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Jump from plane with parachute with large tear in it. Sewing kit has one needle and one spool of thread. Only the best stitchers will stand in the medal ceremony.
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And if you can't dodge the flying sawblades, then guess what?
... You're sewing your own sutures. |
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A stitch in time saves nine meters per second squared. |
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I dunno... I think they should be blindfolded as well |
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But in space, no one will hear them scream. |
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They could also be required to plant stuff (rapidly growing cotton) and harvest it on the way down to make the thread (reap what you sew) |
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It seams to us that this thread presents some knotty problems, but some good material to work with. |
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Getting the needle threaded is going to be interesting... |
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I have, as it happens, jumped from a plane with
parachute with large tear in it. To be fair, the
chute did not have a tear until it opened. Also to
be fair, it still worked. |
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However, performing any kind of repair work in a
120mph breeze in <60 seconds is going to be
challenging. More than 60 seconds and it's
probably no longer an issue. |
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Here in The Shop in the Far(ther) North, edged 'round by cedars and pines, xtreme sewing is also known as 'stapling'...with staple gun, or, for finer work, we abscond with the office stapler from inside the house.
Fixes many fine rends in the plaid caused by an errant chainsaw. |
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I will remember to slip a stapler into my pocket, should I be forced from my home at gunpoint into an Air Canada flying machine. (Wait...they always mention that the seat is a flotation device, but in-flight attendants never mention parachutes!!) Assuming availability, repairing a 'chute: should be staple-able in under 60 seconds. |
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