Thread closed      Thread closed My profile login | | Directory | Search | FAQs | Board home   Printer-friendly view   » Ship of Fools   »   » Oblivion   » Engineer This! (Page 6) Email this page to a friend or enemy.   Pages in this thread: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10    Source: (consider it) Thread: Engineer This! Chorister Completely Frocked # 473 Posted                       2. a child's swing -------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change. Posts: 34626 | From: Cream Tealand | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged TomOfTarsus Shipmate # 3053 Posted                    3. When splitting firewood by hand, keeps the pieces from flying everywhere. -------------------- By grace are ye saved through faith... not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath ... ordained that we should walk in them. Posts: 1570 | From: Pittsburgh, PA USA | Registered: Jul 2002  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted                       4. Soles of sandals. -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged agrgurich Shipmate # 5724 Posted                     2. bad life preserver -------------------- Life is a comedy to those who think & a tragedy to those who feel.-Horace Walpole AJG Posts: 4478 | From: Michigan's Copper Country | Registered: Apr 2004  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted                       6. Filling for a road bed, mixed with other materials. (Doesn't work well--the tires flex and buckle in hot weather, and IIRC sometimes catch on fire.) -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged agrgurich Shipmate # 5724 Posted                     7. picture frame -------------------- Life is a comedy to those who think & a tragedy to those who feel.-Horace Walpole AJG Posts: 4478 | From: Michigan's Copper Country | Registered: Apr 2004  |  IP: Logged marzipan Shipmate # 9442 Posted                        2. Tied to a tree, it's a swing! -------------------- formerly cheesymarzipan. Now containing 50% less cheese Posts: 917 | From: nowhere in particular | Registered: May 2005  |  IP: Logged Chorister Completely Frocked # 473 Posted                       10. A scuff protector for a boat or canoe. uses of a coat hanger -------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change. Posts: 34626 | From: Cream Tealand | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted                       1. Wire hoop for crocheting/knitting in the round. -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     2. Straightened out it's a great de-clogger when too much cat litter has blocked the loo. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged LeRoc Famous Dutch pirate # 3216 Posted                    3. Opening a car. -------------------- I know why God made the rhinoceros, it's because He couldn't see the rhinoceros, so He made the rhinoceros to be able to see it. (Clarice Lispector) Posts: 9474 | From: Brazil / Africa | Registered: Aug 2002  |  IP: Logged jbohn Shipmate # 8753 Posted                        4. Radio/TV antenna -------------------- We are punished by our sins, not for them. --Elbert Hubbard Posts: 989 | From: East of Eden, west of St. Paul | Registered: Nov 2004  |  IP: Logged ArachnidinElmet Shipmate # 17346 Posted                     5.Dowsing -------------------- 'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka Posts: 1887 | From: the rhubarb triangle | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Sioni Sais Shipmate # 5713 Posted                     6. Operating rods for points and accessories on a model railway (if you haven't any bicycle spokes, which are already straight and therefore perfect). [edit: numbering] [ 26. November 2012, 19:39: Message edited by: Sioni Sais ] -------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor" (Paul Sinha, BBC) Posts: 24276 | From: Newport, Wales | Registered: Apr 2004  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted                       7. Framework for a wizard's hat. (Thinking of Unseen University's Ridcully et al, rather than Hogwart's. Different accoutrements.) -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged Mamacita Lakefront liberal # 3659 Posted                     8. Essential prop for a staging of "Mommie Dearest." -------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged Carex Shipmate # 9643 Posted                     9. Improvised handles to lift the Thanksgiving turkey out of the roasting pan and onto the cutting board. Posts: 1425 | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted                       10. Tongs for cooking over a campfire, per a long-ago manual. Leftover Play-Doh/play-clay -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     1. Plug a leak in a central heating radiator. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged agrgurich Shipmate # 5724 Posted                     3. comic strip copier -------------------- Life is a comedy to those who think & a tragedy to those who feel.-Horace Walpole AJG Posts: 4478 | From: Michigan's Copper Country | Registered: Apr 2004  |  IP: Logged balaam Making an ass of myself # 4543 Posted                        3. Squeeze it between the fingers of the left hand, good exercise for a guitarist or violinist. -------------------- Last ever sig ... blog Posts: 9049 | From: Hen Ogledd | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Chorister Completely Frocked # 473 Posted                       4. to seal a badly fitting window -------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change. Posts: 34626 | From: Cream Tealand | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged balaam Making an ass of myself # 4543 Posted                        5. Slingshot ammo, -------------------- Last ever sig ... blog Posts: 9049 | From: Hen Ogledd | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Mamacita Lakefront liberal # 3659 Posted                     6. Make fake cookies for an April Fool's joke -------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     7. Dental imprint for home made false teeth. