Crap Tips

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

'Things to do with...plastic cd cases. Save lots and paint them with letters for a giant scrabble board'

This handy tip was in last weeks Pick me Up magazine. Why!? and What!?

Share some please, real or made up. I need cheering up.

Oh but you can click to open image in new tab, then it's a stand alone url. Pain in the arse though.

PMSL at Ruth and Stephen Newton.

Ruth and Steve - just try sex. It's great. Occupies your time and everything.

I don't think that Ruth and Steve have tried all their tips - surely if you hang a bar of soap in a mesh bag on your garden tap, the soap will just get washed away when it rains.

I agree this thread should be in Classics - I love it!!

And who wants their clothes to smell of soap?

I agree they need to spice up their sex life a little.

have requested that this go into MN classics - just got email from Catherine MNHQ who says consider it done

We definatly need to try and get into one of these mags with a tip... See if we can get the bat in the background

I think the 'add ears to any soft toy to make an easter toy' would work, with the bat as the pic.

Can I steal the idea and submit it? Who said it first?

I love the language in tips - it is always 'pop' instead of 'put'.

Actually, it is possible to refill roll on deodorants - I remember DS's toddler group used to fill them with paint for the little ones to paint with - it worked veryt well & saved a lot of mess, but I was never involved with refilling them, so I have no idea how they did it.
Possibly you could lever the ball out with a nail file?

My sister sent me a tip cut from Take a Break (with picture).

A woman suggested that if you wanted to give yourself a pedicure in a B&B, use the sachets of sugar to keep your toes apart when trimming.

Then, of course, you can replace them for the next occupant...

I've already submitted the bat, Trillian. under the name Emily Trout (which is not my real name )

Milkshakes
Tuesday 27th February 2007

If your kids love frothy milkshakes and you can't afford a milkshake maker, fill a cafetiere with milkshake powder and milk. Just pump the plunger up and down to make tasty shakes.

Suzanne Halkyard, 35, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire

Is this thread still going, I showed this to my DH last night, he thought it was well funny. He was especially taken with the potato peelings on botched fake tan, he said she had the worst nagasaki tan he'd ever seen.

Can't read this thread am on my lunch break and about to have some funny looks from the people in my office. It's OK that my eyes are watering as I have a cold but I think they think I'm crying.
For the record, I'm up to By FioFio on Wed 11-Mar-09 16:09:07. PMSL. Hope DS goes to bed early tonight.

oooh I've got one:

Have an argument with a colleague before MNing at lunchtime. That way when you are laughing hysterically behind your monitor they will think you are sobbing inconsollably, feel bad and leave you alone.

Look at the face of the glow in the dark dog !

You sure it's not your name Soupy? I have a friend with the name Haddock. (no, really)

Look at page 375 on pick me up tips. That is such a poor excuse for her to get a pic of herself in her bikini in the magazine. I wonder if she's trying to get into nuts or zoo, well I guess everyone has got to start somewhere eh!

Feed the birds
Monday 30th April 2007
I really love birds and it's great to have them in the garden twittering away. To tempt them in, I go to the all-night supermarket and buy the cheap bread when they're selling it off. Then I cut the loaf in half and wedge it onto the top of my washing line.

I know a Haddock too TrillianAstra !

OK couldn't resist and am now caught up.
I have one, shamelessly stolen from "Baby Proofing your marriage" (Great book, can recommend buying it to burn). This tip was made in all seriousness, along with the ones about having a few nights out before your child is one month old etc.

Learn how to give blow jobs. You husband will think you're wonderful AND you won't ever have to have sex again.

Oh it's in classics! (slow emoticon)

Hoorays

A Haddock is not the same as a Trout though.

I don't think they're going to publish my tip mind you

This woman needs more than tights to get her hair in control

www.pickmeupmagazine.co.uk/tip_offs/index.php?&&73&72&73&72&73&68&69&70&71&72&&&&2&5&8&1&4&7&0&3&6&9 &2&5&8&1&4&5&6&7&8&9&0&1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&0&1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&0&1&2&3&4&7&8&9&0&1&2&page=93

What did you say?

"If you have material blinds or curtains by your sink, pop them in a plastic bag while you're washing up, to prevent them getting splashed and stained. "

Or perhaps simply wash up more carefully