Does anyone know what this beige, squarish thing is supposed to be? What's it used for? [more inside]
posted by Theloupgarou on Oct 8, 2009 - 15 answers

Help me identify this novel of which the details have been lost? [more inside]
posted by malusmoriendumest on Sep 15, 2009 - 10 answers

What movie did I watch with Water Polo as an allegory for Socialism/Communism? [more inside]
posted by mnop on Sep 12, 2009 - 4 answers

Something strange is going on in the kitchen...What has done this to the label on top of my recycle bin? Went to the recycle bin under the sink. in the picture you can see the lid with the label on it. Is it a mouse, a rat....something else? picture here No human in the house has done this!
posted by razzman on Aug 13, 2009 - 13 answers

Name That Show Used In That Russian Music Video-Filter: I was at a Russian restaurant in L.A yesterday and saw the strangest music video. I got the name of the artist (Something and Federov?) but the video was chopped up clips from what looked like a British TV show. What TV show or movie was being cut up? Details inside. [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Aug 3, 2009 - 5 answers

A friend of mine made this mobile for my soon-to-be-born baby's nursery from found objects on hiking trips in several states. One of the dangly(sp?) things is this weird pinwheel shaped fruit. Its about 5" across and as you can see the pods dehisced along the one edge--no seeds were found in the fruit. He thinks he found it either in California or Nevada (or the desert SW). [more inside]
posted by buttercup on Jul 9, 2009 - 3 answers

How do you remove a stain....if you don't know what the stain is? [more inside]
posted by EmpressCallipygos on Jul 5, 2009 - 8 answers

I found something in the road. It's metallic and magnetic. Just curious if anyone can tell me what it might be. Photo here and here. Thanks.
posted by various on Apr 11, 2009 - 11 answers

Song Figuring Out Filter: a classicrock-ish song about some girl being evil. What's the one I'm thinking of? [more inside]
posted by GrubbyUtter on Sep 4, 2008 - 26 answers

Is there a nastyware lurking in this computer? Strange Yahoo! Mail contact list kidnapping observed... [more inside]
posted by Iosephus on Aug 18, 2008 - 3 answers

I tried to update my Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and I broke something. Help me make it work again. [more inside]
posted by special-k on May 17, 2008 - 4 answers

What tree is this? [more inside]
posted by hadjiboy on Mar 26, 2008 - 7 answers

I would love to know what song this is. [Direct Link to 4.7 MB mp3] [Caution at work, song gets louder] [more inside]
posted by churl on Mar 9, 2008 - 7 answers

Did I imagine that reference? Cloverfield got me thinking. Someone somewhere perhaps mentioned to me many years ago another "fake visual document" movie, this one involving a tv crew, a lake, a monster (or just a vague mystery?), and it might have been shot in black and white (perhaps to fake olden times?). Treat all preceding details as suspect, but feel free to go wild giving it a go. [more inside]
posted by Iosephus on Jan 22, 2008 - 9 answers

Can you help me identify a freakishly old (I think) song that I recently found? I know nothing about it other than it is old, and has been used for many years in a Maypole dance. [more inside]
posted by ooklala on Jan 19, 2008 - 6 answers

Why can't I get the movie "Quiet man" from Netflix? For a while now it has shown availability "Unknown" and just shows up in the "Saved" section. A couple of months ago, it was in my queue but it always had "Very Long Wait".
posted by fx3000 on Oct 16, 2007 - 14 answers

Can someone please tell me what song is in the playing in the background here? You will make my day.
posted by jules1651 on Oct 4, 2007 - 3 answers

What is this large red and orange checkerboarded cone I saw on I-5 somewhere around Olympia, WA?
posted by 0xFCAF on Aug 6, 2007 - 11 answers

Does anyone know about this piano song? Maybe it's George Winston's. [more inside]
posted by Bill Shinji on Aug 1, 2007 - 7 answers

