I must have hundreds of them. I get them as gimmies from suppliers, whatever. I have them in my computer bag, in my car, in my toolbox by the dozen.

I’ve used them as scrapers, as screwdrivers, as ignition feeler gauges. I’ve cleaned under fixtures with them, I’ve cleaned under my fingernails with them. I have had them with me as long as I can remember. During the worst of the Homebody security BS I carried sharpened ones on airplanes, in my pocket protector, in plain view with my three color engineer pen and my fountain pen. I was never called on it, and I always had a knife- of sorts- on board with me.

Today, I used one for a reason I’ve never used one before. I measured something with it.

Wierd.