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Top tips thread aka the really useless tips thread

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Mycatsabastard · 14/08/2016 15:18

Ensure your cake remains moist by eating the whole thing in one sitting

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cheeseandmarmite15 · 14/08/2016 22:05

If you are attacked by a bear, play dead.

It will be good practice for when you actually die a couple of minutes later!

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elephantoverthehill · 14/08/2016 22:08

Or alternatively Trash Don't have teenagers? Leave your sweaty trainers in the middle of the front room and spray liberally with Lynx. Also never buy any crisps so you don't ever have any in the larder.

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 14/08/2016 22:10

OhHolyFuck, please tell me you have the rest of that page. I need to know what Cassie does "heavily" to his "package when it pops out"!

Want a cat? Open the back door, close it, walk to the front, open it, close it and repeat.

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HerdsOfWilderbeest · 14/08/2016 22:10

SCROOGES: Save money at Christmas by returning last year's cards to the sender with the simple inscription "Same to you".

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cheeseandmarmite15 · 14/08/2016 22:11

Eat a few squares of toilet paper after every meal so that your bum will wipe itself!

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TwoLittleBlooms · 14/08/2016 22:12

Cheese I actually do that with the cereal ! Blush

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HerdsOfWilderbeest · 14/08/2016 22:13

EMPLOYERS: Avoid hiring unlucky people by immediately tossing half the CVs into the bin.

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Whataboutwhathuh · 14/08/2016 22:15

Need a quick way of cleaning up after nocturnals? Don't have a handy curtain?

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elephantoverthehill · 14/08/2016 22:16

Erect a tent in the garden and live in it. The house will always be immaculate when you have visitors.

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HerdsOfWilderbeest · 14/08/2016 22:17

Revisit your youth of ringing doorbells and then running away by becoming a DHL delivery driver.

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Stylingwax · 14/08/2016 22:31

actually crying laughing at the shoe potato

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Wooterus · 14/08/2016 22:32

Make friends think you can play the trombone by standing behind a screen and farting into a watering can.

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Mycatsabastard · 14/08/2016 22:39

Save money by not buying special Breakfast biscuits.

Just have normal biscuits instead.

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elephantoverthehill · 14/08/2016 22:47

Wooterus I am interested in this technique of feigning being a maestro. Will I need a plastic or a galvanised watering can?

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woodhill · 14/08/2016 23:00

Loving this

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IggyPopsicle · 14/08/2016 23:08

Save money on expensive cleaning products by simply moving house whenever it starts to look like a bit of a shit hole.

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ZansSerif · 14/08/2016 23:09

I'm crying at the bum will wipe itself one, and the unlucky employees :o

One of my favourites ever from viz involved saving on electricity by not turning the bathroom light on when you go for a wee in the night. Instead, tie a string between the door handle and the toilet seat, then in the night simply straddle the string and slide along it to the toilet bowl.

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HoneyDragon · 14/08/2016 23:18

Save £70 per week on groceries by simply purchasing a £4 chicken to feed your family for the duration instead.

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SoleBizzz · 14/08/2016 23:31

Those slippers had me in stiches.

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Doinmummy · 14/08/2016 23:39

This thread is hilarious GrinGrinGrin

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elephantoverthehill · 14/08/2016 23:43

The slippers needed a few stitches to put them together. Have you tried recreating this craft item SoleBizzz Bet you sneakily have had a go Grin

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Doinmummy · 14/08/2016 23:44

Pretend to be in a lift by painting numbers vertically inside your wardrobe, then stand in it and hum Carpenters songs

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BlobShop2 · 14/08/2016 23:47

Grin We are sure to be seeing Cathy Stratton on the next Apprentice.

I bet she makes jewellery out of old yoghurt pots too.

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Wooterus · 15/08/2016 00:10

elephantoverthehill Plastic is fine if it's all you have on hand, but I find that galvanised will give your performance a certain je ne sais quoi.

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Mycatsabastard · 15/08/2016 11:28

Save money on buying sex toys by creating one out of an old toothbrush and some sandpaper.

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