How Long is the Piece of String?

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From series 6, How long is a piece of string? Depends how big your string measuring lobster is.
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In this Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA and Emmy Award-nominated entertainment show, Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies (Man Down, Cuckoo), with the help of his loyal assistant Alex Horne (The Horne Section and the show’s creator), sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper-competitive comedians.
Comedians that have risked life, limb, and dignity in the hope of making the Taskmaster proud so far include: Frank Skinner (The Frank Skinner Show), Mel Giedroyc (The Great British Bake Off), Romesh Ranganathan (Asian Provocateur), Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’ Diary), Rose Matafeo (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2018), and Russell Howard (The Russell Howard Hour). Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.

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@ShinyHubCaps 2 жыл бұрын

Someone pointed this out on the full episode, but the 5 contestants measure in feet, meters, inches, miles, and lobsters.

@tdarkhorse4 2 жыл бұрын

technically the lobsters was a conversion from centimeters, but still funny.

@oz459 2 жыл бұрын

@@tdarkhorse4 well everything can be a conversion from centimeters

@himagain803 2 жыл бұрын

METRES.

@tokeivo 2 жыл бұрын

@@himagain803 no no, he just mentioned the lobster twice (or spells in American, or used his native way of spelling the word that is pronounced "meter")

@oz459 2 жыл бұрын

@@himagain803 meter is correct

@sweetananas2967 2 жыл бұрын

Liza “It’s the sort of thing you dream about when you’re 7”. Cue Tim taking 15 minutes longer than anyone else to get to the caravan because he channelled his inner 7 year old self 🤣

@doornik1142 Жыл бұрын

To be fair, I think he's doing that most of the time.

@cazzabojangles 2 жыл бұрын

Tim spending the whole series wearing a belt around his middle when he really needed one for his shorts is a mood

@Romeren 2 жыл бұрын

reading this is such a mood

@martinszymanski2607 2 жыл бұрын

@@Romeren replying to you is such a mood.........

@robertsandiford6223 4 ай бұрын

What's a mood?

@squeakyelbows 5 күн бұрын

@@robertsandiford6223 A mood is a feeling.

@robertsandiford6223 5 күн бұрын

@@squeakyelbows A person wearing a belt isn't a feeling though.

@petgoose32 2 жыл бұрын

Alex: "Lisa was 21000 lobsters out." Lisa: "Understandable, have a nice day."

@SullySadface 3 ай бұрын

The best part is he counted wrong. Each wind around the lobster should have been counted as 2, due to it running the length of the lobster twice.

@justyourlocalrat7 Ай бұрын

@ShadowHawk2012 2 жыл бұрын

It's a long standing taskmaster tradition for Alex to measure things in non-typical measurements, I'd have just taken the 308 lobsters as a final answer :D

@yourmum69_420 2 жыл бұрын

yeah it's messed up that he insisted on converting it. Why are "feet" ok, but not "lobsters"?

@Elwaves2925 2 жыл бұрын

Tim should have replied with "It's not part of the task to measure the lobster and no unit of measurement was defined in that task."

@mikegreen3485 2 жыл бұрын

Although Alex asks for the length of the lobster, in the studio results they have allowed for Tim to use "lobster" as a unit of measurement. In the caravan, Tim gives the length of the lobster as "about 30cm" but, in the studio, Alex provides Tim's guess using a different conversion (1 lobster = 1 foot) so we can assume Tim's conversion was not taken into account (the difference between a foot and 30cm is marginal but would make a big difference over a length so long).

@sjs9698 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikegreen3485 even taking the fairly small difference into account, he was still closest by far... which is impressive luck given that one wrap round the lobster was waaay off a foot or 30cm & he only managed to get lucky based on the number of times he missed the lobster & wrapped his hand instead :p a true triumph of luck over skill.

@yourmum69_420 2 жыл бұрын

@@sjs9698 well I mean no one else came close to measuring it accurately anyway

@themomaw 2 жыл бұрын

I had high hopes for Alice, it initially seemed like she was going to apply some science and make a sensible attempt. I guess she didn't notice the lobster.

@jrd33 2 жыл бұрын

Easy to overlook a lobster in the heat of the moment.

