# 1001 uses for twisties, you know those plastic covered wires

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 18, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1001-uses-for-twisties-you-know-those-plastic-covered-wires/54973 "2001-02-18T08:11:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1001-uses-for-twisties-you-know-those-plastic-covered-wires/54973/21 "2001-02-20T17:42:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by SPOOFE Bo Diddly \*  
> \*\*He even uses an exactoknife to cut the individual wires in the ribbons (connecting the HDD and CD-ROM drives, etc. to the motherboard) apart and braids those together, too. He claims to have made the connections 4 or 5% more efficient this way.  
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WTF?? Cutting apart ribbon cables and braiding them and then reconnecting them? Talk about a nightmare, especially in getting the connector put back on the end with the wires going to the correct pins.

As for the OP, I never use them to tie garbage bags closed, but I have tried pretty much all the other uses listed.

And the birdhouse in my backyard is currently hung by 2 of the super long ones twisted together.

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