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Excepting a computer, what was the last tool you used?

I often use Anthony as a swashbuckling wombat. Does that count? En garde!

Amy, 23
New Orleans
, LA

I just finished painting the downstairs of my home. So, I was using a spackle knife (my hubby does the sheet rock repairs), paint brush,  then I took the old mats off the basement stairs and scraped the old glue off and sanded and painted them, and using a staple gun put down a new

Janet, 42
E. Brunswick
, NJ

vAn old scalloped-edged knife that slices bread better than anything else does.

Jane, 60
West Linn
, OR

A pair of hand shears, to trim the Wisteria vines away from my house.

Jesse, 24
Bowie
, MD

Depends on how you define tool. Broad definition would probably include TV or telephone. Narrower would be broom. Narrower yet, screwdriver.

Felicia, 34
Somerville
, MA

The rub, for me, is the word "tool." Uh. . . the telephone, when I talked to my friend George? My VCR when I was checking out last night's Big Brother tape? My bed when I passed out? Take your choice. . . I use my box cutter, which is by most definitions a definite, indisputable "tool," every night at Wal-Mart to slice open cartons of merchandise before it gets stocked on shelves. .

mothmc, 35
Los Angeles
, LA

If you are talking electronic tools...the phone. If you are talking manual tools...a Philips head screwdriver.

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ

Probably an inclined plane. I turned the kitchen tap on for water to take my pills and I think those handles are threaded. A screw is a development of the inclined plane.

Jill, 59
Saylorsburg
, PA

A pair of pliers to help by wife hang some curtain rods.

Kevin, 33
Sugar Hill
, GA

Is a broom a tool? If not then scissors, and if they aren't either then ...a screwdriver!

Jami, 27
Lowell
, MA

My fingers, probably.

Karen, 20
Marshelltown/Ames
, IA

It was a pair of jewelry pliers.

Tina, 31
Medford
, MA

If my girlfriend asked that I'd respond with the obvious joke in my redneck trucker cartoon voice (Gotcher favoreete tool ry here babay, oh ye-uh, oh ye-uh, uh huh, you know eet babay). The straight answer would be a screw  driver and socket wrench. I was assembling swing sets yesterday.

Alias Irrelevante

a hair-dryer

Karen2, 14
Boston
, MA

The screwdriver I used to pry it open, of course!

Firelady, 22
Dallas
, TX

I suppose that would be a screwdriver, when I unsuccessfully tried to open up something.

Ernest, 29
Washington
, DC

a pen

Angela, 16
SC

An eyeglass kit- I needed to tighten the screws in my glasses.

Jeremy, 13
Highlands Ranch
, CO

Um, would a fork or toilet count? :)

Aurora, 17
Montreal, Quebec CANADA

A broom to sweep the kitchen floor.

Susan, 31
Chicago
, IL

Either a screwdriver or a hemostat.

Anthony, 25
Baton Rouge
, LA

A hammer -- I put a nail in the wall in my bathroom last night to hang my hand mirror on.

Melodi, 19
Hlliard
, OH

Manual tool = Garden shears
Power tool = Drill (I don't suppose a washing machine counts?)

Nikki, 27
Kirkham ENGLAND

My car....or my cell phone in my car. I guess it's a chicken or the egg situation.

Megan, 24
Chicago
, IL

pencil

Socrates One
Lowell, MA

A screwdriver. ps. I really don't see how a compiter IS a tool. If it's a tool, isn't a hearing aid or a car a tool in the same way?

Jaden, 21
Brampton, Ontario CANADA

Does a Playstation count? If so, then that.

Shanna, 15
Cardiff ENGLAND

I most recently used tape to hang a sign up.

Eric, 18
Beverly Hills
, CA  USA

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