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TEFL Mystery #2: What’s That Thing?
One of the neat things about teaching abroad is that you get to live abroad…and if you’re fortunate enough to get a furnished flat, it will have all sorts of neat and funky stuff in it.
Sometimes though, you will be stumped not only with the “why” (…would anyone in a one-bedroom flat need five armoires or green carpet in the kitchen?) but with the “how”: how do you use this thing? What is it?
Exactly my question about the thing featured in this picture. It remained unused for the first few months, then I bought some hand towels for my kitchen and started using it to hang those, despite feeling this wasn’t the intended use. Imagine my surprise when my cousin came to visit and exclaimed “Oh, you have one of those?!” Not only had she figured out the intended use, but she seemed to have seen one before and admired it.
So: can you guess what this thing is for or come up with a creative use for it? It is a bit larger than an A4 or 8.5×11 paper. Leave me a comment if you can!
Now that I know what it is, I admit it does seem rather obvious. But I suppose, given the orignal sparse nature of kitchen furnishings, it is a bit out of place. In a week, I’ll post the answer. Also, leave me your vote on this poll.
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Jessie, come back in a week for the answer 
I like to keep people in suspense here at the TEFL Logue…
Wow - did you know that if you type Kitchen wall equipment into Google images you come up with 1,240,000 pictures? If anyone else feels like trying, it\’s not on the first 40 pages, and if you find it on p.41 I shall be seriously displeased.
No idea. Completely stumped. Do the various bits move or come out? Is it connected to electricity? Do you poke something in the top slit and pull it out the bottom??
the picture is too small
EFL Geek: fair enough, and the picture has been doubled in size!
To everyone: remember, I’m not revealing the answer for a week, so keep the guesses coming!
Sue: I have to say, it wasn’t my plan to answer any questions, but - as I’d do in class - because you asked grammatically correct questions, I’ll do it: the brown “knob” type things do move, across. It’s not connected to electricity. There is one more way it moves but…I’m not going to tell you because I didn’t realize that until someone in the know demonstrated. As far as revealing what you do (or not) with it…that would be part of the answer so I’ll stay silent on that too.
And the winner is… Jessie! Well done. You win a glass of Slovak “Bear’s Blood” drink and an earful of gossip when or if I meet you. And maybe 150 Slovak Crowns if I’m feeling generous.
To the others: thanks for playing
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I can’t tell for sure, but it looks like one of those things you put rolls of aluminum foil, or plastic wrap, or the like in, and then the edges of said wrap will come up through the slits above and be “sliced” off. I’ve only seen them in catalogs, never in person… Frankly, they always seemed kind of unnecessary to me.
Am I right? Am I right? What do I win?