Novel solutions
Tell us about your own novel or unique solution to a problem that you faced. Were you extra creative because you were drunk? Did you take a torturously long way round because you were being dim? Or do you think you had a genuine moment of genius and saw through the thin fabric of reality to the underlying truth?
Example: I put a shirt in my mates brand spanking new washing machine with a bunch of toothpicks in the pocket. The toothpicks passed through the holes in the drum, and congregated in the pump, which it didn't like (dunno why). Luckily my mate is a mechanic, so all the tools I needed to dis-assemble the machine were right there. I got to work, and, despite gashing my finger to the bone removing one of the weights, had almost completely reassembled it by the time he got home. The only thing that remained was a spring clip that needed to go round the rubber seal just inside the door to clamp it in place, and I had been srtuggling for a while to get the ends to meet, stretched round the mouth of the drum, and clip the fiddly bastard little clip together. Dean had a go as well, and in the end told me not to bother, as he had a tool at work that would be able to pull the two ends together. I was determined to finish what I started, despite the fact that it was now nearly ten at night. Then I had a flash of inspiration. I described my plan to Dean, and he told me I was clutching at straws, but I went ahead anyway; I took a zip-tie (cable tie, to some of you) and cut it into short pieces, I then inserted these pieces one by one between the coils of the spring to lengthen it. When I had enough in place, was able to easily hook the two ends of the clip together, and then pull out the pieces of zip tie, resulting in a working washing machine, praise rather then a pummeling from my mate, and a warm glow of satisfaction.
(pins, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 7:49, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

If this isnt the next qtow
Ill eat my hat
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:33, Reply)

@willenium
Thanks. If you do have to, I'd like a video!

edit: I have just realised that it sounds like an interview question, though!
(pins, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 19:08, Reply)

@Willenium
Lol
(Harold's hip man!!, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:18, Reply)

on youtube, please
by the end of the day...
(pins, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 10:02, Reply)