@josemaria8177 2 жыл бұрын

"Lobster" is just as logical as other imperial units of measure like "stone" to be honest

@peterclarke7240 2 жыл бұрын

Or any unit of measurement, really. They just have to adhere to a consistent internal logic that people understand and can measure with. It's like the cup system in the US (for cooking, not measuring bra size). Remarkably simple but effective way of measuring out volumes, all you need is a set of measuring cups and you're away.

@nicosmind3 2 жыл бұрын

Well the metre was meant to be a fraction of the distance of the pole to the equator yet the French managed to get that wrong yet we've stuck with it. Old measurements were based off people. So they're all arbitrary really, yet the metre is technically wrong, you can't say the same about the stone however :P

@taserrr 2 жыл бұрын

@@peterclarke7240 No it's not, not at all! It's very easy to convert metric system units into other units. 1 mm = 1000 meter, 1meter = 1 kilometer. 1 squared meter = 1000 liter in volume. 1 ml = 1 liter. Water freezes at 0 degrees and it boils at 100 degrees. Now tell me, how many feet is a square mile? And what are the dimensions of a gallon?

@Stevo_1998 2 жыл бұрын

@@taserrr ??? "How many feet is a square mile" Length =/= Area "Dimensions of a gallon" 3xLength =/= Volume Also, you've _completely_ missed the point they were making "They just have to adhere to a consistent internal logic that people understand and can measure with" People who grew up with and have used the imperial measurement system for most of their lives can easily use it Just because you yourself cannot doesn't mean it's impossible that it makes sense to others - especially those from hundreds of years ago who used imperial measurements every day their entire lives

@taserrr 2 жыл бұрын

@@Stevo_1998 No they can't I just explained why. Most people that grew up with imperial system don't know how many feet go into a mile or what the dimensions of a gallon are.

@alyburr6645 2 жыл бұрын

I think Alice should have gotten more credit for her method in this task, I mean "this piece of string" is vague enough that that should have counted

@casper1004 2 жыл бұрын

It's the same as "this flame". When she read it out, she identified the specific piece of string in question. The answer she gave was to a part of the specific string in question. Kind of clever, but I don't think it should count

@danielsteffee7957 Жыл бұрын

Did the instructions specify not cutting the string? Because if not, "measure the string" could start to have an ambiguous meaning after it's cut and it's no longer one string but two. For instance, imagine if Alice had been asking Alex to point at the string that needs measured, and continue pointing even after she cuts it.

@motodog242 3 ай бұрын

All depends of the Taskmaster’s decision. Greg said no, so she only got 2 points.

@kingcole55 2 жыл бұрын

The quickest and most accurate answer is to define the unit of measurement relative to the string. Tell em its 4 Glorfars and then tell em a Glorfar is a unit of measurement defined as that piece of string divided by 4.

@OmnipotentPotato 2 жыл бұрын

Or just say it's one string long

@devbom878 Жыл бұрын

Since Alex asked how long a lobster was, he would most likely also ask you how long a Glorfar is.

@kingcole55 Жыл бұрын

@@devbom878 It is the length of the string divided by 4

@maxmustermann1111 Жыл бұрын

isnt the lobster method not SUPER wrong, but due to a mistake super right? He counted 308. 308 times wrapping around the lobster is actually 616 times the length of a lobster because you have 1 times the lenght going head to tail, and then 1 times the length going back tail to head. Estimating the lobster at 1 foot, he should have guessed 616 feet had he used this method correctly. However either his counting or his estimate of the lobster length is so far off, that he actually got really close to the correct answer by accident :D

@fortunewookie191 2 жыл бұрын

Glad Tim won this. Not only did he get it right but he was the only entertaining one in this task

@boneyarsebogman 2 жыл бұрын

Liza's attitude to tasks is 99% how I approach most stuff in life.

@moredac2881 2 жыл бұрын

I love how Alice asks for scissors so nicely

@AynnCross 2 жыл бұрын

“Lobsters” seems to be as logical a unit of measurement as any, to be honest.

@ghosthunter0950 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely better than feet.

