Could this, at long last, be the mythical “stick up your ass”?

Sharpen the tip and its a stake!

the key test of the correct answer to this question lies in being able to show up at a hardware store and ask, ” where are the ______ located”

They should then be able to point you in the right direction. As it is, rectangular cross section lengths of wood are scattered in 3 different places. Moulding, larger ones are next to the standard 2×4 studs, and smaller ones are next to the MDF panels.

This is a square dowel.

http://hardware.hardwarestore.com/28-117-wood-dowels/1-x-36-square-dowel–636323.aspx

“Square dowel?”

isn’t that akin to, say, a cubic sphere?

I think it should be called a microbeam, or minibeam. It’s basically the same shape, just smaller.

It’s a BATON silly !