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21 Post author: wwa 01 November 2013 10:07PM

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Comment author: erratio 06 November 2013 01:46:26AM 0 points [-]

At the risk of sounding completely vague, your description rings a bell for me. Certain types of plastics, I think? That do that kind of shrinking act as a result of coming into contact with the heat and/or moisture and/or oils on your hand. Hopefully that much information, vague as it is, might help jog someone else's memory.

I can't explain why everyone else ignored it, though.

Comment author: MrMind 06 November 2013 08:11:57AM 0 points [-]

Certain types of plastics, I think? That do that kind of shrinking act as a result of coming into contact with the heat and/or moisture and/or oils on your hand.

I've had the same thought: it shrinked because of the heat or moisture of my hand, but I didn't know there was a plastic that does that. It's interesting though, I'll try to uncover some info.