@Joshualacruz 2 жыл бұрын

_Laughs in metric_

@NotAnAmerican Жыл бұрын

I rekon the little bit of paper on the end had the full length written down. Remember, dont start the tasks too quick without looking around

@johnwatkins3824 2 жыл бұрын

I remember this saying rather well. Also the day I got the answer. A little old lady I was talking to responded with “twice as long as it is from the middle to the end”. Wise old lady 👍

@ThatSchnee 9 ай бұрын

Over a year later and the lobsters bit always makes me laugh

@peterclarke7240 2 жыл бұрын

Love how Liza has a multitool about her person. She seems like someone who'd bosh up a set of shelves during her lunchbreak without a moment's hesitation. My kind of lady. Plus she's not shy about knowing the best place for a profiterole, and the fastest way of getting it there. 😂

@Himechinachae Жыл бұрын

Isn't this filmed in the UK? And aren't locking knives illegal in the UK?

@ulfjohnsen6203 2 жыл бұрын

This is the day I realised that my feet are a lobster long...

@Sirenhound 2 жыл бұрын

"How long do you think the lobster is?" That wasn't the task Alex! And you didn't specify the unit of measurement.

@MysterySeeker 2 жыл бұрын

They did take his lobster measurement seriously though, so even if Tim had miscalculated the lobster's length, he still would have won

@OmnipotentPotato 2 жыл бұрын

The string is about one string long. You didn't specifics the unit!

@outeast999 Жыл бұрын

Outrageous that Alice didn't get at least second. She measured the piece of string she chose quite accurately.

@edopronk1303 Жыл бұрын

@@kevinl3875the question was vague enough to give possiblities to argue. "This piece of string". It doesn't say exactly which piece. It doesn't say 'the whole string before you' or something.

@squiglemcsquigle8414 9 ай бұрын

Taskmaster rewards you for defending how you did the task. She didn't even try. She could've done a lot better in the series hlif she backed herself

@nicosmind3 2 жыл бұрын

As bad as Aasm's guess was he was still second 😂😂

@Brain-washed2 2 жыл бұрын

it wasn't really a bad guess, it couldn't have been more than 1000. just kinda feel it out how much you walked.

@TimEd.o7o7 2 жыл бұрын

Just as amusing as the first time I saw it. Lobster on the Vine.

@travelwell6049 2 жыл бұрын

Rhod Gilbert gets away with the ridiculous satsuma in A sock scenario and Alice can’t say how long “the piece” of string is, when it doesn’t say how long is the ball of string.

@Watesoftheoasis 2 жыл бұрын

"This" piece of string

@gyroscope915 2 жыл бұрын

It's all about how you argue it. If she had argued more heavily what "This piece" of string meant she could have taken it. You have to commit

@iliketrains3495 Жыл бұрын

@@gyroscope915 Yeah exactly this, it also explains why Lee Mack got away with breaking the plates after completing the task but Joe Lycett still got penalised for eating chocolate given Lee successfully made an argument

@memmermiller 2 жыл бұрын

Was the correct answer on the tag at the end of the string?

@DJChrisNeon Жыл бұрын

Came here to ask the same. Nobody saw it, and normally when that happens they at least address it at the end ("Look under the table"), but they just didn't.

@a20axf 2 жыл бұрын

Of course Tim would win the task and be stupidly close in such a Tim way 😂 Pretty amazing, I reckon if he’d managed to count that last bit of string at the 10 sec mark he would’ve got it almost spot on. Alice arguably could’ve won it if she’d reasoned well enough “how long is a piece of string? As long as you want it to be” or something similar. Depends on the wording of the task constraints.

@SusceptibleToPie 2 жыл бұрын

Technically 1 wrap of the lobster is 2 x the length of the lobster, so Tim’s guess should’ve been double the amount when converted to metric?

