What Is This?

some type of egg

very intense negative

No way José.... no chance at all! Here we say "mear fuera del tarro" (to pee / peeing out of the can)

hey, so I'm an optimist.

Turtle eggs?

Kind of looks like mushrooms, puffballs maybe?

I´m a doctor.... and only can tellya it´s nothing to worry about!

Rattle stones out of a Shaman's spirit shaker....

If we were playing "Hot and Cold" my reply to all pevious answers would be: As cold as Liquid Nitrogen

well, the optimus I am, liquid nitrogen compared to absolute zero,.... we're on the right track.

Tiny stones you found in your shoes after hiking in the desert....

spores

Ancient fecal material from your Dung Beetle collection....

I just did what most many of you did.... "Google images" results proposed all types of eggs (some are quite similar though) but, well; my image does not correspond to any kind of EGGS.

BTW: shouldn´t we set a deadline for this? .... maybe Dec 31, 2018?

I've found a video of these in use:

, I thought we were cold? I knew we were on the right track.... ah,... now, all I have to do is find which track.

oh,... I just finished reading your post.

Yeah! unfortunately below absolute zero.....

How about August 20, 2017!

my girlfriend wants to plan our vacation around that.

I plan on being just north of Bend, OR. Should be clear at that time of the year. Gonna be awesome!

Please define specific location along any of those lines!

Your miniature clay marble collection....

r&ddoc: "There they are,... I thought I lost em."

Fish teeth...

Say AHH

r&ddoc: "you found my dentures and my marbles. you wouldn't happen to come across my wallet, glasses, car keys and watch did you?"

BALLS

Hey look I just found Kris a new avatar:-

I like to see him try to peddle a bike.

or did this turn into a competitive contest....

People have often opined that I must be well hung, though they probably intended a slightly different meaning !

The Rolling Stones new album cover....

I cannot hide my joy surprise for seeing you fail so miserabily. To prevent being arrogant and hurt your feelings, I will return to this post on a weekly basis just to confirm you are all wrong.

Ancient Roman ball bearings you found still being used at the factory you work at....

Peas you stuck up your nose as a child, that you finally had removed by a local Doctor....

Magic beans you traded the family cow for......

Your first attempt at 3-D printed ball bearings from recycled soda bottles....

Looks like way too much fiber in your diet.

They're micro plastic balls you have retrieved form the Southern Pacific Gyre....

Manganese nodules.

That is probably my guess but I didn't know what they were. As a kid we would sometimes pick up these things (or something that looked like them) on the side of the rail road tracks. Rumor back then was that they were on their way to a steel mill. I don't know if the rumors were correct way back then. I also don't know if your guess is correct now. But I do know it is interesting that the two match up.

These are almost blueberries, but maybe with powdery mildew overgrowth.

OR they are some sort of berry from a tree in South America related to Junipers.

OR they might be an edible berry with a very high yeast bloom on the skins.

Fruit rot on blue berries.

That looks even less appealing. It must some South American treat we know nada about north of the equator.

Ahhh grapenuts.

Hmmmm, South American treat..... excellent guess.... but completely wrong!

(BTW: there are very few people in the entire world who would recon these "things" at first sight)

Nodules.

Globules....

hemoglobin Gone bad.

Hemogoblin perhaps?

don't take it too seriously, I was just having fun...

Bad to the blood?

Maybe....

Looks like he's been swallowing those round thingies with the black spots.

packing material with balls that could be overpriced candy?

Catalyst support

I have some cream that will clear that right up!

Eggs of an Argentine river fish.

Argentine river fish don´t lie eggs, only good red wine and grilled meat... also corrupt polititians

Dear gents!.... you are disappointing me

You did say to have fun..... Disappointment is just a bonus,... Kinda like you're last BM.

Looks like a close up of a dirty rubber sole!

still "cold", but yes, it stains

Dalmatian Jasper beads....

Oh wait....

Amazing.... but NO

Fossilized Boccie Balls

Old Mistletoe....

forget searching "nature" stuff (like plants, eggs, etc). Good hint, ain´t it?

I just took this picture for you (no fotoshop nor any other dirty trick)

Are you a clever guy or is it just a matter of persistency?

TA TA TAAAAA... well done phoenix: at the left is a ceramic container we use for grinding acrylic polymer. This process is made using ceramic balls and smoke black (which causes the weird spots on the balls)

no, that's not it.

Actually, what gave me the idea, my girlfriend made me an apple pie 2 days ago, and I was finishing it off this morning which gave me the idea...

She using ceramic beads when she bakes the crust.

When I fall down I get right back up, right before I fall again.... so yes.... you could call it persistency.

That was fun... thanks

Doesn't that make the pie crust a bit too crunchy?

They pass relatively easy.

Yep, called pie stones. On pies with prebaked crusts, the crust will bubble up from the pan, like pizzas do. The stones hold it down while it bakes. Anyone heard of a pie bird?

Well, well - I've actually used these ceramics balls for micronizing pigments in the paint business (I.C.I. Paints Division, Slough, England), where they were known as "Steatite Balls." The polymer solution (or emulsion), plus pigment and extender are tumbled in a ceramic container for hours until the desired pigment particle size is achieved. The alternative was stainless steel balls, but these were no good for light colors, since some of the steel did get ablated.

So they are clay marbles.......I demand a recount!

No much luck with the ladies ahh Trebek?

I'll gave you a up vote, hows that.

hahaha classic....

well, if sinterized clay @ 1,200ºC (Ceramic) is to be considered as REGULAR clay, there may be 1 GA for you too!

Pay up....

http://www.marblecollecting.com/marble-reference/online-marble-id-guide/earthenware/

http://www.bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/materials/art/Husby/FiringTemperatures.pdf

Looks like 4. Five if you count the one in the bin underneath.

A few more than that....

r&ddoc: "Excuse me cr4 friends, I've seemed to lost my marbles again, has anyone seen them?"

Hey those are mine. Give them back, I can't function with just one rolling around in my noggin, thought processes require collisions, and I am just not having any.

Somehow those look like tasty jaw breakers. I think I should not be left alone with grinding balls. Did I just say that?

firework smoke balls?

ninja edit: I really need to refresh before commenting.

Fossilized conquistador balls? or old musket balls. Those can't be escaped Nazi fishing weights, because those are concrete and have embedded bones.

They look like ceramic balls from a gas barbecue grill. The gas flame burns on the surface of the ceramic and glows, adding the radiant cooking you would get from charcoal briquettes. It also volatilizes the drippings to add flavor.

Hydroton clay pebbles

My piles .

Stem cells