My Question

Oh, so many possible replies...the mind boggles as where to even start!

If you are scared of forgetting something stick a bright sticker on it.

If your referring to casual height or length measurement, you get someone to stand next to the item to be measured and hold a pencil (or stick) at arms length. You should be back a fair distance so the person is well within the size of the stick and you can see the entire structure from the side and straight on. May be up to 100 feet. Place the pencil point to the top of his head and put your thumb, (on the pencil) at the bottom of his feet. Since you know how tall the person is you count off how many lengths from the point to your thumb the structure is tall and multiply by his height. It's good for a quick estimate of height but not for Skyscrapers and mountains. Vanishing points don't work well for this.

Hope this is what your asking for. If not I got a million things you can do with a stick. Sharp or otherwise.

One method is to shove the stick up where the sun doesn't shine.

You mean like a toffee apple.

More like a cheap and innovative, if rather uncomfortable way to treating constipation.

I would beat this thread with a BIG stick until it died!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: ask stupid questions, get stupid answers.

HEY! At least I tried to give him a reasonable answer. But you guys already started giving him some of my other answers! Please don't interject or I will need to use the stick on you guys.

Answer 14: Build a small fire. Can be done only once unless it's a REALLY big stick!

Careful; how do you know this isn't a trick question? How sure are you that "Guest" is not actually trying to "stick" it to you? Am I the only one who finds it strange that after posting the question, our mystery guest didn't "stick" around to receive the replies? Or maybe he's just being a "stick" in the mud...... . Anyway "Guest", if you're still out there, do "stick" around a little longer so that you can help us iron out any "stick"y situations caused by us not quite knowing how to answer your questions.

You limit your posibilities... You could use tape - That sticks, too.

If you don't know how to use the stick method, your only option is an automatic.

I guess you could say you found yourself in a rather "stick"y situation here......

I was always told that if you throw your underwear against the wall and it doesn;t STICK. They're still okay to wear.

That IS a good way to tell. I figure, if you thow then on the floor before bed, and they don't walk away by morning, your good.

The standard student method to test if the pasta needed for the bolognese is properly cooked is to throw a small sample agains a vertical wall lined with ceramic tiles. If the pasta sticks, it is cooked. If it doesn't then boil it for a bit longer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Ones_(TV_series)

(So many replies. None from the usual suspects. Yet )

You have to shake the stick first, this produces more results

Actually, it's an old dog trick for training humans; You fetch them a stick, and they throw it a short distance. After numerous repeats the throwing distance improves, but they're eventually broken and can throw it no further. This game works really good on Hampstead Heath - just get them to the exhausted stage, then run away and hide. As they shuffle around in the bushes looking for you, all sorts of funny stuff happens

The stick method works fine, as long as you're not at the short end of it.

If you don't get on the stick, you'll get the shaft.