Weirdest tip ever?

Stephen_Leak

For a whole book of weird tips, try The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook.

Muppet81

I know lots of people who use the thin, winged type sanitary towel on their shins to stop ski boots rubbing. Works a treat.

I once used them in London when I went to a meeting. Made the mistake of wearing a new pair of boots for the occasion and they rubbed like mad on the front of my shin. I would point out that these were leather boots and not ski boots, which would have been difficult to wear round London .. but I digress!

Amused the hell of out the work colleague I travelled to London with.
He is now my husband so amusing him must have been a good thing :rotfl:

sheenaf

When my joiner DH went to fix a leaking window he found a neat row of stick on STs on the window sill. He's not sure if the elderly householder was aware of their usual purpose but they certainly made good drip catchers.

niceguyrichy

OMG, I tried retelling my OH some of these and couldn't speak because I was laughing so hard. The loops around the ears and the frozen.

nixxpp

One night - after a night out with the lads - my dad decided to change the lightbulb in the kitchen but had to stand on a chair to reach. The chair had metal legs and inevitably he fell off and hurt his side on a chair leg.

My mum is an ex-nurse and realised that A&E would be a little busy on a Friday night at pub-kicking-out time so put him to bed with a super absorbant sanitary towel strapped to his sore ribs :rotfl:

Next day (with a sore head as well as sore ribs) he headed off to A&E where they were very impressed with my mother's ingenuity :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Nixxpp

Tiger_greeneyes

A friend of mine years ago had a run of nosebleeds. I happened to pop around to see him one day out of the blue and he was sat looking very sorry for himself, with two of his mum's tampons up his nostrils.

I've still got tears of laughter in my eyes about the looped sanitary towel! I've given myself a headache through laughing so hard!

Cazzdevil

Tiger_greeneyes wrote: »

with two of his mum's tampons up his nostrils.

I had an operation on my nose a few years back and came round from the anaesthetic to find "cotton wool packs" up my nostrils, when they took them out the following day I swear down they were Tampax! They flippin' hurt when the nurse pulled them out too, felt like they were pulling my brain out!

babybug

Is anyone else slightly peturbed by the fact that almost all these tips seem to involve sanitary wear!?!?!?!!?

LilMissEmmylou

lol flippen hillarious! will have to have a think - im sure ive come accross weird and wonderful tips in my life lol

Aril

The following one came from John and Irma Mustoe's Penny Pincher book in which they suggested using a dead bird as a scarer to keep your seeds safe once sown. I must admit at first I wasn't sure if they were serious but they were...deadly:D
Aril