What do you call the unknown thing?

[HavinaGo]

Given Silent's poll, it triggered a thought ... what do we call that thing/tool/construction when words escape us .. and temper is not an issue!

[silentC]

I tend to favour doova-lacky, although I prefer the Latin duvum lackii

[Trav]

I ticked thing-a-me-bob, although I think it should be thing-a-me-jig.

But maybe that's just me.

you coudl also have the option 'you know, the [make funny gestures with hands here]'.

Trav

[Cliff Rogers]

Nah, it's a do-hicky.

[zenwood]

1. Thingo
2. Dooflicky

[craigb]

All of the above. :)

Mostly thing-a-me-jig or thingy for short though. ;)

[Harry72]

That ******* thing!

[AlexS]

It's a whatname

[vsquizz]

The little "Squincinburger"

defintley a "DooHicky"

"widgets" (aside from the ones in the Guiness)

"whatsits"

generally when looking for these things there will be references to that small chinese gentleman who lives in the back of the clothes dryer and knocks off all your right socks. Sometimes the small chinese gentleman is falsley accused of many crimes:o .

Cheers

[Ashore]

Bugger

Look at that bugger
Thats a big bugger
Its a bugger That
You little bugger
Bugger me ( usually used in oxford st sydney)
You bugger



The trouble with life is there's no background music.

[Caliban]

Bugger

Look at that bugger
Thats a big bugger
Its a bugger That
You little bugger
Bugger me ( usually used in oxford st sydney)
You bugger



The trouble with life is there's no background music.





Roger (the cabin boy)
Where I live the local original inhabitants call things a four letter word starting with c. It is almost a pronoun with them. Or they call everything a "jesus"
I tend to say a Whatsit
or a dickway



:D

[Woodlice]

That ******* thing! Usually if it is pissing me off.

[simon c]

I'm also voting for "all of the above", but I specifically mean "all" and not "any", ie:

Me: Pass the thingy
Wife: What's a thingy?
Me: You know, the watchamacallit
Wife: Not helping
ME: The thingabob
Wife: Nope, still have no idea what you are talking about
Me: Over there, next to the doovalacky
Wife: Oh, next to the doovalacky, why didn't you say so in the first place

[Iain]

SWMBO had that problem thismorning "have you seen my whatsit" me 'whats a whatsit?' her 'you know, my handbag' me 'in the kitchen'.
Picks up handbag, 'have you seen the whatsit' me 'you're holding it' she 'no, the other whatsit' me 'mutter mutter' she 'whats wrong with you making silly noises?'
REtire from kitchen shaking head in despair.
Answer to above Whatsit'.

[Pete J]

Thing-a-me-jig also, but it wasn't an option so like a couple of others I voted for thing-a me-bob.

[Waldo]

G'day,

Went to book my car in for some parts to be replaced yesterday and do you think I could remember the whatcha-me-callit that goes around the water pump? I ended up after about 15 seconds of my brain going dead and calling it a rubber band. :confused:

Felt like a real goose, I know my way around cars a fair bit but couldn't think of the correct word, fanbelt.

[Driver]

generally when looking for these things there will be references to that small chinese gentleman who lives in the back of the clothes dryer and knocks off all your right socks. Sometimes the small chinese gentleman is falsley accused of many crimes:o .



Yerss - know who you mean. He was an invisible member of an engineering drawing office where I worked many years ago. His identity was frequently called into question. As in:

"Eh! (insert name of small Chinese bloke) has pinched me bloody pencil!'

and

"Which one of you (insert family name of small Chinese bloke)s has moved me scale rule?!?"

Iain says that certain cooks he has known were occasionally accused of belonging to the same family, see:-

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=18489&page=2

By the way, it's called a thingo.

Col