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I have this fetish about Elmer's glue. Let me explain.
When I was a boy, around 8 or so, I was doing a project in my boarding school
one week where we were each given an egg, a box of 1000 toothpicks, a spool of
thread, and a bottle of Elmer's glue. Our task was to build a contraption to
keep the egg safe using only the toothpicks, thread, and glue. There were no
other rules.
We built during the science class and our teacher--Mrs. Braithwaite--would put
them into one of the cafeteria fridges for the rest of the time so the eggs