I've got this MP3 I'm trying to identify, and many attempts at googling the lyrics have left me wanting. The lyrics to the chorus are "you're feeling sorry, feeling sorry, alright... (snip) for nobody but yourself" It's a lady singing, very catty, chacha beat. Link to a snippet of the song is inside, if anyone could provide me artist/title/album or any of the above that would be fantastic! Thanks for considering it! [more inside]
posted by jwhowa on Jun 25, 2007 - 4 answers

What kind of lighter is this and where can I find one? Here are a couple of pictures. My brother got this lighter as a gift years ago and I've always wanted one. Anyone know where I might be able to find one. My brother always refers to it as a "miners lighter" and on the bottom it says; IMCO TRIPLEX SUPER austria 6700
posted by blackout on Jun 21, 2007 - 5 answers

There are weird phone numbers showing up on my caller ID - what's going on? What should I do about it? [more inside]
posted by parilous on Jun 13, 2007 - 3 answers

I'd appreciate some help trying to remember a fantasy book I read when I was younger, but I can't remember the name of it. [more inside]
posted by tjbarrett on Feb 28, 2007 - 9 answers

Can anybody identify this painting? [more inside]
posted by flabdablet on Jan 7, 2007 - 15 answers

Help me identify this book! A friend asked me this, and I quote: "book from the 17th century? about the guy who decided to be a tourist in his own home. he wrote a whole book about how he's exploring his kitchen and livingroom. finding things he'd never seen before. marveling at a cupboard he hasn't opened for a long time. stumbling upon a pretty rock underneath the carpet." There are no other clues. I told her I had no idea what it was, but now I too am curious and interested in reading it. Apparently, not even the person who recommended it to her could remember the title or the author. Any ideas?
posted by Lush on Nov 5, 2006 - 6 answers

A longshot, but hoping. Can anyone identify this statue? [more inside]
posted by BackwardsCity on Jul 27, 2006 - 15 answers

Can anyone identify the picture shown in this photograph? It’s a framed group of six ceramic tiles, which collectively depict a group of colourful, elongated figures, in a boat. It was hanging on the wall of a Spanish villa where my wife and I spent a vacation in 2001. [more inside]
posted by misteraitch on Jul 23, 2006 - 7 answers

I would like to make a "scientific discovery", or otherwise contribute something (however useful, or not) to the body of human knowledge. What are some unanswered questions, or unexplained details of the world, or (most especially) developing fields of inquirey, that an amateur might seek to investigate with possibility of making progress into the unexplored? [more inside]
posted by -harlequin- on Jul 3, 2006 - 45 answers

I'm looking for who this model is... although these pics are PG-13 (a couple upskirts), they're still probably NSFW. They're not "porn" so I guess it's okay. I've tried a bunch of friends, and well, people I know who would be into this sort of stuff, but I'm still stumped. Here's a collection of the pictures I have along with their original filename as given to me.
posted by unrequited on Jun 8, 2006 - 21 answers

What is this port? It's on my Dell Advanced Port Replicator. I can't find any mention of it... http://flickr.com/photos/hatsix/92816980/ (p.s. the bottom one is of course a USB port... I'm looking for the upper one)
posted by hatsix on Jan 29, 2006 - 11 answers

What are some facts, rumors, and speculation about secretive/mysterious organizations or events? [more inside]
posted by foraneagle2 on Jan 11, 2006 - 20 answers

My late grandfather (1916-2000) wrote a couple dozen pages of memoirs which he preceded with some untitled & unattributed verses which I suppose are either song lyrics or lines from a doggerel poem. No-one in the family recognizes them, and the subsequent pages cast no light on them. I'm curious to know their origin, but have had no success in finding them on-line. [more inside]
posted by misteraitch on Jan 5, 2006 - 6 answers

Who keeps calling me at the same time everyday? [more inside]
posted by JPigford on Dec 5, 2005 - 16 answers

I'm trying to identify a song, and the person or persons who produced it. Its chorus is "Have you forgotten (oh, oh, oh) where you've come from? (oh, oh, oh)." Ever heard of it? . . . more . . . [more inside]
posted by crunchland on Sep 30, 2004 - 12 answers

Amherst College wants to know: what is this thing?
posted by Vidiot on Apr 19, 2004 - 17 answers