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2nd Sep 2008, 08:15 PM
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| |  Wormholes!!!!
Chatting with some mates the other day. We were discussing what happens to stuff you drop on the floor which disappears without trace. You know what I mean, that screw which rolled off the bench. You hear it hit the floor, but when you look, it's not there.
Someone suggested borrowers. I said it must be a wormhole, you know, a doorway to a parallel universe. I reckon there is one under every workbench.
My mate said "I've got one of those under my car!" He reckons also that wherever the car goes the wormhole goes with it, 'Cos the same thing happens at his mate's house.
The discussion also solved the mystery of left over bits. This is when you take something apart (a toaster for example), put it back together and test it. The thing works ok but you have two bits left over. Yes?
These are bits that someone in another universe have dropped on the floor and they have popped up on your bench!! Simple. Mystery solved!
Now if we can just work out the puzzle of where the hell all those wire coat hangers in my wardrobe come from....... |
2nd Sep 2008, 08:34 PM
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Heh.. I have a wormhole under my lathe that sucks up dropped bushes and fitting  |
2nd Sep 2008, 08:41 PM
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Maybe they are the black holes that Phil is worried about. Seems all that happens is screws, pencils and washers go missing, so it might be safe for him to finish his cupboard. 
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2nd Sep 2008, 10:34 PM
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My shed is a black hole. Wood goes in, but nothing comes out.
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3rd Sep 2008, 08:31 AM
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Yeah - those under-bench wormholes are connected to the washing-machine, too, so the same place all those screws & small parts end up, there's a dirty great pile of odd socks!
Hadn't thought of wormholes, but now you mention it, it's obvious, isn't it? Only the other day, I dropped the last(!) screw in the packet - heard it hit, was even sure I SAW where it went, out of the corner of my eye, but gave up after 15 minutes of frustrated searching. 
The floor was relatively clean at the time, too, adding great support to the wormhole theory. 
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3rd Sep 2008, 10:01 AM
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Actually I think there must be worm hole under other people's carpets that lead to my house. That is the only way I can tyhink of that my house gets so messy. 
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3rd Sep 2008, 12:41 PM
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I'd forgotten about the odd sock mystery!
I think there's a shoe shop somewhere with a wormhole that leads to my wife's wardrobe.
The plot thickens !
Any more wormholes out there? |
3rd Sep 2008, 01:07 PM
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Something is devouring my pencils... My screws show up weeks later when I clean up but the pencils are always gone and double gone. I once had one behind my ear and though it might be found but ......? I sometimes have them clinched in my teeth but then....? I went as far as to put Pencil holders within reach from any portion of my shop and.....? My daughter bought me some of those Primary pencils (as a Joke) "You won't loose these" Ha Ha Ha lasted half a day. I've had pencils on a lanyard around my neck, My son gave me a magnet pencil holder to stick on my machines.... Ha Ha Ha... I can't find the magnet let alone the pencil it holds. And don't even get me started on Sharpies..... Nice clean sharp point for detailed drawing and then something comes along in the dark and blunts the point to 1/4" diameter, and dries up the ink. (OKay, I know who that is... Grandchildren)... but my pencils.  |
3rd Sep 2008, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by pugwash  Now if we can just work out the puzzle of where the hell all those wire coat hangers in my wardrobe come from....... | Where have you been? Everyone knows missing socks transmogrify into wire coat hangers.
If you don't believe me then count the number of odd socks in your drawer and then the number of unused wire coathangers in the wardrobe. The number will always match, save for the few socks still undergoing the metamorphasis... |
3rd Sep 2008, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by bigfish Where have you been? Everyone knows missing socks transmogrify into wire coat hangers.
If you don't believe me then count the number of odd socks in your drawer and then the number of unused wire coathangers in the wardrobe. The number will always match, save for the few socks still undergoing the metamorphasis... | Well, there you go then - don't you just love this BB? Mysteries solved while you wait. At last I know... 
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3rd Sep 2008, 02:28 PM
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Can't be a wormhole. Must be Borrowers. Otherwise why do only the bits you want disappear. I've never seen sawdust or offcuts disappear from under the bench. |
3rd Sep 2008, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Wood Worm Can't be a wormhole. Must be Borrowers. Otherwise why do only the bits you want disappear. I've never seen sawdust or offcuts disappear from under the bench. | Aaah yes!! But the burrowe's use the worm holes to travel round between workshops.
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3rd Sep 2008, 07:58 PM
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I've just thought of something.
One word.
TEASPOONS!
Looks like kitchens have wormholes too! |
3rd Sep 2008, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bigfish Where have you been? Everyone knows missing socks transmogrify into wire coat hangers.
If you don't believe me then count the number of odd socks in your drawer and then the number of unused wire coathangers in the wardrobe. The number will always match, save for the few socks still undergoing the metamorphasis... | Maybe in an alternate reality somewhere there's a guy scratching his head saying "Where on earth have all my coathangers gone, and how come my wardrobe's full of odd socks?" |
3rd Sep 2008, 08:38 PM
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Sometimes I think my glasses have been swallowed by a wormhole, but it usually turns out they're on top of my head. 
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