The Gorreven Papers — 11 of 23

Section 11 - MacGyver's Mop and Shovel

A thin-handled implement is a kind of thing.

Instead of examining a thin-handled implement (called the handle) when the dustpan is part of the handle:

say "It's sporting a dustpan attached to the end of its handle."

The mop is a thin-handled implement in the Janitor's Closet. The broom is a thin-handled implement in the Janitor's Closet.

The pail, the vacuum cleaner, some dirty rags, and the dustpan are things in the Janitor's Closet.

Instead of examining the dustpan when the dustpan is part of a thin-handled implement (called the stick):

say "The dustpan is fixed onto the end of [the stick]."

Instead of examining the dustpan:

say "The dustpan ends in a round, hollow, cone-shaped handle."

Instead of putting the dustpan on a thin-handled implement (called the handle):

try tying the dustpan to the handle instead.

Instead of putting an object on a thin-handled implement:

say "You can't see how to attach [the noun] to [the second noun]."

Instead of tying the dustpan to a thin-handled implement:

say "You twist [the noun] snugly onto to the end of [the second noun].";

now the noun is part of the second noun.