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mimus wrote:
> 
> So I was changing a porch- light bulb, and dropped the screw which
> holds the bowl up against the fixture, and the screw fell down through
> a crack between two boards of the porch, and I couldn't crawl
> underneath to it, and wouldn't want to (there's stuff living under
> there), so what to do? what to do?
> 
> Wire hook between the boards? didn't work.
> 
> Tape sticky- side out on the end of the wire? didn't work.
> 
> So I finally used that tool favored by advanced primates all over the
> world, a stick split on the end, and forked the screw, trapped it and
> brought it back up to life and light.
> 
> Ook! ook! ook!

I always wondered what kind of animal a "mimus" is!

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