I repaired a lamp with dental floss.

This is what happens when you grow up watching McGuyver.

Your lamp pull chain breaks and you know you can figure it out.

Dental floss and tweezers is an extremely useful combination.

It did take a little trial and error and one re-do but it's a win.

The lamp actually works better with the dental floss fix than it did with the chain, which kept sticking.

PRO TIP: you have to use old-school string floss, at least double-twisted up, not the tape stuff as shown below. That will work but not for long.

In the end I used mint string floss but cinnamon would have worked just as well.