Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for September 01, 2023

Don’t leave them lying on the ground.

How big was the allen wrench they used to put it together?

Eh keep em spare parts safely will ya.

Throw them away. They’re not parts, they’re evidence.

Waiting for it to collapse…

Add them in next instruction booklet

Oops! Deja vu!

They always give you a few spare pieces in case you accidentally lose or damage something.

Someone will come along, glue them together and call it art.

Luckily for them, a clowder of cats made off with the cardboard box the kit came in.

Sell ’em on Ebay. Spare parts

Oh Oh! That’s why you count all the parts and compare with the instructions they sometimes send extra parts! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Ah! The squiggly piece of metal! NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THAT GOES!!!

Likely from a load bearing wall. I wouldn’t work there.

Put them back in the little Ziploc bag, you’ll need them later.

Nowadays many assembly instructions aren’t written, just pictures of parts with arrows that defy you to put it together.

I don’t know how they ever put up with that!

Remember, all the parts and fastener sizes are metric.

Just like with Legos.