@azaleapoison3593 2 жыл бұрын

I thought this as well BUT judging by the fact that Tim was not off by many "lobsters" I believe that lobster was roughly 15cm in length (looking at the footage that looks right) and the fact that he said 30cm then there was no need to double the amount he counted. He either knew this or really thought it was 30cm but it turned out to work in his favour.. I'm guessing the latter xD

@delphic464 2 жыл бұрын

If we are too judge the "lobster" by the same standards of other imperial measurements, a lobster can be whatever the hell Tim wants it to be (see: Paces vs. Steps). As to the other comments about not Alex not actually measuring the plastic lobster: Same As above (see: Barley Corn vs. Inch)

@ElysianAura 2 жыл бұрын

@@azaleapoison3593 No, I think he doubled the lobster count based on how far he was on it. He was in the lower half of the 100s nearing the end of the task, probably got 154 and did x2 on it.

@lostnamenowwhoami Жыл бұрын

I was looking for this, thinking nobody caught that

@andreaskarlsson5251 Жыл бұрын

Tim deserved a bonus point for inventing the lobster system!

@criddlegakes2650 2 жыл бұрын

The greatest twist in television history.

@bassett_green 2 жыл бұрын

Changing from 200 meters to 500 feet is hilarious

@drafezard7315 2 жыл бұрын

Would be except he changed from 210 *feet* to 500 feet.

@bassett_green 2 жыл бұрын

oh you're right, I have no idea how I misheard that

@christopherlawrence6815 Жыл бұрын

5:42 the way Alice says “thank you”, I totally fell in love at that point

@jayrogers1007 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the measurement was on that little tag on the end of the string

@reecejamesg 2 жыл бұрын

Tim vine is just brilliant

@pallsmortion4750 2 жыл бұрын

Good to see a tie in with this week's podcast 👍

@daniel_wilkinson 2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't that be a kick if the length was written on the back of that piece of paper at the beginning.

@nadnerb2k 2 жыл бұрын

Or on that piece of paper with the pointing finger hanging on the caravan door

@Allaloneatron 2 жыл бұрын

Or on the tag at the end of it.

@thomas5311 2 жыл бұрын

For some reason, I always pictured the room with the big Taskmaster painting in to be on the first floor, not ground level.

@kristianstipe 6 ай бұрын

Me too!

@bradleywalker8642 5 күн бұрын

First floor IS ground level, isn't it?? Wouldn't upstairs be a 2nd floor??

@thomas5311 5 күн бұрын

@@bradleywalker8642 UK numbering is Ground, First, Second etc.

@rajeevarya8387 7 ай бұрын

1:20 Tim saying ‘pardon’ after the car horn made me laugh way more than I should have done.

@alexkerslake8562 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched every taskmaster video on this channel. This was posted already on August 31. I was excited for a new one :(

@stevenlarratt3638 Жыл бұрын

The taskmaster card at the end of the string had the precise measurment on it...

@DJChrisNeon Жыл бұрын

I assumed as much, but it's never made clear in the show. I'm guessing you know this as fact? I'd just love to know for sure :)

@hughgordon6435 Жыл бұрын

The piece of string is exactly double the length from the middle to the end😅, technically correct and impossible to prove wrong😊

@Lumpiluk 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how these tasks are being set up while the contestants are presumably already on the premises. Was there a lab-only task before and the crew arranged the string while that was being filmed?

@yaoitiddieexpert1486 2 жыл бұрын

i dont think that they are... the filming of TM takes months

@Elwaves2925 2 жыл бұрын

@@yaoitiddieexpert1486 It takes a while yes, but contestants will do several tasks in a single day. So at some point, other tasks are being set up while the contestant is on the premises. They don't just turn up for one task at a time.

@Elwaves2925 2 жыл бұрын

If it isn't a lab task, they're probably asked (while being watched) to stay in a certain room or the caravan, so they can't see what's going on. On a number of occasions we've seen them with cups of coffee/tea, so that's one way of keeping them in the kitchen.

@MrForbinator 2 жыл бұрын

There will be a canteen for food and a green room for waiting about. Thew are probably a couple of dozen crew around that need feeding etc. So plenty of places to wait.

@00chips 2 жыл бұрын

There's an unshown room in the house which the contestants use as a green room that they have to stay in between tasks.

@martinschmidt1652 9 ай бұрын

And we all know at the label on the 3nd of the string the exact length was written..

@leeburridge1232 7 ай бұрын

Tim left the caravan!

@bow2deathwish 2 жыл бұрын

i cant believe how happy i am the lobster strat won.

