What the heck is it for???

So here's a problem for you: a strange green and orangy/pink tool (very pretty really) that you find in your garage. It's a lot like a pair of pliers, save for the strange grooves at the shorter end. It's all plastic, but is very sturdy. It has funny little legs at the ends of the handle, so that it sits squarely and level on a table. And, interestingly, it is a tool that is not familiar to tool-savvy guys.

So, what is it? If you don't care, you don't care, and you can go on looking for something good to read on the web.

But if you do care; if your curiosity is piqued (great word), how the heck do you find out???

This is a challenge to all you secret researchers out there. I've already made a few inquiries, and I am open to further suggestions about where else to look.

I like this problem because it reminds me that unless you know something about whatever you're looking for, it's hard to find out any more info. I know very little about tools: where does a person even start? It makes me think of students, who are sometimes assigned questions about things they don't even know how to categorize!
It also reminds me that the Internet, as good as it is at making print information available, can't come close to providing a system for matching up images with related information. You can do a searc to find a particular image file, but not the subject of the image unless you know what it's called!

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