The WHAT THE HECK IS IT game is on this page, as well as the winners of the last month's WTHII game!
IMPORTANT MESSAGE!
Like the last one, the new "What the Heck Is It?" Game will also be played a little differently.
Because MAD is now a quarterly, the rules of the WTHII game are changing as I figure out how to work the game with MAD's new publishing schedule. I asked for suggestions as to what the prize should be for the upcoming WTHII game and several people suggested the prize be the same as the last game --- MAD issue #500!! Since it's a very special 56-page issue celebrating 57 years and 500 issues of MAD, people who didn't win it the first time around wanted a chance to win it again! Since the cover date is June, 2009 and it will be on sale through September, I think this is a good idea. So we're going to do another month and half game! It will run from May 1st to June 15th, 2009. As of right now I'm still planning on giving away up to 36 more copies of MAD 500.
Good luck with this new game that starts right now. The new "What The Heck Is It?" gizmo is below on the right!
Dick De MAD's Maddest Writer & The Giz Wiz
Here's the new May/June 15th 'What The Heck Is It?" game! (WTHII)
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 on the right! We give away up to three dozen autographed copies a month. (12 for the correct answer, up to 24 for a cute, silly answer.) Something to remember, though: The game rules are made up to fit the occasion and we change them at a whim! After all, we're talking MAD Magazine here! IMPORTANT! 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 can enter more than once, and you can enter even if you've won many times in the past. And 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. Look at the photo on the right and guess "What The Heck Is It". Remember, right answers and cute or clever wrong answers can win! E-mail your entry to dick@gizwizbiz.com. by midnight (EDT) June 15th, 2009. By entering you agree this is a game for fun and laughs, and winners, chosen by the judges, get autographed copies of MAD Magazine. Winning answers are published on this website, so you have to come back to see if you won. Because MAD is real cheap, we have to limit mailing winning copies to the United States and Canada. Be sure to check back June 16th to see if you've won, and follow the directions to claim your prize! Good Luck! Winners outside the US and Canada can have their names included in an upcoming Daily GizWiz Netcast as their prize.
The winners with the correct answer?
There were none! (But lots of other winners!)
Well it was the usual WTHII game seesaw. It seems either dozens of people know what the gizmo is, or no one knows. There were no winners in the "correct answer" category this month.
That device is an alcohol tester. You're supposed to carry one with you so you can check your own alcohol level before you get behind the wheel of a car. Actually it's a good, safe idea.
Winners – WTHII for March 15th to April 30th, 2009
The biggest answer given, from over 100 people was some form of “flare”. We picked two:
A road side emergency assistance flare. –JalenJade
My guess is it's an LED road flare. Jean Troiano
The second most given answer, about 75 people, was some form of “fuse” Al covered both bases with this answer:
That's the famous fuse/flare combo. When the fuse blows the current surge ignites the flare to show you, and the fire department, where the problem is. Al
It looks like a fuse to me. Chuck Bush North Dakota
Many forms of a chin-up bar; we picked these two:
It's a Dumbbell designed for babies.You have to start them young!!!=) - Agent 86
Portable chin-up bar for on the go exercises. Each end extends to fita frame, like a shower curtain rod. James Cox. Irvine, CA
It's a florescent light bulb for a red light district. Chuck Bush North Dakota
Electric neck-bolt replacement pack, by Acme Frankenstein’s parts and service. Mark Lewis
It's a capsule for holding messages in that would sent through a pneumatic tube. Francis A. Rodriguez
An elephant (rectal?)thermometer? Stephen
Plenty of baton answers!
A lighted baton for night relay races. No batteries needed, shaking it charges it up.Jim Woodiwiss
The red bar with clear caps is a lighted Baton for night time Practice/ Parades/ or Games for Cheer leaders! JoelH
Its a barber pole with the stripe removed. jeff from LI
It's a document protector! You slide your piece of paper inside this iron paper guard and it will be nice and safe from creases during transportation. Alan
Fuse for electric pencil mr.foolish
Is it Leo’s new microphone so he can pretend to be Gene Rayburn? Robert Taylor
Portable, fire escape ladder rung. Extra rungs sold separately. -Vernon
Dick that’s easy! How many times have I told you not to use your Chinese finger trap as the What The Heck Is It puzzle? –Adamjonny
It looks like something you use to roll up the tube of toothpaste so you can get out every last bit. Dwight VT
MANY CANDLES, LIGHTS, ETC. 'BURNED AT BOTH ENDS' ANSWERS. WE PICKED THIS ONE: Its a two headed match for people who want to burn the candle at both ends Jeff from LI
It's Pegleg the Pirate's "fancy" leg for when he wants to dress up and go see The Pirates of Penzance on Broadway. Dwight VT
Is that a USB numchuck? Myra
Yes, about 6 people tied the gizmo to the Toothpick Bird – We picked one at random:
At just 3 inches long, this is the official toothpick bird refill. It contains up to 5 toothpicks to refill your bird! -John Juhl
The item dick had color matched for the side bar on his site. Scornn
This is the WTHII gizmo for May to June 15th.
Congratulations, Winners!
In you live the US or Canada, E-mail me a snail mail address (with your first and last name!) and I'll send you the June 2009 issue of MAD Magazine. I'll sign it with your name and mine, unless you indicate that you want me to sign it with just my name. In the subject line of your e-mail, please put "MAD Winner" so I can easily pick it out. Please if you won more than once this month, please just email for one copy of MAD. And if you live outside the US or Canada and won, if you like, you can send me an email with something you'd like us to mention on the DGW, even just a shout out to your name. That will be your prize because MAD is too CHEAP to send issues elsewhere. Finally be sure to check out the May/June game running right now! You could win the MAD Issue 500! Yes, we're giving away more issue of MAD 500! The new WTHII Game is at the top of this page & to right of this text. If you know all the rules, Email your answer to dick@gizwiz.biz. And good luck! Let me just repeat it -- MAD is cheap, so we can only mail magazines to winners who reside in the U.S. or Canada. But if you're from elsewhere, remember that we'd be happy to congratulate you on an upcoming DGW Netcast instead of sending a magazine! We give away up to 36 autographed copies of MAD a month. 12 for the correct answer and up to 24 for cute or clever answers. Good Luck! And sign those entries with something! AND THEY MUST BE 25 WORDS OR LESS! (Or they get rejected.)
My Email is dick@gizwizbiz.com. That's where your entry goes. Please put WTHII or "game" in the subject line so I can find it easily. Thanks.
