To think I might get money for a tip in a magazine?

[Lindah1]

Just that really, have some ideas which seem loads better than what you read in the mags, anyone had any cash for yours?

and still theres more

how would those placemats work though? Wouldn’t they be all wobbly when you put stuff on then?

This thread is brilliant. The after dinner mint toothpaste one is my favourite so far.

I often wonder what goes through people's minds though to come up with these ideas in the first place. If I needed new slippers or a set of bunny ears, my first second, third, any number thought would not involve sanitary pads!

Best tip i ever read, years ago. 'Dont want the expense of a four poster bed? Just put a pop-up tent on your normal bed'.

I wonder if they realise that their ‘designer’ of choice is terrible for your teeth 😂

@Tinysarah

I think the functionality of those bottle-top craft placemats is the very least of their problems...

How did I not know about these tip thingys?! I've missed so much.

@skittlesandbeer oh yes, they do have other issues i’m sure 😆
My nan read in one of them about putting old cds on strings in the garden to scare away the birds. We went round there and it was like a naff disco with the sun reflecting off them all. The image of gramps then loosing his rag with them after he headbutted one for the 10th time when he was digging up his spuds and carrots will last me a lifetime! Heck it even got a mention at his funeral.

I always thought they were like a reporter challenge.
People who want to be serious reporters sitting around in a room drinking gin and who ever thinks up the weirdest one passes the I’m a reporter test

Love the vegetable wreath for a funeral 🤣🤣🤣

Placemarking , great thread

Viz had the best ones:

Fill a metal cigar case with angry bees to make an inexpensive vibrator.

Joyriders - spend the day in a chest freezer so later that night the Police helicopter infrared camera won't detect you!

My very first nomination for Classics!

This thread has also made me lol.

I nearly pissed the bed

Another brilliant "parenting" one that I've found....
"Buy a blank canvas and let the kids loose with paint.....I now have a one of a kind art piece from my 15 month old daughter"

I’m pretty sure that’s just called painting.

This thread is hilarious!

Thehotcrossmum on Instagram post great tips from different magazines if you are ever looking for a laugh

Ok, own up. Who has just sent the “Fascinator/bath thingy” to APILN?

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I can't find the picture but my fave ever one was "want to jazz up a tired lamp shade cover it in post it's for a cool new look" it was ridiculous

The bath puff/ fascinator has just been shared by madeformums

So...out there somewhere is a woman wearing a bath puff and a pair of sanitary towel bunny ears, a faded tie-dye bra, decorated sanitary towel slippers or glitter glue shoes on her feet, used tea bags keeping her hands warm, and eating bread sticks and toothpaste from a tray made out of a toilet role and a magazine.

She's living in a house decorated with wallpaper samples and used soft drinks cups, a customised toilet she built from an old chair and a bucket, and she has table mats made from glued together bottle tops, which she's also used to make drawer handles.

She's planning to attend a funeral with a circle of chopped veg as a present and she'll be eating that wreath at the wake with cutlery she keeps in a fancy glass because why buy flowers?

Love this thread

the shower scrunchie is outrageous!

lymphy is it the one where she puts some avacado netting over the lampshade and voila, a funky new lampshade! Disclaimer - other, cheaper fruit netting can also be used if you are on a budget!

Cinderella2018

“Save money. Instead of buying expensive binoculars, simply stand closer to that which you wish to view!”

I nearly choked on my water reading that. What a fabulous tip!