The answer to the French Antique Guessing Game

Good guessing ladies and gentlemen, very impressive, so impressive that right in the beginning one of you nailed it, and I did not have to give another clue.

Some of the wrong but nevertheless impressive guesses included:

-A shoe horn,
-A letter opener.
-Something to stir boiling laundry.
-A page turner for newspapers.
-Kel thought since it was a yard long it could be, "…a tongue depressor, and it's long so the house doctor would not catch any germs!
-A game token or card.
-Kay said, "It was used in the Opera House to direct music."
-A board to flip crepes, or to take bread out of the oven.
-A putty knife.
-It is used to fold or crease linens or newspapers.
-Mary Kate guessed it was a, "C
rumb sweeper for a really big antique refectory table. the kind of table that could sit 40 people!"

Even French Husband did not know, and has been begging me since yesterday morning to tell him. I told him he had to guess, though he did not want to play. So he has had to suffer in the waiting… I have used it as a paddle to spank his behind. I must admit some of you gave me that idea… and I like it.

Guessing item

Laure, wins for the most creative answer:

Laure's response: "It's a toenail file for dragons and griffins!!!"

The correct guess, the first one to say it was Betsy, it is a page turner for a very large book.

I'll show the book later on… I have to go now and spank French Husband.

Thank you for playing! Thanks for your great ideas, and fun responses. I have got to stump all of you before the year, geez is that gonna be a tough task to do!




Comments

14 responses to “The answer to the French Antique Guessing Game”

  1. Interesting ! I try to call you today , ma chère

  2. What a page turner, indeed! 🙂
    I wonder how many secondary uses it has been subjected to over the course of its lifespan so far! 😉

  3. Our Dutch house guest and I were looking at your photos yesterday and making guesses, then he and I saw that other readers had already sent all our guesses your way. Our guesses were wrong, of course.
    But I love the re-purposed use: spanking FH! Video time.

  4. Wow! That must be some B-I-G book! I love your guessing games. Thank you!

  5. I just knew it would be useful for spanking…thought of naughty French children…French husband…Oh!!!no:?

  6. Julie Ann Evins

    Great game, Jx

  7. Julie Ann Evins

    I can imagine you chasing that naughty imp Yann around the garden !

  8. I just came back to say a page turner.One has just been on TV!
    I still think my first guess of bottom spanker is more fitting!

  9. i almost thought it something to separate pills with but, the length of the blade was too long. a fascinating object.

  10. Hi dear Corey!
    Just popping by to say hello and grab a few wise words before I am taking a good long weekend. I hope you are having nice days in France! Not too rainy I hope?? This rainy weathers grey shades can be lovely too, let us curl up and have a lovely cup of calming herb tea. I sure will 🙂
    Enjoy your weekend!!
    (do you have a flea market you normally visit during the weekend? If so, do you have a good tip where to find some beautiful bargains? I am just asking because some of my readers are heading for France this summer…)
    Friendly, Aina

  11. Ohhh, I missed the game. But it looked like lots of fun. And, I could really use one of those fly catchers tonight. Its my cook club night-which reminds me have you had any more themed parties?

  12. Oh my goodness me! Too much fun Corey! So, it really was a yard long??? We just happened to have gone to the Getty Villa yesterday and saw some gorgeous old (and HUGE) manuscripts and books – I see now I should have paid greater attention teehee. I’ve never heard of a page turner tool before, thank you for my continuing education. 🙂
    Eagerly looking forward to your next stumperoonie!

  13. Wouldn’t it be amazing to be a fly on the wall and watch it being used for the first time, the people around it, the decor, the lifestyle. I bet it can tell some amazing stories!

  14. Such fun, Corey! So glad my guess entertained you! But before I learned it was a yard long that was the first thing that bubbled up into my mind! It wasn’t too big of a leap from there to dragons and griffins!
    Looking forward to the next game!

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