You can flip a toaster on its side and grill cheese in it. 

You can divide and store ground meat in a Ziplock bag. Just break off how much you need and keep the rest in the freezer for later!

If you place a wooden spoon over a pot of boiling water, it won't boil over!

Marshmallows can cure a sore throat. Perfect for kids who don't like medicine. Really?

You can run a paper bag through your printer!

Cereal canisters make the perfect rubbish bin for your car!

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the shop. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster...

Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminium foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mould!
(But you can scrape off any mould and still eat the cheese without changes in flavour!)

Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are stronger flavoured.

Add a teaspoon of water when frying minced beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

Use a (clean) dustpan to fill a container that doesn’t fit in the sink

Place a rubber band around an open paint can to wipe your brush on, and keep paint off the side of the can

Use a staple remover to save your fingernails when trying to add things to your key ring!

How to keep the straw from rising out of your fizzy drink can

Use a micro-fibre cloth to prevent frost from forming on the windshield.

Use a comb to keep a nail steady for hammering

Use a post-it note to catch drilling debris.

How to keep the straw from rising out of your fizzy drink can

How do you keep a straw from rising out of your fizzy drink can?

If you want to clean all the hardened crud out of the inside of your microwave oven, fill a Pyrex glass pitcher about half or three-quarters full, put it in the microwave, and then heat for about 5 minutes and it's been boiling for a while. The steam will soften all the crud and it will easily wipe clean.

If you need to clean your carroded battery posts and cables...  Poor a can of Original Coca cola on them!

It's a waste of Coke, but it works!!!!

How do you keep a straw from rising out of your fizzy drink can?


That's what I wanted to know. I think she did it in purpose to see who really reads the whole thing.  ;D

Marshmallows can cure a sore throat. Perfect for kids who don't like medicine. Really?

I've never tried that before.

How do you keep a straw from rising out of your fizzy drink can?


Sorry, there was a picture but I lost it. I believe you just stick the straw through that hole in the tab. Makes sense.

Sorry, there was a picture but I lost it. I believe you just stick the straw through that hole in the tab. Makes sense.
After doing a bit of research on the Internet, is this the picture?

http://www.johnpratt.com/items/email/2012/images/straw_saver.jpg

...and I can see pictures for the other ideas too.

http://www.johnpratt.com/items/email/2012/images/drill_catcher.jpg

Now that is clever!

After doing a bit of research on the Internet, is this the picture?

http://www.johnpratt.com/items/email/2012/images/straw_saver.jpg

...and I can see pictures for the other ideas too.


lol, looks like you found the pictures! There were pictures, but I was too lazy to transfer them over.

I think this one is my favorite:
Use a staple remover to save your fingernails when trying to add things to your key ring!

http://www.johnpratt.com/items/email/2012/images/drill_catcher.jpg

Now that is clever!



that's interesting.

If you place a wooden spoon over a pot of boiling water, it won't boil over!


Hopefully the wooden spoon won't fall completely into the pot of boiling water (i.e., get submerged)...otherwise it would be hard to get out.

You can flip a toaster on its side and grill cheese in it. 

with the plug in or out?

with the plug in or out?



um how would one grill cheese in a toaster if it wasn't plugged in???

You can run a paper bag through your printer!


I got to try that one day.

Cool thread.

I have just recently found out that when a dog is looking away from you he is not ignoring you. He is trying to tell you that he's a bit stressed, confused, or wondering why you are!