- Holding my sewing patterns flat on the table when the cat keeps jumping up.
— Shirley, Bay City
- Keeping the lid on the button tin. Sixty years of buttons in there. They want out.
— Shirley again
- Patching the bottom of the recycling bin so the pop cans quit escaping down the driveway.
— Wesley, Lansing
- Laying out a four-square court for the kids on the driveway. Chalk washes off. Tape doesn't.
— Thomas, Kalamazoo
- Holding the rabbit ears on the basement TV at the one angle that gets the ballgame.
— Thomas again
- Sealing the gap under the back door in January. The draft is gone. So is the door, practically.
— Homer, Toledo, Ohio
- Taping two bingo daubers together so I can do two cards at once. Undefeated since June.
— Mary, Grand Rapids
- Holding the handle on my cherry bucket during picking. Same bucket since 1971.
— Donna, Traverse City
- Fixing the hymn number board at church when the hook broke. Pastor didn't notice for a month.
— Effie, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Patching the seat on the riding mower. Now it's gray and green. Very stylish.
— Sam, Saginaw
- Holding my family's pictures up inside my wall locker.
— John, with the Army in Germany
- Keeping the recipe box shut so nobody finds Grandma's pie crust card.
— Carol, Pontiac
- Wrapping the handle of the ice auger so your hands don't freeze to it.
— Ralph, Alpena
- Holding the side mirror on the Buick until I can get out to the junkyard.
— Alan, Detroit
- Putting my kids' names inside their snow boots so the right pair comes home.
— Janet, Owosso
- Patching the hole in the roof of my ice shanty. Keeps the snow out and the stories in.
— Francis, Escanaba
- Putting my name on my hard hat.
— Dean, Flint
(Dean works in my building. Dean is also on second shift. I think we
just solved #64. — Jerry)
- Holding the window fan together through August. It's Texas. The fan is family.
— Kimberly, Houston
- Taping the snow brush to a broom handle so I can reach the roof of the van.
— Anthony, Buffalo, New York
- Fixing the handle on my granddaughter's wagon, twice.
— Arlene, Lapeer
- A Tin Man costume for my husband for a Halloween party. He was the hit of the night.
He also couldn't sit down all night.
— Susan, Midland
- Holding my dorm room together. The futon too. The futon mostly.
— Noah, Ann Arbor
- Taping my son's mittens to his coat sleeves so they come home from school.
— Jason, Marquette
- Sealing the container of nightcrawlers in the fridge so my wife wouldn't find it.
She found it.
— Jimmy, Cheboygan
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