Someone over in a LiveJournal community that shares Thift Store Horrors, I posted a response that made Nico laugh for about 10 minutes…

[...]repairable only with the mighty adhesive Süperglü, assuming you can find the damn things, which you are POSITIVE you put in that little ceramic bowl on the entertainment center but they aren’t there now, and what the hell was this screw for, you were saving it for something, and THAT’S where the nailclippers went! Well, now you have 3 of them

I had to respond

You buy a new nailclipper, and the others show up to greet the newbie… and take him off on a tour of the house… leading you to buy another one. Shampoo, rinse, repeat….

I just see the group of seasoned adventuring nailclippers gathered around in welcome, introducing themselves, shaking hands, big smiles on their little metal heads…

“This is the back of the sofa…”

“This is that bowl on the back of the stove that he never checks…”

“This is a place in plain site right on his desk where you’d think he sees us…”

“This is the dog’s water bowl…”

“This is on the window sill…”

“This is the inside breast pocket of that suit he hasn’t worn in 10 years…”

Good times. Buy the t-shirt.