Plumbing with chopsticks
Picture the scene. You are called into the bathroom by a distressed female voice belonging to your partner/mother/sister/stranger who has lost one of her earrings down the drain. You peer into the sink, and sure enough, see something glittering way down the pipe. Its out of reach and telekinesis is not an option. No problem, she says, get some gum and a chopstick. Following her instructions (do NOT ask why she can not do this herself) you chew the gum, wrap it around the end of the chopstick and "fish" for the earring while holding the flashlight in your mouth. You fail to retrieve the earring but do manage to catch the gum on the side of the pipe and knock it free of the chopstick. Now, not only is the earring lost but the drain is half clogged by the gum. Not a problem, you think, its close to the top, I'll just re-catch it on the chopstick and hook it out. You succeed in getting the chopstick under the gum and even manage to get it a few millimeters closer when the gum re-catches on the side and a particular twist of your wrist slips the chopstick from your fingers. It and the gum (magically no longer stuck) plummet out of sight. The entire chopstick, not to mention gum and earring, have completely vanished into the plumbing. You are now on the flooring laughing. You need to be down there anyway to unscrew the trap, so you half crawl under the sink and set about doing that. Meanwhile other family members have arrived, attracted by the crisis, to stare dumbfound at your legs as you cackle to yourself from inside the cabinet.