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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

[ 13. February 2013, 04:36: Message buggered about with by: Ariston ]

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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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2. Slot cleaner.

(eta: yes, it would)

[ 28. September 2012, 16:44: Message edited by: Sioni Sais ]

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3. Disk ejector.

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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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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]

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7. Stringing lots of them together to make a necklace.

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8. Fish-hook

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9. Implement for removing dirt from under fingernails.

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9. Barrette (Hair clip)

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10. tiny spectacle frames

A pen

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1. device to rewind a cassette tape with

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2. Ammo for a rubber-band slingshot. [Big Grin]

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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...

[ 28. September 2012, 19:57: Message edited by: Organ Builder ]

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4. Ear wax remover.
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5. Insulated probe for shorting out high voltage capacitors. (And it worked, too.)
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6. Cleaning window tracks

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7. Back of the classroom fencing match. (Requires two)

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8. Securing a hair style
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9. Implement for emergency tracheotomy (according to cheap TV melodramas)

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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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1. Time efficient nostril-clearing device

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2. Killing flies (takes practice)

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His lips are moving.


Danny DeVito

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3. Tuning fork of unknown pitch and doubtful timbre

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4. Simulating vampire bites in the neck.

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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.

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5. Clearing blocked sink plunger plugs (ugh)

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6. Poking airholes in a cardboard box two at a time (twice the speed!)

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My article on the Virgin of Vladimir

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7. lobster pick

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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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9. Really bulky ammo for a rubber-band slingshot. Use extra rubber bands to get decent lift.

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10. Toothpick


next: an apple

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1. Organic, biodegradable pin cushion

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2. Cricket ball. (Could get messy though)

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Keeping a baccy pouch moist

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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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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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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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8. Emergency replacement balls for croquet.

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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

[ 01. October 2012, 16:58: Message edited by: Sioni Sais ]

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1. CRT discharge tool (along with a jumper wire with alligator clips).

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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

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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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5. Cleaning earwax from your ears.

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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
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piercing air holes in jam jar lids

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7. Use as a jemmy to free painted up windows.

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