# I have syringes for drawer pulls.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-syringes-for-drawer-pulls/297364>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 2, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-syringes-for-drawer-pulls/297364 "2005-04-02T04:26:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-syringes-for-drawer-pulls/297364/1 "2005-04-02T04:26:17Z")

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It’s a beautiful dresser, really. High art deco style with inlaid veneers. The problem is that the the handles for the top “lingerie” drawer have a single screw and the “nipple” originally meant to hold the handle in place has spun around in a circle for a good fifty years and worn a track into the drawer front. Every six weeks the screw unscrews and when I pull the pull the handle comes off. This invariably happens when I’m late, so I’ve given up and stuck a pair of insulin syringes (sans needles) into the holes.

So I have two questions.

1. What unorthodox methods do you have for managing around-the-house stuff? Do you have a needlenose pliers on top of the dryer for pulling out the broken lint filter? A piece of tape over the on/off button on the television to ensure it stays on?

2. How do I fix the fucking drawer pulls?

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**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-syringes-for-drawer-pulls/297364/2 "2005-04-02T04:38:06Z")

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My needlenose pliers are on top of the dresser because the handles come off.

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**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-syringes-for-drawer-pulls/297364/3 "2005-04-02T04:52:38Z")

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I have a safety pin keeping my back screen door “locked”.

I used to keep a rubber band around my speaker because of the blinding blue light. The rubber band look annoyed me and now I just never turn the speakers on anymore.

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**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-syringes-for-drawer-pulls/297364/4 "2005-04-02T10:25:08Z")

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I have a pink hair band wrapped around my speakers to hold the button in the On position, otherwise it falls off. My PS2 is Blu-tacked to the side of my TV, because I was not going to fork out for a stand. I can’t really think of many others… nope; that’s my lot.

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**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-syringes-for-drawer-pulls/297364/5 "2005-04-02T10:59:54Z")

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About a month ago I took a hammer to the burglar-proof catch on the window, it just got too frigging hot.

New burglar-proof device? Shut the window. 😃