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Smokin' Tinker Toys 

A phrase used to denote an activity that appears productive however is neither productive nor fun. Can also denote unproductive behavior.

The phrase originates from northeastern Pennsylvania with an anecdote of children pantomiming their cigarette smoking parents by using tinker toys as opposed to more sensible options, such candy cigarettes.
Ex.: “There were piles of paperwork and tickets to process on his desk, but he spent most of the day smokin' tinker toys.”

tinkertoy 

To be very hungover from drinking the night before.
I couldn't get off the couch yesterday. I had a treacherous tinkertoy.
tinkertoy by exitflagger May 6, 2008

Tallahassee Tinkertoy 

When (and this has not been proven to be done yet) a person freezes a piece of shit and then uses it as a dildo.
"Dude, did you hear his girlfriend got a Tallahassee Tinkertoy?"
"No, that's just fucked up."