I too use the tape on the end of a pencil. Just like Joe said, ". . . works like a charm."
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."
Psychology!
Funny remarks in the answers means everybody feel him/herself silly when it happens. Just like being angry with myself when cutting my fingers during cooking.
tape on the end of a pencil works like a charm. iv'e used it for years. once the evil forces realize they no longer irritate you the problem stops :)
It happens to the best of us. Just tell people it's a rattlesnake rattle given to you by a blind shaman when you played a rendition of Shady Grove that cured him of gout during the blizzard of '78. Hey, it's a better story than "I dropped my pick."
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Dusty T., Northern California
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As a musician, you have to keep one foot back in the past and one foot forward into the future.
-- Dizzy Gillespie
A knitting needle with some chewing gum?
(When the dulciner when moved makes a rattling sound: it's made by balls of hard chewing gum)
Playing the guitar it happened a lot to me, but not anymore. One is able to grow over it... 
About loosing picks, in my case placing them on hidden spots in the house. I bought a 72 pieces bag, which makes them much more cheaper. I thought I had enough for the next two years. Wrong! I found them againover time, so the bag has a stable amout of 63 picksover theyears!
