# fix'it poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 6, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138 "2001-09-06T22:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![peewee\_RotA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@peewee\_RotA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peewee_RotA)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/1 "2001-09-06T22:47:20Z")
As some of you remember, I was awarded stupidest poll ever for my toothbrush poll, so Ill try to beat it (since I have to break my own record that means that nobody else even cares to try!) So here’s a question! If your favorite wooden chair brakes, you fix it by… a: buying a new one b: screws and driver c: hammer and nails d: duct tape ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/2 "2001-09-06T23:05:47Z")
e. Get my dad to fix it. (As he mutters, “Darn kids. Don’t know how to take care of things. Chairs? In my day, we didn’t even have _butts_ to sit on things _with_!”) ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/3 "2001-09-06T23:28:38Z")
Depends how it broke exactly, but most likely b. Maybe c, or if the circumstances warrant: f. wood glue ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/4 "2001-09-06T23:46:13Z")
I think if I had to use my favorite chair as a brake, I’d buy a new car. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/5 "2001-09-07T00:04:38Z")
I’m going for option c. It’s what I did with my cheapass pressboard computer desk, which I broke the heck out of when setting it in place. One leg of it came down, and there was a beautiful crunching sound as the connecting bits tore out. After the cursing was done with, I stared at the ruin contemplatively, then got out hammer and nails and went to work. End result was the desk fit together much stronger than it ever did unbroken. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/6 "2001-09-07T00:08:17Z")
Glue and clamps, pretty much what I routinely do with my wooden chairs. ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/7 "2001-09-07T00:54:17Z")
Meh. I built the last one, I can certainly fix this one. Possibly with spit and bubblegum, but it’s MY artistic statement, and Bob Vila doesn’t live at my house. Who’s gonna check? ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/8 "2001-09-07T00:59:35Z")
If my favourite wooden chair were irreplaceable I would have to have to go with e. as well. But if there were heaps of others like it, I’d just go buy another one. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/9 "2001-09-07T01:12:32Z")
It would really depend on what type of wooden chair it was. If it was a dining room-type chair, I would use e. However, if the wooden part were just the frame of the chair, I would go with b. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/10 "2001-09-07T01:14:07Z")
Nails, screws, glue, and extra boards for reinforcement. On my computer chair (a livingroom type swiveling/rocking upholstered chair I bougt for $10 at a garage sale), I use duct tape. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/11 "2001-09-07T01:33:44Z")
Screws’n’glue. Or at least screws. I can’t stand to throw repairable stuff away. On a walk I found a sandbag (for weighting things such as light stands, Century stands and tripods) by the curb. I lost half of the sand on the walk home, but I emptied the remaining half into a can and washed the fabric. Then I filled one side and sewed it up, got more sand, filled the other side and filled it up, and now I have a perfectly serviceable 10 lb. sandbag. Right now it’s counterbalancing a 2,000 watt movie light I have hanging on a C-stand. I had one of my movie lights refurbished. I put new Edison plugs on each end and made myself a 100" extension cord that can handle the amperage of my lights. Over the weekend I repaired a 4,000 watt movie light whose reflector was not attached. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/12 "2001-09-07T21:18:35Z")
This is the stupidest poll ever! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![peewee\_RotA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@peewee\_RotA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peewee_RotA)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixit-poll/80138/13 "2001-09-10T00:23:48Z")
Wow, I got the stupid poll award again… :)… it’s so buitiful I can almost cry