The 10 Best "Tools" of All Time

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[SAMWolf]

And I've used every one of these "TOOLS" more than once.

[1000Mhz]

11. Impeachment

Only if we had Senators with a gut, with balls, and some spine.

[boris]

" in the real world everything from LeMans - winning Porsches to Atlas rockets - uses it by the yard."

I can assure you, as one who has been up close and personal with Atlas rockets--that duct tape has never been used anywhere on any Atlas vehicle.

--Boris

[Husker24]

I work at the factory that makes Vise-Grips.

[ChadGore]

Transistor

[ConsistentLibertarian]

Macros in Common Lisp.

[gcruse]

You have probably already heard this, but Duct Tape is really The Force. It has a dark side, a light side, and it holds the universe together.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

You forgot two of the best. Bondo and JB Weld. For those who say they're not tools, well you don't know your adhesives.

[Husker24]

I dont care for JB weld much, it gets brittle when cold.

[ConsistentLibertarian]

I was at a party at MIT and a girl showed up in Duct Tape. She or her friends wrapped it so from a distance it would look like a daringly short dress. Duct tape never looked so good.

[Husker24]

They make something called "liquid nails" you could glue the space shuttle to its launch pad with it.

[ConsistentLibertarian]

I didn't see the "for working on cars" by line until too late. I think there might be a generation gap here.

[jporcus]

The Slide Rule. Every major engineering effort pre-1970 relied on this simple wonderful instrument, including going to the moon.

[gcruse]

Duct tape never looked so good.

I saw a picture from a senior prom or some such where a guy wore a duct tape tuxedo. It was...novel.

[Deb]

MEN

[Jason_b]

JB Weld is simply common epoxy sold in tiny little tubes at incredible markup. I buy mine in small paint cans (12 ounces when mixed) at a much more reasonable price.

12. Bungee cords.

[Paulus Invictus]

A nice automatic pistol, used as a tool to control evil people, is quite useful at times. Its mere appearance in certain dangerous occasions has saved many lives. It has also been known to seriously discourage armed bad guys by sending such criminals speedy steel messages that are very difficult to ignore. Is it really a tool? Ask a cop.

[Dubh_Ghlase]

Amen to Liquid Nails!

I've used it to glue carpet tackstrip to concrete floors that
wouldn't hold a nail without pulverizing. Great stuff!

[ConsistentLibertarian]

OK, maybe it wasn't the duct tape. Maybe it was her long, shapely legs. Or maybe it was how she looked in high heels walking around in duct tape that barely covered any of her thighs. That and her long shapely legs. Or maybe it was the combination of her bravodo and innocence, her playfulness and joie de vivre, the dark curls of her hair, the laid back cool of her intelligence, how soft her hands felt ... OK, never mind.

[tpaine]

Penis envy.