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  • cardtart_2
    cardtart_2 Posts: 1,140 Forumite
    Save a fortune on laundry bills. Give your dirty shirts to Oxfam. They
    will wash and iron them and you can buy them back for fifty pence.

    Don't buy expensive "ribbed" condoms, just buy an ordinary one and
    slip a handful of frozen peas inside it before you put it on.

    BANGING two pistachio nutshells together gives the impression that a very small horse is approaching.

    Buy a television set exactly like your neighbours. Then annoy them by standing outside their window and changing their channel using your identical remote control.

    A next door neighbours car aerial, carefully folded, makes an ideal
    coat hanger in an emergency.

    Keep the seat next to you on the train vacant by smiling and nodding
    at people as they walk up the aisle.
    bye hoo
  • purpleivy
    purpleivy Posts: 3,660 Forumite
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    cardtart wrote: »
    Don't buy expensive "ribbed" condoms, just buy an ordinary one and
    slip a handful of frozen peas inside it before you put it on.


    Keep the seat next to you on the train vacant by smiling and nodding
    at people as they walk up the aisle.

    PMSL!!!:D msg too short, just need to fill in!
    [SIZE=-1]"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"[/SIZE]
    Trying not to waste food!:j
    ETA Philosophy is wondering whether a Bloody Mary counts as a Smoothie
  • purpleivy
    purpleivy Posts: 3,660 Forumite
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    Ice wrote: »
    or it could go like this...36_20_7.gif

    Eeeeeeuuuuuuuuwwwwwwwww!
    [SIZE=-1]"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"[/SIZE]
    Trying not to waste food!:j
    ETA Philosophy is wondering whether a Bloody Mary counts as a Smoothie
  • Elle1971
    Elle1971 Posts: 349 Forumite
    when i was pregnant an old wife a few doors down told me to drink balsamic vingegar which is pretty expensive lmao and she sed you have to actually drink it i tried about 2 litle cap fulls before i gave up it was yucky!!
    Also to have s*x as the boys semen supposed to set you off contracting or sumit but i couldnt be bothered with that looking like an elephant and all lmao
    also go out in car and drive over a bumpy road didnt try this either heheh
    and of course a well known one is to have a hot and spicy curry

    My mum was overdue with my sister... and the doctor told her she needed a "protein injection". Mum asked i it was availale on the NHS!:rotfl:

    Elle xx
    I'm not easily distracted, I just... ... ... oh my god it's a puppy!!
  • cardtart wrote: »
    Don't buy expensive "ribbed" condoms, just buy an ordinary one and
    slip a handful of frozen peas inside it before you put it on.

    Haven't laughed so much in all my life, DH thinks I have gone mad and of course I can't read it out as the kiddies are still up :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • aloiseb
    aloiseb Posts: 701 Forumite
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    cardtart wrote: »
    Save a fortune on laundry bills. Give your dirty shirts to Oxfam. They
    will wash and iron them and you can buy them back for fifty pence.

    Don't buy expensive "ribbed" condoms, just buy an ordinary one and
    slip a handful of frozen peas inside it before you put it on.

    BANGING two pistachio nutshells together gives the impression that a very small horse is approaching.

    Buy a television set exactly like your neighbours. Then annoy them by standing outside their window and changing their channel using your identical remote control.

    A next door neighbours car aerial, carefully folded, makes an ideal
    coat hanger in an emergency.

    Keep the seat next to you on the train vacant by smiling and nodding
    at people as they walk up the aisle.

    Love these!....they are from the Viz Book of Top Tips, aren't they?
    Memo: Must get another copy; I lent mine to someone who didn't return it (should have fixed elastic to the book cover).
  • sillyvixen
    sillyvixen Posts: 3,642 Forumite
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    another sanitary towel one - i'm sorry!

    i had surgery 7 weeks ago and while the wound has basically healed on the outside it gets very itchy deep within, as the skin around the wound is numb scratching provides no relief. the other night it was so itchy i could not sleep - the only thing that relieved the itching was bathing the wound in cold water but 2 mins later the itching returned. i eventually soaked a sanitary towel in cold water and laid it directly on the wound site and dressed with a large leftover dressing. the itching was controlled and i was able to get some sleep, as the towel has a plastic backing it stoped the water leaking through the dressing and making me damp!!
    Dogs return to eat their vomit, just as fools repeat their foolishness. There is no more hope for a fool than for someone who says, "i am really clever!"
  • Skint_Catt wrote: »
    But then you have to defrost the kids...slowly of course....at room temperature at first :rotfl: :rotfl:

    The whole thread is funny but OMG this just made me laugh so hard I got tummy ache. My problem is that I am visualising the kids defrosting in front of the fire right now.... :rotfl: :rotfl:
    To be frugal, you need to spend money wisely, simply spending less is not enough.
    If you can't handle me at my worst then you don't deserve me at my best...
    Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I will try again tomorrow.
  • Beccatje
    Beccatje Posts: 728 Forumite
    According to my mother I should never:

    Whisk whipped cream when i'm on my period. "It'll turn to butter"
    Never make fresh chicken soup when on my period. "it'll go sour"

    Can't take a bath.. (no idea why not)
    and if I wanted to wear a skirt when it was cold out she'd say: "You'll bet a bladder infection."

    And I'm Dutch so don't worry, it's not just prone to the Irish or Scots to come up with these sort of saying.. :D

    And my son also said to me one day: "look mom.. airplane stickers!!!" which he had stuck all over my bay window! So they must look like planes to kids! lol!

    When someone on this forum asked how to cook a joint in a slowcooker I wondered;
    "why would you want to cook a joint?? I always used to smoke em raw!!"

    :whistle:

    :rotfl:
  • Beccatje
    Beccatje Posts: 728 Forumite
    a less than silly tip:

    If kids get chewing gum in their hair, rub it with peanut butter...
    it really works!!! then wash the hair ofcourse and said child will still smell like peanuts for a while. but it's better than cutting off the hair! :)
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