Remember the little guessing game we had earlier this week? Today, it’s time for the little reveal. Here’s that picture of the item again:
Were you able to guess what it is? My sisters and brother say they can’t make heads or tails of it and Kid Bro says I should have allowed comments, hehe. For the record, I showed it to them months ago and their reactions were all along the lines of How Silly Can You Get? which makes this Whatsit perfect for this blog. 
Ok, here it is from another angle:
See those words? They should now clue you in on the purpose of this little wooden contraption, hehe. So…tadah!
Yes, super friends, it’s a book clip!
A what? A book clip!
Designed to give you a Happy Reading Life (hehe), it is weighted to help you hold down those pages when there’s a slight draft and you’re nursing a cup of coffee between your hands or you’re just too lazy to hold down those pages yourself.
Ah, basta, it has a use, hahaha!
See?
I found it in a shop that sells little gewgaws and desk supplies from Japan (the world capital of everyday ingenuity, don’t you think?). I snapped it up immediately because I love cute, red thingamajigs.
The truth is, all it’s really good for is keeping a magazine open. When I tried it on a paperback once, it catapulted to the other side like some untethered miniature medieval weapon, made a huge thump on the dinner table and gave Jigs a fright.
Apparently, the strength of a pirate’s pecs and virility in a historical romance novel is too much for it. ;)
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To those who put some thought into this silly thing, did you guess right?
Well, I thought it was a modified adventurous cloth clip…
Haha, I knew that clip was going to ‘mislead’ most people.
No! I did not guess right but I was sorta in the neighborhood
I thought it functioned as a paperweight but you clipped the papers! It’s very cute 
I’m guessing ‘Paperweight’ would be the guess of most everyone. It’s the laundry clip that’s just a little off.
Hahaha! This was what I was waiting for since you promised you’d tell us on Friday. I have one like this, Tita Buds, and if you had allowed comments I would have spoiled the surprise! Mine was a green one given by a friend when she went to Singapore. When I got it, I could not help but gush over it as it was so cute!
Nyeh! It’s a good thing then that I closed the comments, hehe, although I was thinking of my siblings spoiling the game when I did that.
I got mine from Saizen and when I went back last time, it wasn’t available anymore.
It really is a one-of-a-kind contraption! I did not use it because I felt it was too nice or too cute to use and just lovely to look at. Now, I’ll certainly use it!
Had no inkling! It sure is a conversation starter! Whether it can support a pirates pecs or not
Haha, I should have thrown in “heaving bosoms”, too.
Think maybe I was lucky to be away when your first post came out so I “cut straight to the chase”. Cheated in other words!
Hah! Now I wish I’d emailed a picture to you directly. You and Flat Ruthie could’ve spent hours pondering over the ‘puzzle’.
She’d have got it in one!
:O!
& teehee to one of the final statements. I giggled!
Ehehe. *sheepish grin*
I had a feeling it had to do with reading. Have a Great Weekend!
Ahh, you know me well enough, Renee.
Thanks, have a great weekend, too!
Haha! I kind of guessed it right. It was somehow the same ‘clip’ I use in my piano chords. Hehe.
Almost!
A Happy (Music) Reading Life to you, Mico. 
To me, it looked like a refrigerator magnet with a clip for notes. I think I would get a lot more use out of a mini-catapult!
Oh, I can do with a mini-catapult, too. For tossing those crumpled very rough drafts to the trash can.
I love this. When I’m typing something from a book I have to find something to hold the book open. This is perfect. Maybe I could have a pirate lean on my book.
HAHAHAHAHA!!! Perfect!
Of course, preferably someone who looks like Johnny Depp.
And the wait is over
deceiving yet a useful solution!
The laundry clip got you confused, too, huh?
woo woo woo! I had thought it might have held mail, so I guess I was at least in the ballpark!
Hehe. I guess it can be a mail holder, too. Would something like that last long in your home without chew marks, Rumpy?
not a chance!
Hindi ko sya nahulaan. haha. san mo nakuha yan? maraming wood crafts sa baguio, baka galing don. kasama ng barrel man. hehe.
this is a fun post. I love your interactive blogs. more please.
Sa store ng mga abubot from Japan.
Sige, maghahanap pa ako ng mga kawi-weirdan, hahaha. Thanks, Janis!
Definitely thought it was a fashionable laundry clip Tita,
I have seen some pretty nifty page holders but nothing like this, now I want one !! I could definitely use it, I generally read whilst doing a million other things. Super inventive if you ask me.
The shop where I bought this is full of ingenious little Japan-made thingamajigs. Of course, a lot fall under the ‘who-thinks-up-these-things’ category, hehe, but are made to look cute (and are so cheap).
Clever little item!