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Anna B
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Living, as I do, with two mad scientists, one gradually learns to see the world as a vast playground, most of which can be improved upon through Lego constructions.
The rules of this game are as follows. One person names a physical object. Other players must list uses for that object---the more removed from its original purpose, the better. The person who comes up with the tenth way of using the object gets to name a new object, and play begins again.
Here we go!
a paper clip
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Mamacita
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1. Christmas ornament hanger
(eta: numbering would help)
[ 28. September 2012, 16:42: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
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Sioni Sais
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2. Slot cleaner.
(eta: yes, it would)
[ 28. September 2012, 16:44: Message edited by: Sioni Sais ]
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jbohn
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3. Disk ejector.
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Hedgehog
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4. Ammo for rubber-band slingshot
ETA: number change
[ 28. September 2012, 16:45: Message edited by: Hedgehog ]
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Mamacita
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5. punkish earrings
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TomOfTarsus
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6. Demonstration object for retention of structural integrity despite high strains and substantial yielding; also useful to demonstrate low-cycle metal fatigue principles.
Why, yes, I am an engineer, why do you ask? ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Spike
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7. Stringing lots of them together to make a necklace.
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Garasu
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8. Fish-hook
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Starbug
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9. Implement for removing dirt from under fingernails.
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“Oh the pointing again. They're screwdrivers! What are you going to do? Assemble a cabinet at them?” ― The Day of the Doctor
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TomOfTarsus
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9. Barrette (Hair clip)
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lilBuddha
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10. tiny spectacle frames
A pen
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Hallellou, hallellou
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mousethief
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1. device to rewind a cassette tape with
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Hedgehog
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2. Ammo for a rubber-band slingshot. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Organ Builder
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quote:
Originally posted by mousethief:
1. device to rewind a cassette tape with
OK, now I've got something else to post on the Heaven thread about knowing when you are middle-aged...
3. Pea-shooter (some disassembly required).
ETA 2 becomes 3...
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Carex
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5. Insulated probe for shorting out high voltage capacitors. (And it worked, too.)
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jacobsen
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7. Back of the classroom fencing match. (Requires two)
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Arvan
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8. Securing a hair style
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Mamacita
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9. Implement for emergency tracheotomy (according to cheap TV melodramas)
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Piglet
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10. Poking the gunky bits out of pencil-sharpeners (if you haven't got a deconstructed paper-clip)
Tweezers
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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lilBuddha
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1. Time efficient nostril-clearing device
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Hallellou, hallellou
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Bean Sidhe
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2. Killing flies (takes practice)
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How do you know when a politician is lying?
His lips are moving.
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3rdFooter
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3. Tuning fork of unknown pitch and doubtful timbre
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jacobsen
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5. Clearing blocked sink plunger plugs (ugh)
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Mamacita
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7. lobster pick
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Piglet
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8. Unjamming a paper shredder (SWITCH IT OFF FIRST!).
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Hedgehog
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9. Really bulky ammo for a rubber-band slingshot. Use extra rubber bands to get decent lift.
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lilBuddha
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1. Organic, biodegradable pin cushion
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Hallellou, hallellou
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Spike
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2. Cricket ball. (Could get messy though)
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pjl
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3
Keeping a baccy pouch moist
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Sir Kevin
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4 Preceded by Washington, it is the name of my favourite mixed drink.
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Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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LeRoc
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5. Put it on your son's head for target practice.
(Disclaimer: this is a joke. Don't try this!)
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lilBuddha
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6. Representation of the moon, through its phases.
mmmm, tasty representation
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Hallellou, hallellou
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TomOfTarsus
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7 In case Hedgehog doesn't get back, REALLY bulky ammo for a rubber band slingshot...
(link is to show they do exist...)
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jacobsen
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8. Emergency replacement balls for croquet.
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Spike
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9. Baubles on a Christmas tree
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Sioni Sais
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10. Alternative ammunition for a Potato cannon.
Next: Screwdriver
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jbohn
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1. CRT discharge tool (along with a jumper wire with alligator clips).
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Organ Builder
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2. Paint Can opener.
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Carex
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3. release mechanism for a trebuchet
Meanwhile,
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Originally posted by TomOfTarsus:
REALLY bulky ammo for a rubber band slingshot...
A bicycle inner tube works better than rubber bands for launching apples...
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Sioni Sais
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<tangent>
We're a violent lot:
- slingshots
- fencing
- more slingshots
- a potato cannon
- a trebuchet
- and a target to be place on one's sons head
Heaven help any unwelcome boarders
</tangent>
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Hedgehog
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4. Really really really bulky ammo for...no, wait. That's never going to work, is it? How about:
4. Ice pick to chip off ice to put into a mixed drink ironically also called a screwdriver.
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pjl
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6
piercing air holes in jam jar lids
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balaam
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7. Use as a jemmy to free painted up windows.
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