Here’s The New Sept/Oct 2020 “What The Heck Is It?” Gadget!
The Sept/Oct WTHII Game is over. Later in the day on Nov 1st, the winners and the new game will be posted here so come out and check!
Do you know ‘what the heck it is’? To play, come up with the right answer, or make up a silly, or inventive answer that we find funny or clever that describes the gizmo shown. We give away up to 18 autographed copies of MAD Magazine. (Up to 6 for the correct answer, up to 12 for cute, silly answers.) The judges have very small attention spans, so make sure entries are no more than 25 words, and please make just one guess per entry. You must sign your entry with a nickname, screen name, fake name, or even real name, but sign it! If it’s not signed, it’s not eligible.
You’ll be playing for the December 2020 issue of MAD – issue #16 of new MAD produced by the LA staff. Remember, right answers and cute or clever wrong answers can win too! Please be sure to put ” WTHII” in the subject line so we can pick it out quickly. Good luck! E-mail your entry to gizwizbiz@gmail.com by midnight (EST) October 31st 2020. By entering you agree this is a game for fun and laughs. Winning answers are published on this website the 1st or 2nd of 
November 2020, so come back to see if you won. Because like MAD, we’re really low budget here, we can only mail winning copies to United States addresses. Please don’t answer on this website; it won’t count. Good Luck! Winners outside the US can have a 38+ year old Alfred E. Neuman photo autographed to them, scanned and emailed to them. Again, sign your entry with something – initials, first name, last name, full name, fake name, screen name, something or it won’t count. We cut & paste the answers in a long list, so we need a name attached to it. Once again entries go to: gizwizbiz@gmail.com
Winners of the July/August game with the right answers.
The “what the heck it” is a paper crimper that replaces a stapler. Sid Chabus
I bought this product several years ago. It is a staple free stapler. Steve Miller
I work with special ed students and we use stapleless staplers. Amy
I was watching a youtube video by the Crazy Russian Hacker and saw this month’s WTHII!
A stapleless stapler. Spike.
That sir is a staple-less stapler. -Phillip Kluttz
Read how to claim your MAD under the ‘cute, clever, could be’ winners below.
It is a collapsible top hat. Hitesh
It’s obviously a donut holding stand! Patrick aka Dr. Atomic
air inflator Bill Chambers
It is a spring loaded garlic chopper. Mr tom
COLLAPSIBLE DRINK CUP. Diana in Yankee Land
This is a button that when pressed lights a UV blue light to disinfect stuff. SusiQue
This is the top hat for the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. -Skullman
Door viewer peephole installation tool. -Jason Harris
It is a portable stage for circus ants. Jslo
Toe stubber – stick it to the middle of the floor, hours of family fun. – Kayhe9
That’s a blue light that a firefighter places on their car dashboard when they’re on their way to a fire. Carole Marciano
This is used by the baker for making holes in hand made donuts. Marty
WINNERS (Who live in the U.S.) get the October 2020 issue of MAD. It’s the Super SpooferHeroes Issue! I have three pieces from the past in that issue. Even though MAD moved to LA in December 2017 I’m continuing the WTHII game and sending out MAD magazines to winners since so many people say they love to play it. MAD’s ‘cheap’ so winners of MAD magazine are for US addresses only. If you win and live in the US, email me your full name & address and put MAD WINNER in the subject so I can pick it out easily. I’ll autograph your MAD with your first name & my name unless you specify “Dick’s name only”. If you’d rather have one of those 38+ year old Alfred E. Neuman pictures, instead of October MAD, put “SEND ALFRED PIC NOT MAD” in the subject line. Soon, they will be no more of those either. The remaining Alfred E pics were shipped to MAD in LA. If you won more than once using different names, please just ask for one MAD. If you live anywhere outside of the US email me with WINNER in the subject line and I’ll autograph an Alfred E. Neuman photo to you, scan it & email it to you. You can print it out & no one should know the difference. (I’ve done it quite a few times already and people say the photo looks great.)
Email me at gizwizbiz@gmail.com.
Here’s the new July/August 2020 “What The Heck Is It?” Game!
Do you know ‘what the heck it is’? To play, come up with the right answer, or make up a silly, or inventive answer that we find funny or clever that describes the gizmo shown. We give away up to 18 autographed copies of MAD Magazine. (Up to 6 for the correct answer, up to 12 for cute, silly answers.) The judges have very small attention spans, so make sure entries are no more than 25 words, and please make just one guess per entry. You must sign your entry with a nickname, screen name, fake name, or even real name, but sign it! If it’s not signed, it’s not eligible. You’ll be playing for the October 2020 issue of MAD – issue #15 of new MAD produced by the LA staff. That issue will be all about Super Heros! Remember, right answers and cute or clever wrong answers can win too! Please be sure to put ” WTHII” in the subject line so we can pick it out quickly. Good luck! E-mail your entry to gizwizbiz@gmail.com by midnight (EST) August 31st 2020. By entering you agree this is a game for fun and laughs. Winning answers are published on this website the 1st or 2nd of September 2020, so come back to see if you won. Because like MAD, we’re really low budget here, we can only mail winning copies to United States addresses. Please don’t answer on this website; it won’t count. Good Luck! Winners outside the US can have a 38+ year old Alfred E. Neuman photo autographed to them, scanned and emailed to them. Again, sign your entry with something – initials, first name, last name, full name, fake name, screen name, something or it won’t count. We cut & paste the answers in a long list, so we need a name attached to it. Once again entries go to: gizwizbiz@gmail.com
Winners of the May/June game with the right answers.
