Here is a list of the stickiest things known to man. Well, known to this man, anyway.
Superglue (especially when you get it on your fingers)
A jelly bean you lost in the van in sweltering heat which you suddenly find while feeling around blindly for something else you dropped
Whatever it is babies sneeze out
Painting kitchens takes a lot of grit. I’m not talking about the kind of grit it takes to walk barefoot up Croagh Patrick. Kitchen painting is physically demanding, but I’ll choose it over shoeless mountaineering any day.
No, I’m talking about the kind of grit you find on sandpaper.
I couldn’t believe it. There was dust everywhere—spewed about the place by the heavy-duty sander that was being used to prep the kitchen.
Read MoreHave you heard of the lac bug? It lives in India and parts of southeast Asia. As a larva, it crawls along branches, excreting a waxy substance. If you paint your nails, you might be wearing some lac bug excretion on your hands right now. It’s the main ingredient in shellac nail polish.
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