The flat metal arm that swings out of the top of a pair of nail clippers does two jobs, and most people only ever use one of them.
It is…
There is a hole in the end of almost every frying pan handle, and the obvious explanation is hanging it up.
That is one of its functions and it is…
At the bottom front of almost every washing machine there is a small panel - a flap, a hinged cover or a clip-off plate. Behind it is a filter.
Its…
A wine glass has a stem, a tumbler does not, and the difference is widely treated as a matter of formality - stems are for occasions, tumblers are for everyday.…
A pasta spoon has a hole in the middle of it, and the overwhelming majority of people who own one assume the hole is there to let water drain through.…
Turn a padlock over and there is a small hole in the bottom of the body, separate from the keyway.
It has two purposes and they are both important: water…