Guess what??
There weren’t any winners with the real answer! It’s rare I find a gadget no one knows about, but this time I did.
That strange yellow gadget is the Uni-Funnel, the hands-free funnel holder. It lets a funnel stand up on it’s own so you don’t have to hold it and the bottle you’re using to transfer liquids from or to.
It’s a clever idea, but of course the few times I wanted to use it, I couldn’t find it. Turns out I had put it in to box marked: “Possible WTHII gadgets”!
Clever, Cute & Could Be Winning Answers.
Since no one got the correct answer and since there were SO MANY entries this month, we ended up with 20 people with cute, clever answers. This was a hard one to judge with almost 200 people playing. All 20 winners are listed below with their entries. We originally picked 32 answers we liked, but we finally whittled it down to 20 winners and gave up trying to cut out the last two get it down to 18.
The top five most given answers were variations of these we picked at random:
A tool to do Circumcisions – Joseph J. Gudac Jr
Cigar Cutter Grant Prathe
I think it is a egg cracker. Tim Smith
It’s the hose adapter you’ve been looking for; but you didn’t know what the heck it was. Alexis J 🙂
That is a hand powered (squeeze handles together) bubble blower. Gravetron
More obscure answers:
It is a hand operated fog horn. Ward Bissey
A plastic marijuana pipe! A disaster waiting to happen. -Skullman
Beer Opener. Just place the round opening on the top of a bottle, squeeze the handle, and “pop” the cap is removed. Alan at Cape Cod
Looks like some sort of Garlic Press. Pizzagew
I believe it is used to prevent inhaling offensive smells. Put the suction cup on your forehead then put the clothes pin portion on your nose. Tony
It looks like Marvin the Martian’s ray gun! Ian Winkler
This is a device for holding carrots while you peel them. Mr.Generic
It’s a manual eyeball adjuster. Just look through the ring while squeezing the handles till the vision is properly tuned. Gordon
It looks like a “Periscope from the Beatles – Yellow Submarine” Jeffrey Slomovitz
My guess is that it is a device to get kinks out of a hose Ben from omaha nebraska
It’s a DIY makeshift monocle maker, for wannabe Prussian generals. Doug Johnson
Kazoo Pro model – Jerster
It’s a handgrip strengthener with a gauge to see how strong you get 😀 Cassandra
It’s a halo maker for do-it-yourself angels! Tom Hedeen
It looks to be a Ping Pong Ball calibrator for tournament events. N4BFR
WINNERS (Who live in the U.S.) get the August 2020 issue of MAD. It’s the Special All Jaffee issue! Al made a rush decision to retire from doing the MAD Fold-Ins & writing Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions at age 99! I’m in with look back at “A MAD Peek Behind The Scene At Health Spas.” I wrote it and Jaffee illustrated it. Even though MAD moved to LA in December 2017 I’m continuing the WTHII game and sending out MAD magazines to winners since so many people say they love to play it. MAD’s ‘cheap’ so winners of MAD magazine are for US addresses only. If you win and live in the US, email me your full name & address and put MAD WINNER in the subject so I can pick it out easily. I’ll autograph your MAD with your first name & my name unless you specify “Dick’s name only”. If you’d rather have one of those 38+ year old Alfred E. Neuman pictures, instead of August MAD, put “SEND ALFRED PIC NOT MAD” in the subject line. Soon, they will be no more of those either. The remaining Alfred E pics were shipped to MAD in LA. If you won more than once using different names, please just ask for one MAD. If you live anywhere outside of the US email me with WINNER in the subject line and I’ll autograph an Alfred E. Neuman photo to you, scan it & email it to you. You can print it out & no one should know the difference. (I’ve done it quite a few times already and people say it looks fine.) Email me at gizwizbiz@gmail.com.
Here’s the new May/June 2020 ‘What The Heck Is It?” Game.
Do you know ‘what the heck it is’? To play, come up with the right answer, or make up a silly, or inventive answer that we find funny or clever that describes the gizmo shown. We give away up to 18 autographed copies of MAD Magazine. (Up to 6 for the correct answer, up to 12 for cute, silly answers.) The judges have very small attention spans, so make sure entries are no more than 25 words, and please make just one guess per entry. You must sign your entry with a nickname, screen name, fake name, or even real name, but sign it! If it’s not signed, it’s not eligible. You’ll be playing for the August 2020 issue of MAD
– issue #14 of new MAD produced by the LA staff. That issue will be a special tribute to Al ‘Fold-In’ Jaffee, one of the famous UGOI! Remember, right answers and cute or clever wrong answers can win too! Please be sure to put ” WTHII” in the subject line so we can pick it out quickly.
Good luck! E-mail your entry to gizwizbiz@gmail.com by midnight (EST) June 30th 2020. By entering you agree this is a game for fun and laughs. Winning answers are published on this website the 1st or 2nd of July 2020, so come back to see if you won. Because like MAD, we’re really low budget here, we can only mail winning copies to United States addresses. Please don’t answer on this website; it won’t count. Good Luck! Winners outside the US can have a 38+ year old Alfred E. Neuman photo autographed to them, scanned and emailed to them. Again, sign your entry with something – initials, first name, last name, full name, fake name, screen name, something or it won’t count. We cut & paste the answers in a long list, so we need a name attached to it.
Once again entries go to: gizwizbiz@gmail.com
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