"I WANT AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION ABOUT THE FUNNY LOOKING HANDHELD MACHINE & WHAT IT IS FOR"

Word on the street says it's a sex toy. They can be found on e-Bay. Used they are half price. Well, that's the word on the street, anyway. My opinion is that real gentlemen wouldn't ask such a question of the lady.

Either that or a new-technology phaser like the kind Captain Kirk used to have, and only cads would ask THAT where a Klingon might read it.