@jillkearns525 2 жыл бұрын

I’m the only that thought the answer would be on the back of the label on the end of the string?

@gambonianca 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed they showed that piece of paper at end of string a couple of times and I was sure the sneaky bastards were going to have the answer written on back of it

@Peraou 2 жыл бұрын

I NEED to know what that label said bc that was my thought as well 😅

@bluegaming4688 2 жыл бұрын

Know matter how long a piece of string its always double from the middle to the end 👍

@Tropper73 8 ай бұрын

Tim was an amazing player

@Nyahgis 8 ай бұрын

:30 seconds in you can see the answer on the card as Tim stands infront of the mailbox.

@davidjones6470 2 жыл бұрын

Tim vine Legend 🤘

@jackbrown4130 2 жыл бұрын

Same distance from either end!

@hippopotamus86 2 жыл бұрын

Before I watch the rest, I'm guessing that the real answer is how long the entire ball is as it's one piece of string. Probably some set amount like 50/75 meters or something.

@kahvipaputyyppi Ай бұрын

If it looks stupid but works, it aint stupid.

@SSR00000 Жыл бұрын

Stretch your one arm level with your shoulder....from the tips of your fingers to your opposite shoulder in a straight line is usually about 1 meter in an average adult.

@8outof10catzDOOM 2 жыл бұрын

You could have just googled balls of string and seen what sizes they sell in, then use your eyes to determine which one would be closer.

@willch.2259 2 жыл бұрын

They probably cut some off in advance

@bertt646 2 жыл бұрын

If it looks stupid, but it works, it's not stupid.

@Scarletcroft 2 жыл бұрын

Words to live by.

@etherkye2 2 жыл бұрын

The length of a piece of string is exactly twice the distance from the middle to an end

@motodog242 3 ай бұрын

I mean, it’s obvious what was on the card attached to the string, still would’ve been nice to see.

@6DunJuan9 8 ай бұрын

Twice the distance from the middle to one end..the exact length of a piece of string

@theshadowswithin9896 Жыл бұрын

CM is just abbreviated for Crustacean Meters.

@YAHaqabNatsariym2701 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t let nasa know about the lobster measurement or they’ll screw that up too!

@noukhollands Жыл бұрын

Took 15 minutes to get to the task but took 5 points off the task

@DaddyDragon 9 ай бұрын

Surely, the correct answer is - 'Twice the distance from the middle to one end.'

@adamplace1414 2 жыл бұрын

Can someone post a link, or even a title, of the piece of music at 0:27 ? I assume it's a Horne Section composition but I could be wrong. The show uses it all the time but I haven't found it yet, and it's one of my favorite pieces of background music for TV ever. Even an alternate version would be great.

@haunter4708 2 жыл бұрын

I would have just answered with “very long”. May not be specific, but it’s accurate.

@bandedcat10 Жыл бұрын

I have a similar model if not the same multitool and it has a little ruler on one side lol

@MarmaLloyd 2 жыл бұрын

Keep halving the string until you can estimate the length then X the both. Ask the guy to guide the end for you as you pull it in

@ProjecTJAD 2 жыл бұрын

Surprised nobody cut a length off, weighed and guess "measured" it, then weighed the whole lot, thought Alice was onto that when she got scissors

@emilylaidlaw2980 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought for sure one of them would've started rewinding the string to few centimetres or something similar aswell Actually ignore me I've just realized they probably meant the whole ball not just the unwound bit😂

@jrd33 2 жыл бұрын

How would they weigh it?

@jimwilliams1536 2 жыл бұрын

A piece of string is half as long as twice it's length.

@Nocturnalvoodoo Жыл бұрын

Bloody hell thats so funny

@camyron 2 жыл бұрын

I'd have looked at the ball of string still attached to the rest of the string, asked Alex if it counted, when told "that's up to you" asked if someone could find the packaging the string came in, and given the total length of the ball of string. probably about 1000 ft, and got ~2 points.

@dawnlawson7254 2 жыл бұрын

the label you see fluttering as Tim walks in has the length printed on it iirc from the episode itself.

@OmnipotentPotato 2 жыл бұрын

I would say the string is about one string long. I mean, they didn't specify the unit of measurement.

