# The Furniture Psychic

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-furniture-psychic/122635>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 6, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-furniture-psychic/122635 "2002-08-06T16:51:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-furniture-psychic/122635/41 "2002-08-10T01:34:14Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Inky- \*  
> \*\*Dear Madame Eve, Furniture Psychic.
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> I can’t help noticing that every time I open my junk drawer my vast collection of Ikea allen wrenches forms a new and intriguing patterns.
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> Is it possible to predict the future of my furniture by casting the I-Ching with my allen wrenches instead of Yarrow Sticks? How might I interpriet them? \*\*

I hope Madame Eve does not have the audacity to answer this. She is indisputably the Furniture Psychic, but **I am the Wrench Reader**. Socket, box, crescent, open end, allen, you name it. I also have a limited ability with pliers.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-furniture-psychic/122635/42 "2002-08-10T03:52:18Z")

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> \*Originally posted by yojimboguy \*  
> I hope Madame Eve does not have the audacity to answer this. She is indisputably the Furniture Psychic, but **I am the Wrench Reader**. Socket, box, crescent, open end, allen, you name it. I also have a limited ability with pliers.

There’s a joke in there somewhere about how well a man can use a tool, but damned if I can come up with it right now.

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-furniture-psychic/122635/43 "2002-08-10T04:03:16Z")

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It’s not the size of the tool; it’s how you use it.

I will refrain from commenting on the significance of having a limited ability with pliers.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-furniture-psychic/122635/44 "2002-08-10T04:36:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by LurkMeister \*  
> \*\*It’s not the size of the tool; it’s how you use it.
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> I will refrain from commenting on the significance of having a limited ability with pliers. \*\*

I know nothing about how you feel about your tool, but I can tell you how your tool feels about being used. Most of them love it, especially if they’re kept well oiled and polished. 😛

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-furniture-psychic/122635/45 "2002-08-10T20:58:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by yojimboguy \*  
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> I know nothing about how you feel about your tool, but I can tell you how your tool feels about being used. Most of them love it, especially if they’re kept well oiled and polished. 😛 \*\*

But what about when other people want to use your tools?

And does my wife have the authority to forbid the use of my tool by others?

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