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Unannounced, up a ladder, with a bucket and a piece of leather. Here are ten.
1. He Arrived Without Warning
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There was no appointment, no card through the…
Three Pins, Three Completely Different Jobs
It looks like a symmetrical arrangement of three identical things, and it is nothing of the kind. The three pins are doing three unrelated…
Maintained to a standard, planted facing outward, and sat in by nobody. Here are eleven.
1. It Was Not for the Household
Everything in it faced outward. The flowers were…
The Belief Is Universal and It Is Backwards
Ask anybody how a microwave differs from a conventional oven and you will be told that it heats from the inside out.…
It is loudest before it boils, and the switch never measures the water. Here are fifteen.
1. The Element Heats the Water, Not the Kettle
In an electric kettle the…
A smoke alarm is a white plastic disc with a button and a battery, and the assumption is that something inside it can somehow see smoke. Neither of the two…