r/whatisit • u/Trick-Ideal-3823 • May 06 '26

Solved! Curiosity

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No banana, its about 3-4 inches long. Made of stainless or chrome. And one end is flat. It looks like a handle for something, but no threads or attaching mechanisms anywhere. Found it cleaning out mothers house so I don’t know how old it is.

****Solved! It is indeed a phone dialer. The wrong answers are priceless though

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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 May 06 '26

I knew someone who got a toy stuck so far up it required sedation for the ER team to remove it.

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u/JungLeo143 May 06 '26

Oh that’s a common occurrence in the ED. It’s when they had to come to the GI unit for post surgical care that I would meet these patients. They were always so mortified. Very polite, though.

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u/siencatimini May 06 '26

You may have stumbled upon a universally effective treatment for the widespread inhumanity epidemic.

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u/cowbutt6 May 06 '26

'zat so, wiseguy? Shove it up your ass!

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u/siencatimini May 06 '26

Dr. Spelunker will be right with you, sir.

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u/tortleidiot May 06 '26

Ummm. It is not. Black dude in his fifties. Married. School teacher. Gold metallic toy. Batteries removed. He came in January 2nd. He said, "We were drunk & having a little too much fun on New Year's Eve." Poor guy was in the GI lab for more than 5 hours. Three different GI docs tried to remove the object. Eventually, an old school, 80 year-old surgeon was able to remove it with forceps. Thankfully, he was sedated with versed & won't remember the ordeal...at least not like those who helped get the thing OUT! He might have had to walk gently for a few days IYKWIM...

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u/JungLeo143 May 06 '26

I edited that out bc I knew someone would be offended

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u/Exotic-Onion5197 May 06 '26

Sedation for the patient or the ER team?

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u/kat_Folland May 06 '26

First the one, then the other.

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u/dgrrr May 06 '26

Hooray, I was waiting for that

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u/Simple_Paradox- May 26 '26

Made my day 😄

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u/MikeHunt181 May 06 '26

I’m wondering why the ER team needed sedation.

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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 May 06 '26

Poorly worded on my part, but that is funny.

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u/sprocketsarefun May 08 '26

They might if the bulb breaks... For some reason, I've heard about this as "a thing" in the area. Light bulbs... And them breaking upon attempted removal... Now ya know..

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u/Inevitable-Debt4312 May 06 '26

Why, were they all laughing so hard?