- Many phone charger cords fit snugly in Lego figurine hands.
- As one Twitter user pointed out, it can help keep your phone charger from slipping off your desk.
- The tweet went viral and now everyone is sharing their setups.
Smart phones are great. What's not so great? When your phone charging cord repeatedly slips off your desk or table as you're trying to charge it.
No more. Rebecca Shapiro, an assistant professor at the University of Guelph in Canada, posted a picture on Twitter that offers an elegant solution.
She has a Lego figurine standing on her desk holding her charging cord. It turns out, the width of many charging cords fit snugly in the hands of Lego people.
Just discovered that LEGO hands are the perfect size for making sure your phone charger doesn’t fall off your desk pic.twitter.com/EMMoQkdpb1
— Rebecca Shapiro (@ShapiroRebecca) May 8, 2018
The tweet inspired other people to do the same and share their own setups.
Lord Garmadon protects my charger. pic.twitter.com/RTcU8UY41G
— John Temple (@John_Temple74) May 9, 2018
My little LEGO family at work! pic.twitter.com/7qU4mh7kPq
— Katie Edwards (@walshedwards) May 8, 2018
My little LEGO family at work! pic.twitter.com/7qU4mh7kPq
— Katie Edwards (@walshedwards) May 8, 2018
— Benny the Spaceman (@LEGOBenny) May 9, 2018
Yep! Standing on the shoulders of giants:) pic.twitter.com/44fvHaadwV
— Nika Adamian (@nikaadamian) May 8, 2018
I use the LEGO shark to prevent my (thinner) phone charging cable from slipping off the desk when the phone is not attached. pic.twitter.com/d5zKaV7p2j
— Patrick Fink (@aquafink) May 9, 2018
Thanks for the idea! My wonderful girlfriend and her daughter hooked me up! pic.twitter.com/I4knRO3gX1
— JonTheGeek (@JonTheGeek) May 9, 2018
Yeah ... it's working 😃😂. pic.twitter.com/pO2qsuxx8U
— Raynna arts (@Raynna_arts) May 9, 2018
Brilliant! Sue, my Lego desk dinosaur, loves her new job! Just look at that toothy grin! pic.twitter.com/euZ2K6SvsB
— Amy Frappier (@AmyFrappier) May 9, 2018
"other duties as assigned"pic.twitter.com/qmuNA5uuUi
— Laura Tesseract of the d’Urbervilles Braunstein (@laurabrarian) May 9, 2018
Hey, thanks! pic.twitter.com/a5uyPTiKng
— Mgoozey (@mgoozey) May 9, 2018
LEGO @scottwalker is holding my phone charger in place, thanks to @ShapiroRebecca’s keen insight. This is one thing Walker can’t screw up. pic.twitter.com/Av8T2Ov7mh
— Scot Ross (@rossacrosswi) May 10, 2018
It's a small task, but sometimes heroes need to do it.
— The Dualers (@TheDualers) May 9, 2018
This is my Star Wars team supporting my cables ... pic.twitter.com/89djbpgtC8
— Satu Salin (@SatuSalin) May 9, 2018
The method could also help with keeping the charger up on your car dashboard.
On the dashboard of my bus keeping my phone charger cable to hand....@ShapiroRebecca@lilmissphillipspic.twitter.com/SehuzWmLqR
— 🥁Mike Ellis🥁 (@drum_puppy) May 9, 2018
Some people used other toys to save their cords from slipping.
Here’s mine from 2014! pic.twitter.com/RosnbBH6b2
— Hughsie (@hughsie75) May 9, 2018
LEGO hands are cool, but I leave my cord wrangling to the pros... RIP Steve Irwin,, Daynja, daynja, daynja pic.twitter.com/uuGc72uhCp
— Ben Kahler (@ben_man21) May 9, 2018
So if you're having trouble keeping your phone charger on your desk, dust off your old box of Legos and build yourself a solution.
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