cole Parker]

It would be poor video, seeing two old guys scratching their heads and guessing wrong. Time after time.

Unless, or course, you were referring to the video showing how we commiserated with each other.

C

[Guest Fritz]

I'm with Des, and I probably wouldn't have done that well were it not for the fact that I once saw a chalk holder so recognized that one. My grade school music teacher had one and used it.

[Rubilacxe]

7/10 for me.

[JamesSavik]

6/10 for me. My elementary skool had some of those multi-line chalk things. Not that I'm that old, Mississippi skools were just that fer behind.

[Cole Parker]

The chalk holder was one I got right. It was everything else I was confused about. I finally figured it out, that I should be selecting the least likely in each group, but by then it was too late.

But there's never any humiliation when one does as well as Des did. You've all heard of the Mendoza Line, haven't you? That's a baseball standard. Mendoza was a ballplayer, a catcher I believe, who hit .200, and that was established as a mark of futility for a hitter. If your average is below the Mendoza Line, your ability as a hitter is accepted as abysmal. Well, I'm calling this the Des Downunder-and- below-that Line. I met that standard of performance, so while I won't be puffing out my chest and strutting down Broadway, I can say I was at the DDABT line, so all is well.

Well, that's my explanation, and it works for me.

C

[Tanuki Racoon]

So, Cole, you are admitting to being under Des? I guess that makes him the top.....

[DesDownunder]

Just because you are on top, doesn't mean you aren't the bottom.

[Cole Parker]

What's this top and bottom crap? I said I matched Des' less than stellar performance. Four out of ten. Don't besmirch this achievement. It speaks for itself! It was on a par with Des'. Anyone should be happy being on a par with Des.

C

[DesDownunder]

I'd rather be on a pa than a ma.

I'm not being too subtle am I?

[Trab]

How can you tell gay guys are not wanted in Panama? Pa - NA Ma. Okay, I admit it. That's probably the corniest joke, ever.

[colinian]

I'm twice as old as my score: 9 out of 10.

Most were pretty easy to figure out if you just looked at the device and the three choices.

Colin

[Richard Norway]

How the hell did Colin get 9/10, know so much about that ancient stuff? Most of that seemed like it was way before even MY grandfathers time

I know...I know. He cheated! That must be, He had 28 of his friends all guessing for him.

I got 6/10 :(

Richard

[Richard Norway]

If you haven't quessed yet, the humor in me is in the absurtity of what I say.

Richard

[Bruin Fisher]

5/10. And some of them I kicked myself when the truth was revealed.

Bruin

[Trab]

Bruin, never kick yourself. Beat yourself instead. Believe me, it's much nicer.

[DesDownunder]

No one has to beat themselves up here, that is what we have moderators for.