@benvallentine7197 Жыл бұрын

The length of a piece of string is double the length from one end to the centre.

@hoagy_ytfc 2 жыл бұрын

Liza Tarbuck is a national treasure.

@qwertyTRiG 2 жыл бұрын

I quite enjoyed Alice's approach.

@johanhalvarsson2148 2 жыл бұрын

She just needed to burn the rest of it.

@qwertyTRiG 2 жыл бұрын

@@johanhalvarsson2148 That would be neat!

@Joshualacruz 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! I would have done the same!

@leonhardeuler675 4 ай бұрын

I would have probably hoped that the string was sold in some kind of sensible unit in the first place and 100m would have been a fairly good guess anyway. Still, I'd be barely closer than Tim measuring in Lobsters.

@andrew2431 2 жыл бұрын

Twice the distance from the centre

@tezzasbigbuz3933 2 жыл бұрын

A piece of string is exactly half as long as one twice as long as it.!!!

@ceekay3143 5 ай бұрын

Is there a "behind the scenes" segment where they show you what things they had set up to make the task easier? I feel like I saw another ball of string sitting on the table inside the caravan. I'd have spent 30 seconds rummaging through the caravan to see if there was a measuring tape, and might have found that one.

@tpilot_error404 3 ай бұрын

Anybody curious about the piece of paper at the end of the string ??

@TheSkepticSkwerl 7 ай бұрын

I mean. They only sell the string in certain lengths. In England usually 25, 50 and 100 meters. I'm surprised no one just said 100 meters

@jingato Жыл бұрын

I would have used RSU for the unit of measurement. (Rolled String Units)

@WolfRose11 Жыл бұрын

any knitter or crocheter would ask for a scale weigh the ball and then measure a portion of that ball and weigh that and multiply.

@snazzypazzy 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, my thought exactly, right when I heard the task for the first time. Even if you only know the weight and can estimate the yarn type you can get a pretty decent guess in.

@mysalival100 2 жыл бұрын

Can I just say I got this almost to the meter because those balls are sold in 100m 🤷 seemed logical

@ExpatNatt 2 жыл бұрын

I had the exact same approach to Alice at the start of the video and tbf the instructions says “a” bit of string not all of it?! 😂😂

@Furiends Жыл бұрын

Note that your degree of error with a non-standard unit, in this case "the lobster" is linear. Further your inaccurate use of the instrument "the lobster" depending on how it's used can actually average out. You can use this to your advantage. In that case it introduces exactly one "lobster" of error. That means in total your worse case is an error of 200%. That's pretty good for making up a unit and very sloppily using an instrument. It's actually really a good idea to use these principals in your every day life. Degrees of accuracy are hard to understand. But even with no understanding of what you're doing and making it up as you go as long as you're methodical you'll get a degree of accuracy that's good enough to evaluate yourself. Yeah this is a silly game show meant to appeal to prime time TV but it's actually showing a really really good piece of advice you aren't really taught in school.

@kenchristie9214 2 жыл бұрын

A piece of string is 3 inches long if it's Simpson's Stringettes, and it's super absobant. Handy for tying messages to pigeons' feet or flogging rats to death.

@jrd33 2 жыл бұрын

Monty Python? I've heard that before but can't place it.

@kenchristie9214 2 жыл бұрын

@@jrd33 It's on the Contractual Obligation album. Also, "I Like Chinese" so much, I married one. Best decision of my life. Married 48 years.

@samanthaberner3605 2 жыл бұрын

All I want to know is if the answer was on that tag on the end of the string

@africansinclair 2 жыл бұрын

Its double the distance of the halved string. You're welcome.

@GavTatu 2 жыл бұрын

how long ? twice that of the centre point.

@bradstev14 2 жыл бұрын

Twice as long as half of it. Done.

@gyroscope915 2 жыл бұрын

So basically Lobsters are a fairly accurate unit of measurement

@anemone9895 2 жыл бұрын

Double half of its length

@shawnfromportland 2 жыл бұрын

commenting because i don't see anyone with my solution: i would have googled on my phone for different packages of string and chosen the one that most closely resembled the remaining spool