Last night we were unexpectedly greeted with an almighty 'CRASH!' from one corner of our living room. On going over to it, we noticed nothing unusual. Early this afternoon, I suddenly noticed that the mirror, usually hanging on the wall to my left as I sit here, had apparently vanished. I then noted that there was the top of a wooden frame just visible behind the radiator, so I went to fetch the mirror tongs from the kitchen, designed for just such a purpose, only to find that they hadn't been invented. So this is that invention: a pair of tongs for pulling out flat objects which have fallen behind objects next to walls and gotten stuck. Also applies to plates, photo frames, portraits and plaice.-- nineteenthly, Jul 14 2025 https://www.wexlers...rch-instrument-type [2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 14 2025] Here's what you do:
Get a heavy, thin pole. Something with some mass, maybe a strip of steel. Poke it around under said furniture hiding the mirror until you hear a crash.
Get the vacuum cleaner and buy another mirror.
Alternatively you could create more space by sledging a hole in the wall, and then grab the mirror from the other side of the wall.
A third option would be to travel back in time and add hanger support to the mirror back.
All kinds of solutions...-- RayfordSteele, Jul 14 2025 Incorrect category - this should be in other:time machine.-- normzone, Jul 15 2025 I did get it out in the end but it was because it had slid all the way down to the bottom and I could push it up from there.-- nineteenthly, Jul 15 2025 This seems like an essential item of household equipment, and naturally should come as a part of a kit containing many variations. Use tongs no 26 to retrieve the fragments of this partly chewed croissant.-- xenzag, Jul 15 2025 [+] I’ve always used Tong 11b for unbroken mirrors because of the nubbins.-- minoradjustments, Jul 15 2025 any problem, high explosives, etc-- Voice, Jul 15 2025 I'm picturing a length of det-cord bedded in a channel cut along the floor slab, with a *lot* of wadding on top of it.
Of course, you would still need some very special tongs to catch the miraculously un-shattered mirror before it fell back down again.-- pertinax, Jul 16 2025 random, halfbakery