What tip have you heard about and been incredulous when it actually works?

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I saw on Twitter that filling a ziplock bag with water and a few coins and hanging it in a doorway/placing it on the doorstep will keep flies out. It seemed such a bizarre suggestion that I thought I would try it and can confirm it works. I've also hung one near the bins and there hasn't been any flies around for a week.
Are there any other tips that I should know?

banana skin for verruca folks, any updates?

During spider season, leave the big skinny spindly ones alone. Let them stay in their nooks and corners of ceilings in their webs and they'll stop the horrible giant black house spiders coming in.

We've always been plagued with both types and every spider gets caught and thrown outside.

However this year I've left all the spindly ones alone...they generally stay up in a corner or nestled behind furniture in one place and they don't bother me. And we've literally never had/seen one big black house spider since!

Honestly for several weeks a year we'd usually have the giant black ones frequently, racing across the floor from under furniture nearly daily - but not since spindly ones have been made welcome.

Oh oh my favourite. Cure for hiccups.

When someone hiccups you say calmly “ I will give you a tenner if you can do that again”.

Works every time.

Hairspray for getting biro stains out of clothes.

Any tips on removing felt tip pen from a cream carpet.... please???

I knew about cleaning tarnished silver with foil and bicarb, but I'd never done it; until I found a couple of silver spoons while clearing out a kitchen drawer during lockdown. (One of those "everything" drawers) It works a treat.

I don’t know about banana peel but the only thing that’s gotten rid of my verrucae completely and permanently is liquid nitrogen. I paid around £50 for a beautician and don’t know if I got ripped of as it seemed quite steep but I was desperate

Does anyone have any tips for the 2:30 at Sandown on Thursday or the Handicap Chase at Leopardstown a week on Friday? Thank you.

Why can't I get the limescale tip to work??

@Nunoftheother

Why can't I get the limescale tip to work??

Are you gently rubbing the 2p or using it to scrape?

Could you tell me how to I find a thread from a few years ago please mumsnetters?
It is called 'Machine washing sofa cushion covers?'
(I was looking at it a few moments ago but had to leave it to log in to post a comment, and then I typed it into the search box but it didn't come up.) Thank yous :)

Have you tried control H and find it in your search history?

Thank you ig :) I looked for it in my history after posting my post - bit daft of me not to do it first! It didn't help tho :( It kindof wasn't there I don't think.
Also - it shouldn't be necessary surely?!
I'm sure Ive had same problem on mumsnet in the past.
Ive just looked up my history with control and H. Much easier than my usual way - excellent thank you :)

place marking

Vicks for stinky feet. Rub it all over clean feet.
Sunshine will remove stains like blood and ketchup
Ketchup will help beat rallies green tinges in hair. Slather it on leave for 10/20 minutes and wash out
Fairy liquid get showers squeaky clean and shiny
Make ice cubes with the juice you will be drinking
Give dogs ice cubes On a hot day
Vinegar will kill smells and is a natural disinfectant the vinegar smell WILL go away
Wash windows with fairy liquid and wipe down with NEWSPAPER for a super sparkly shine
Wash quilt covers and pillow slips inside out for ease. It will be so much easier to put back on
Use an old razor to get bobbles out of clothes
Plants like cold tea to drink

@TheGoldenApplesOfTheSun

It's kind of gross but, spitting onto blood stains to help wash them out! My mum told me this as a teenager when I first got my period. Didn't do it for years, then I tried it - yep, actually helps! My underwear is saved

Why bother spitting? Simply soak in cold water overnight.

Given the seriously heavy periods I suffered from, and DD still does, I haven't got that much spit.

The 2p thing is total magic. I have a freestanding bath and the chrome waste pipes were so awful I was considering replacing them. I just sorted them with a 2 p coin,

Please does anyone have a tip for getting lily pollen out of a white top, I didn’t notice it until it had been through the wash and was about to be ironed.

KEEPING COOL TIPS
Fill a hot water bottle with cold water to keep you cool in hot weather.
In fact just an empty hot water bottle works quite well :)
Or take a frozen plastic bottle of milk out of the freezer & use it as a cold water bottle.

How do Smiley hints below work please?