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#1 hattrick Mar 13, 2009 10:56:49	So a friend of mine went to a "microsoft event" and came back with this little giveaway trinket. We've got about 6 people looking at this thing and no one knows what the heck it does. The circle is about 2 inches across, just larger than a watch face. I'll post a picture of it from the front, folded up, and from the back unrolled. Some notes: -The back in non-slip -There is a low-power magnet that keeps it "clipped" into the rolled up position, but it is very weak, too weak to hold anything -The circle spins around -There is a little extender (which you can see extended in the 2nd picture) that goes into and out of the circle. When you extend that and then spin the circle 180 degrees clockwise it locks so you can't push it back in. You spin in 180 degrees counter-clockwise and it unlocks and pushes back in. -You can lock the extender into the "in" position by spinning 180 degrees clockwise as well. You can unlock it and extend it by reversing the spin. It seems way to complicated for just a toy, and too weak for a clip or anything. So, what the heck? Thanks in advance for the help
#2 rake Mar 13, 2009 11:09:10	...huh. I would say it's a clippy, but if the magnet is too weak to hold anything... I dunno. That's a stumper.
#3 hattrick Mar 13, 2009 12:10:03	I'd think it was a clip of some kind too, but I have no idea how you'd clip anything in it, or what would fit into it. It's so odd.
#4 mplindustries Mar 13, 2009 12:56:05	Its a wang clip.
#5 rake Mar 13, 2009 13:09:52	Its a wang clip. It is! It's a Microsoft wang hanger!
#6 doneisi Mar 13, 2009 13:12:28	Tracking device.
#7 Cpt_Micha Mar 13, 2009 13:14:33	I'm not sure what this thing is. hm.
#8 rake Mar 13, 2009 13:18:20	Tracking device. For your wang.
#9 baneofelves Mar 13, 2009 13:23:56	Uh, what? A wang tracker? Why the hell would anyone make one of those?
#10 hattrick Mar 13, 2009 13:26:15	hahaha. I suppose in theory it could be used to measure girth of particular body parts. At the same time... I think I'm still holding out for some additional theories about this item's function.
#11 rake Mar 13, 2009 13:30:56	Uh, what? A wang tracker? Why the hell would anyone make one of those? This is why.
#12 Idolis Mar 13, 2009 13:38:20	It is a over-complicated paper clip. That is what is. Idolis says so.
#13 lobo_grimm_dup Mar 13, 2009 14:05:38	Maybe you hang it on a tack from a bulletin board and use the non stick side to put up papers but it can also be a paper weight!
#14 nowiwantmydmg Mar 13, 2009 16:35:16	It's a partial flux inhibitor, Microsoft is hiding time machine parts secretly among the public--shhhhh.
#15 lobo_grimm_dup Mar 13, 2009 18:40:44	Do you mean flux capacitor? Or did that go over my head? Cause we need more time travel Deloreans.