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Crap Tips

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 11/03/2009 15:15

'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.

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Peachy · 24/03/2009 13:05

AIBU to be relieved that back fat lady further down lives half an hour in the other dioection from Blackwood? LOL

Used to love TAB tips, there were alwaysregular ones aboutstoring things in broken tights

PMSL at the vase though, niiiiiice.

Peachy · 24/03/2009 13:05

AIBU to be relieved that back fat lady further down lives half an hour in the other dioection from Blackwood? LOL

Used to love TAB tips, there were alwaysregular ones aboutstoring things in broken tights

PMSL at the vase though, niiiiiice. A pretty glass one costs £0.49p in IKEA.

TrillianAstra · 24/03/2009 13:16

LOL at 'strong buttock muscles'

What did you say?!?

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 24/03/2009 13:41

Oh that's amazing!

I've got a few brilliant ones in this weeks ake a break, although it is the last time I'm buying it as I was horrified at one of the articles.

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SoupDragon · 24/03/2009 14:05

I can't remember!

TrillianAstra · 24/03/2009 14:13

Well I'm sorry Mrs Trout but that;s just not a good enough answer!

clumsymum · 24/03/2009 16:05

I know I'm late joining this, just discovered it today, and spent an hour giggling over it.

But how come no one spotted this one on the take a break site

"Ice pop solution!
Tuesday 16th December 2008

When you give your child an ice pop, put the stick in one of their socks for them to hold onto. This keeps their hands warm and stops any dripping, and you can then put the sock in the wash. Easier than tissue paper, which always breaks apart and ends up on the floor!
Gemma Just, Watford"

Isn't it rather difficult to eat an iced lolly if it's tucked in your sock ??

Monty100 · 24/03/2009 16:50

Ohmigod I haven't laughed like this for ages.

Nice one.

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 26/03/2009 13:23

A brilliant one today

'Human Hair can make an excellent fertiliser when dug into your garden. You should be able to get hair sweepings for free from your local salon, and of course it's completely natural'.

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 26/03/2009 13:24

'Make use of your old Pick me Up covers by turning them into party hats. It's guaranteed to brighten up a party.'

snort

Oh and '10 things to do with ASPIRIN'

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StealthPolarBear · 28/03/2009 15:38

Can I revive this? I bought one today to see if there was anything good, and I wasn't let down:

"I didn't want to throw away my old whisk, so I moved it from the kitchen to the bathroom to use as a cotton wool holder instead. Now I never lose track of my balls!"
Why?!

and my favourite:
"Tired of long searches through the dictionary? I spent a few minutes adding sticky notes on the first page of each new letter."
So far so good, if a bit anal. Followed up by:
"Now it only takes seconds to find what I'm looking for! y favourite word is prawn."

I think that last one was sent in as a bet - see if you can get the word "prawn" into a tip!

KingRoloEgg · 01/04/2009 14:06

Yogurt Pot Game!

Wondering what to do with your old yogurt pots? Here is a simple but great game to play. Place the pots about three metres away from you and using 2 or 3 scrunched up pieces of paper as balls, try and throw them into one of the pots. I've added scores on the sides of mine to make it more competitive!
Joanne Morley, Nottingham

Simple being the operative word...

Monty27withabunnyrabbit · 02/04/2009 23:23

King
You'd have to be careful the the scrunched up balls of paper would be too heavy and knock the yogurt pot over even if you got it in.

Tissue paper?

No, not even vaguely amusing.

Sorry! But I'm sure someone will have a crap tip.

(Gets dressing gown puts vino away coat sad person)

Yurtgirl · 02/04/2009 23:30

Dont waste your money on expensive vases.......

Spend ages decorating a pringles tube, waterproofing it, covering it with wrapping paper and stickybacked plastic - hey presto A Vase!

Nooooooooooooooo its a pringles tube and looks awful as a vase

Buy a vase its easier

InTheScrum · 02/04/2009 23:33

Make use of your old Pick Me Up covers by turning them into party hats. Just twist one into a cone shape and tape it up. Here's my wife, Nitah, wearing hers. It's guaranteed to brighten up a party. Ajay Goolaup, North London

WTF? And check out the photo. I bet it's a barrel of laughs in their household...

Yurtgirl · 02/04/2009 23:35

My favourite tip!

Keep your necklaces from tangling by putting each one in a poly pocket, tie them together and hang from the door handle

WHY would anyone do that? It would look so utterly awful!!

Some people are extremely weird

Yurtgirl · 02/04/2009 23:38

Clear up your hall floor by attaching your Wellington boots to skirt hangers and hanging them in your coat cupboard.
Brian Hudson, Malvern, Worcestershire

WHY!!

I reckon the next mumsnet book should have an ironic section with the best of these in it - utterly hilarious

DSMaryMagdalene · 02/04/2009 23:47

IntheScrum - why the fuck is Nitah in bed?!

And read this one from below:

To stop your pasta sticking to the pan when you boil it, add a little bit of cooking oil to the water. Hey presto, nothing will stick and the pan will be easy to wash!
Sharon-lynne Macdonald

No shit.

did Sharon-lynne actually get money for sending that in? Does she think she came up with this?

InTheScrum · 02/04/2009 23:57

And it's a shit tip. It just makes your pan greasy and pasta-y

Gentle · 07/04/2009 22:59

From a Woman's Weekly in the waiting room yesterday, in a little circle of its own at a jaunty angle on a page entitled "Healthy Eating"

"HERBS!
(bullet point) Why not use herbs to flavour your food?"

Yes, why doesn't EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD ALREADY KNOW THAT?

TheDevilEatsNestle · 08/04/2009 13:51

at HERBS

To stop my cat, Molly, from roaming around all the rooms in my house, I put white pepper around the doors I don't want her to go in. The smell is a deterrent.

Poor cat, and surely, poor anyone living there?

elfinblast · 09/04/2009 19:39

Oh look! Look!

There are pictures. heroofswitzerland.blogspot.com/search/label/Top%20Tips

Alternative after dinner mints....

JohnnyTwoHats · 21/05/2009 12:17

O.M.G. I had to resurrect this thread just to take the piss out of the following tip

forkhandles · 21/05/2009 12:19

There you go, that's we all the mooncup users can do with their left over ones!!

forkhandles · 21/05/2009 12:19

what, not 'we'