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Carex Shipmate # 9643 Posted                     8. Taking an imprint of a key to make a duplicate. Posts: 1425 | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged ArachnidinElmet Shipmate # 17346 Posted                     9.Stopping foot fouls in longjumping. -------------------- 'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka Posts: 1887 | From: the rhubarb triangle | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged balaam Making an ass of myself # 4543 Posted                        10, Winning an oscar. Kebab skewers. -------------------- Last ever sig ... blog Posts: 9049 | From: Hen Ogledd | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Mamacita Lakefront liberal # 3659 Posted                     1. Lance for mouse jousting tournament -------------------- Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Posts: 20761 | From: where the purple line ends | Registered: Dec 2002  |  IP: Logged jbohn Shipmate # 8753 Posted                        2. Teepee poles for the all-mouse production of Little Big Man. -------------------- We are punished by our sins, not for them. --Elbert Hubbard Posts: 989 | From: East of Eden, west of St. Paul | Registered: Nov 2004  |  IP: Logged Ariston Insane Unicorn # 10894 Posted                        3. Swords for all-muskrat production of Man of La Mancha. -------------------- “Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937. Posts: 6849 | From: The People's Republic of Balcones | Registered: Jan 2006  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted                       4. Blunted and filigreed, a coronet! -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged Chorister Completely Frocked # 473 Posted                       5. To keep receipts together and tidy. -------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change. Posts: 34626 | From: Cream Tealand | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged Carex Shipmate # 9643 Posted                     6. Stick it in the ground and connect a wire to it to provide an earth connection to eliminate arcing due to static build-up on your aerial wire. (Yes, it worked.) Posts: 1425 | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged ArachnidinElmet Shipmate # 17346 Posted                     7. ear piercing for a luddite jeweller. (preferably sharpened metal ones over dull wooden ones). -------------------- 'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka Posts: 1887 | From: the rhubarb triangle | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged balaam Making an ass of myself # 4543 Posted                        8. Replacements for lost tent pegs. -------------------- Last ever sig ... blog Posts: 9049 | From: Hen Ogledd | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     9. Implement for extracting hair from a plughole. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged ArachnidinElmet Shipmate # 17346 Posted                     10. a game of pick up sticks A traffic cone -------------------- 'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka Posts: 1887 | From: the rhubarb triangle | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged jbohn Shipmate # 8753 Posted                        1. Megaphone for sandlot football games. -------------------- We are punished by our sins, not for them. --Elbert Hubbard Posts: 989 | From: East of Eden, west of St. Paul | Registered: Nov 2004  |  IP: Logged Golden Key Shipmate # 1468 Posted                       2. Holder for gigantic ice cream sundae. (Eat the cone at your own risk!!) -------------------- Blessed Gator, pray for us! --"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon") --"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train") Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     3. Add a model head, and you can multiply the number of robed trebles in your church choir at a stroke. Sadly, however, they won't sing, but it will look good on the Parish Photo. -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Carex Shipmate # 9643 Posted                     4. At one time we had a photograph here on the Ship of one being pressed into service as a mitre. Posts: 1425 | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Chorister Completely Frocked # 473 Posted                       No. 3 you use cones during August to make it look like the choir are not really on holiday (thanks to RoN of cartoon fame for this idea). No. 4 you have Rev. Gerald Ambulance to blame, as I recall. 5. Party Hats -------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change. Posts: 34626 | From: Cream Tealand | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged TomOfTarsus Shipmate # 3053 Posted                    6. (blushes)Madonna could've put'em to good use once... (ducks) -------------------- By grace are ye saved through faith... not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath ... ordained that we should walk in them. Posts: 1570 | From: Pittsburgh, PA USA | Registered: Jul 2002  |  IP: Logged Bean Sidhe Shipmate # 11823 Posted                     7. Paint one black, put it on your head, grab a broomstick and a cat. You can fly! [ 13. December 2012, 01:27: Message edited by: Bean Sidhe ] -------------------- How do you know when a politician is lying? His lips are moving. Danny DeVito Posts: 4363 | From: where the taxis won't go | Registered: Sep 2006  |  IP: Logged lilBuddha Shipmate # 14333 Posted                    8. The Lonely Mountain in the All-mouse version of The Hobbit. -------------------- I put on my rockin' shoes in the morning Hallellou, hallellou Posts: 17627 | From: the round earth's imagined corners | Registered: Dec 2008  |  IP: Logged jacobsen seeker # 14998 Posted                     9. Mould for giant conical candle -------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty. Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009  |  IP: Logged Carex Shipmate # 9643 Posted                     10. Funnel for pouring concrete. Next, uses for an empty tin can. Posts: 1425 | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged Chorister Completely Frocked # 473 Posted                       1. tied to a car to announce 'just wed' -------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change. Posts: 34626 | From: Cream Tealand | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged marzipan Shipmate # 9442 Posted                        2. a drum -------------------- formerly cheesymarzipan. Now containing 50% less cheese Posts: 917 | From: nowhere in particular | Registered: May 2005  |  IP: Logged Pages in this thread: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10         Thread closed         Printer-friendly view Go to: Select a board: Category: Ship's business -------------------- The Styx Category: Community discussion -------------------- Heaven Purgatory Hell All Saints Category: Special interest discussion -------------------- Ecclesiantics Kerygmania The Circus Dead Horses The Eighth Day Category: Ship's Locker -------------------- Glory Limbo Category: Things we did -------------------- Nativity Play Auctions The Laugh Judgment The Da Vinci Code Chapter & Worse Contact us | Ship of Fools | Privacy statement © Ship of Fools 2016 UBB.classicTM 6.5.0