Lies we tell ourselves in the shop

Last night I was changing the carbide insert in my parting tool. I dropped the Allen wrench I was using. I saw and heard it hit the floor and then it was sucked through a worm hole to an alternate dimension. Never did find it.
This is the machinist's curse! We learn from professor Jim Al-Khalil (easy search on YT) that the Allen wrench was quantum entangled with the event that launched it. It is both "down there somewhere", and also "not there anymore", all at the same time. The space-time warp near the floor by the bench has "disappeared" some larger objects than an Allen wrench!
 
As a physicist, I am constantly amazed by how a falling object can violate the laws of physics.
They fold space, for an indeterminate length of time.
Reappearing when replacements are procured.
Sometimes.....
 
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