I got gifted a pair ages ago, they have a special purpose, to keep company to all the other (rarely used) utensils in their very own section of the drawer.
Now that I wrote this message and took a look inside the drawer.. I found out that I do not have the gift of tongs, they are more of a huge flimsy plastic tweezers, not that practical. That explains their purpose.
If I would have the gift, I would use them for picking eggs from boiling water if I needed both soft boiled eggs and hard boiled ones too.
And if they would be sturdy enough, I would pick ramekins from the oven on a tray full of hot water, when making créme caramel or something like that. Now I just take the whole tray out and hope not to spill any water.