If I asked you to “Pass me the zapper please” what would you hand me?

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1. TV remote.

2. The television remote control.

3. A simple look of confusion

4. My lazer beam, what do you want it for, are the aliens coming again?

5. TV remote

   Aka the sprongler, the doobry

6. I would assume you want to tase one of the kids. Which is fair enough.

7. Give you the tv remote whilst admonishing you for calling it the wrong name. Then, when you ask what it should be called, I’d direct you to one of the countless discussion threads on this topic.

8. TV remote

9. If I was at home the telly remote if at work the zapper is the handheld barcode scanner.

10. Cattle prod.

    You mean The Doofer.

11. A taser.

12. Ah do you mean the telly doofer?

13. In the car – garage door opener.

    In front of the tv – tv remote.

14. The sparky thing to light up a gas stove

15. The buttons aka the doofer aka the channel changer aka the TV remote.

16. As an Aussie I’ve had to learn that the remote is NEVER called that. In our house it’s “the buttons” (and the remote for the roller shutter is “the ditter”).

17. One of them electric fly swatters, if I had one.

18. TV remote..

    My dad calls his Frank, and if you get that reference with regard to this post, well done!

19. Phaser (set to stun, ofc).

20. Tv remote

21. I’d hand you the doofer.

22. Here you go buddy, use my taser.

23. The gadget

24. TV remote…we call it ‘the Frank’ (Zappa).

25. I’d expect my wife to hand me the Livestock Stick so I could poke one of the kids.

    We call the TV remote “The buttons” here.

26. I don’t know why I immediately thought of a lighter 😅
    But english is not my first language.

27. TV remote

28. Tv remote. Then I would correct you. It’s a wanger.

29. Remote control

30. Never heard a remote called this. I was going to reply that I wouldn’t have a clue what you wanted.

31. A hand-phaser, or possibly a wand of lightning bolts. Can’t imagine anything else being capped a zapper.

32. Electric fly swatter(we have a tennis racket)

33. Everyone knows it’s called a doofer (short for oofer doofer)

34. We call it a zapper too! You’re the only person I’ve ever come across outside my family!

35. The remote but I’d correct you that it’s called the doodad

36. NES zapper so you can have a go at Duck Hunt?

37. Tv remote.

    Aka hoofer doofer.

38. The clicker

39. Id assume you meant Frank Zappa
    What on earth DO you mean?

40. Tv remote, but I dunno anyone who calls it that. If your in a room with tv and someone says ‘pass me the zapper’ I can’t think of much else it would be

41. A set of Big Clive’s Electro-forks. Plugged in of course.