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March 15th, 2009

Workshop sweepings

I was searching online for a small bicycle thingummy-whathaveyou, and came across this on a bicycle shop website: Workshop sweepings approx 250g bag (£4.99). It is described thus:

A 1/2lb (approx) mixed bag of nuts, bolts, washers and other bits that have fallen onto our workshop floor during bike builds/repairs.

I was wondering whether there might be any scope for selling bags of my studio sweepings. A typical bag might contain:

If there is a demand I will start to bag it up into 250gram portions. It might take a while for me to get 250 grams-worth together (unless apple cores feature heavily) so an orderly queue might have to be formed.

The idea might catch on of course, and others of you might start to bag up 250g packs of your sweepings. We could swap them between ourselves and try to get a whole set. There would be websites, magazines, conventions etc.

If you think this is a rubbish idea do say.

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This is a single Cartoon Blog entry, posted by Dave on Sunday, March 15th, 2009 at 7:34 pm.

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8 Responses to “Workshop sweepings”


  1. sue says:

    Maybe you could compress it all up and make podiums out of it.

    March 15th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
  2. John Davies says:

    It’s an idea about rubbish. That doesn’t necessarily make it a rubbish idea. I can offer a dud AA battery, a pile of discarded tax return reminder forms, numerous toenail clippings, dead printer cartridges strewn under the desk awaiting recycling, a black shirt button, and a small piece of paper with the reference number written on it, 6W6237K6, which means nothing to me but may, perhaps, to someone else.

    March 15th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
  3. Anne says:

    I’d be happy to contribute sharp pins, lots of seed beads, the occasional bigger bead, tons of Beagle hair, and a large assortment of colorful thread ends. When I saw the original advertisement quoted here, my first thought was, “Gee, I should buy a bag and use it to make steampunk jewelry…”

    March 16th, 2009 at 1:06 am
  4. dennis says:

    my gas would be heavy at the moment! A few starter motors, LT gearbox, …….. Collection in person only and no overseas buyers please.

    March 16th, 2009 at 7:54 am
  5. dennis says:

    whhhaaaaa ha ha ha ha I just laughed so much at my last post GAS!! it was meant to be bag. ha ha ha ha ha ha hilarious. Sorry dont laugh at your own jokes.

    March 16th, 2009 at 7:55 am
  6. Mike Peatman says:

    Couldn’t help but think of Monty Python and Bicycle Repair Man. He’s obviously be placing a bulk order.

    March 16th, 2009 at 9:43 am
  7. Russ says:

    I have several bags of sweepings I am currently fashioning into a piece for the Tate Modern:

    Stupid Ideas That Will Never Work
    Mystery Phone Numbers on Yellow Post-Its
    Scrap paper that I Forget I Have
    Pens That Don’t Work That I Strangely Haven’t Thrown Away

    I expect it be ground-breaking, genre-busting and anything else hyphenated that comes to mind. I’m also thinking of slicing Damien Hirst in half and suspending him in formaldehyde, but apparently it’s been done.

    March 16th, 2009 at 10:34 am
  8. Sam P says:

    Re dead pens, try this page on recyclethis .co .uk

    [Edited to remove scrolling problem, Dave]

    March 17th, 2009 at 11:08 am