Bar soap / Ivory? rubbed into gas tank leak as sealer.

Foil, even chewing gum foil wrapper, wrapped around blown fuse, re-insert fuse to complete circuit temporarily.

Stuck jar lid: if not going to recycle, pierce lid with church key [or anything else] to release vacuum for eay opening.

Tie a rope loop around two objects, put stick in loop about mid-way between the objects, and twist the stick perpendicular to the rope to bring two ends closer together - or if one end is fixed, drags unfixed object closer to fixed object, that is, pulls or lifts it.

No bait? Wrap a bit of shiny or colored wire, or thread the colored insulation slipped off a wire, onto your hook to attract fish.