What you should get a prize for, is the hour-and-a-half set-up time, plus the hour-and-a-half breakdown time. The successful three minute repair is just the pay-off.
Wait, they give out Nobels for chain untangling!?
I have some connections on the Nobel prize committee. Which prize do you want, Physics or Peace?
Is it safe?
Whereas, in fact, anyone who lacks a set of picks, hemostats, and an appropriate variety of adhesive tapes is simply inadequately prepared for this technological world.
By momentarily suspending snarking at those who possess those tools and skills long enough to beg one with those tools and skills to save them. Or paying someone with those tools and skills, if there’s no one to suck up to for free tech help.
N.B.: I said “momentarily suspend snarking” because let’s face it, as soon as the crisis is over, it’s back to “what a weirdo, with all those tools.” People like this are why I rock a “No, I will not fix your computer” coffee mug.
I also possess a couple of Dremel rotary tools with appropriate engraving cutters. I simply lack a sinister background or awareness of a hidden cache of ill-gotten gems. At this time.
Pacifying an upset teenaged daughter? The Peace Prize, undoubtedly.
I’m considering starting a thread about a basic toolbox. What to put in it and how to use it. I’d include links, and i’d Try to keep the total cost under $100. This way people could not be totally helpless in the face of adversity, and know that great satisfaction you get from actually fixing something.
So far I’d propose:
6 screwdrivers. 3 philips, 3 flat, a large medium and a fine (from deck screws to eyeglass screw size)
Vice grips
Hammer with extractor
Duct tape
Utility knife, the kind with snap off blades
Flashlight
Needle nosed pliers
Socket wrench with one universal socket
Dental picks
Magnifying glass
Tape measure
Straight edge ruler with bubble float.
Calipers
Hacksaw
Rubber mallet
Wire stripper crimped
Multimeter
Wd40
Liquid wrench
A couple boxes of assorted screws, washers, nuts, brads, wire nuts
And, of course, a buttplug.
I am also the Necklace Detangler at my house. All I need is strong light, and time.
For the future: when she takes off the necklace, she should run one side of the chain through a drinking straw (cut to length if necessary) and fasten it on the outside. The chance of tangling is greatly reduced.
I also untangle necklace/bracelet chains. And string, too.
I also herd cats, including feral and wild cats.
What’s your superpower?
It’s a sad fact that once someone claims he’s accomplished something previously thought impossible, a whole bunch of other people will step in and claim that they did it too.
Duckster, Max: I’m not sharing the prize.
My mama got my hair unstuck out of the blowdryer this one time. Didn’t hardly do me no permanent damage, [del]neether[/del] [del]ether[/del] at all.
As for the toolbox, my husband has ALL THE THINGS. One day he’s going to die and I’ll have all the things, only I won’t know what they are or what to do with them. Except the buttplug.
For recounting this story, and making us all care…Literature! 
(The night of my rehearsal dinner, I wanted to wear one necklace that had gotten tangled. One of my bridesmaids untangled it for me–one of the best wedding gifts I received!)
That’s OK. No worries. Your ability is commendable, but as you found, shared by a number of folks. I can feel comfortable knowing I can forward my tangled necklaces/bracelets to you, freeing up my time for other worthy pursuits.
But you still cannot herd cats.
If you can see it, your hands can do it! The trick is getting so you can see it Working on models, I use reading glasses, a strong light, and, if necessary, my Martian War Goggles.
I just had no idea what a “dental pick” meant, and had to look it up. Seeing what it is, I’m not sure in what situations it would be useful outside its intended use, since it doesn’t look like it can hold on to anything.
As for duct tape, I just own more than one color, for aesthetic reasons. (For example, using the white tape to tape up white items, so the tape doesn’t stand out.) What are the actual different kinds?
My kids cal me the “Mom that can”! I am not all that talented but I do know how to do things with a certain doggedness that gets it done. They never seem to be able to do. Plus I have the tools, tape or butt plug, whatever is needed to accomplish the deed. 
No, no…
THAT – particularly coming from a thirteen-year-old, is worth more than the Nobel prize. By the time my stepkid was 13, she was already saying, “If I could drive myself, I wouldn’t need you grown-ups for ANYTHING!”
No, no. I tried this idea about 20 years back.
A friend had moved into a new apartment and, after we had helped her relocate and set up furniture, I suggested to a buddy that we buy our mutual friend a “Lady’s Tool Kit” from Sears. It’s a pink or purple plastic case with some screwdrivers, pliers, crescent wrench, hammers, electrical tape, etc.
My buddy noticed the gender prefix and said, “Why don’t we just buy her a real tool kit?”
“Well, because,” I explained, “You and I combined don’t have one of those. A real tool kit includes an air compressor, impact tools, a table saw, a drill press, a miter box, twenty screwdrivers…”
“Okay, okay…” he got the point, “We’ll get her the tiny kit for her birthday.”
–G!
The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.
He who dies with the most toys.
Still dies.
I have collected all my tools from my husband and son leaving them out. If I find it and pick it up, it now belongs to me. I have bought the odd pliers or buttplug as needed.
Well, given how some of the Peace Prize Nobel’s turned out, why not?