Mini CD stuck in my drive!

I put a mini-cd inside my optical drive not knowing my drive didn't support these cds and now I can't get it out. Any tips?

I did this once. Never again.
I was able to get it out by put something sticky on a business card. Probably scotch tape. I slid the card in so that the sticky stuff was above the stuck disk. Then I inserted something that was rigid and pushed down on the business card. Obviously one has to be careful when sticking foreign objects into the CD/DVD slot.
After getting the biz card stuck to the disk, I crossed my fingers, told the Mac to eject the disk and pulled gently on the business card.
Might not have gotten it out on the first attempt, but it ultimately worked.
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