
Got a great tip? Share it with us. You know, stuff like "Prevent sneezing by pressing you index finger firmly between your nose and your upper lip."
( , Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:33)
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Prevent monsters from sleeping under your bed by sleeping on a mattress on the floor. Additionally avoid them climbing out of your closet at night by dumping your closet and keeping all your clothes in a pile on the floor instead. For extra protection build a wall with all your stuff around your mattress.
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 11:22, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Have you just applied Vick Vapour Rub to your chest? Avoid scratching your scrotum afterwards, it isn't pleasant
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 11:16, 4 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Replace the lead flashing on your roof with mercury to deter would-be thieves
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 11:13, Reply)

If you feel a sneeze coming on when leaning over a printer make sure you look the other way when you do sneeze. There's a possibility that your next printout will have nose excreta pressed into it like some sort of official looking yet grotty wax-seal.
( , Tue 12 Oct 2010, 11:11, Reply)

by inhaling sharply, and then face backwards to exhale.
( , Mon 11 Oct 2010, 16:33, Reply)

when walking forwards, it'll slow you down
( , Mon 11 Oct 2010, 12:08, 4 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Find an outlet for your witty mockings by dressing them up as top tips and posting them online.
( , Mon 11 Oct 2010, 6:32, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

don't get your nephew out to fix it, even if he is a real trained electrician. He'll take the piss like mad.
( , Sun 10 Oct 2010, 14:48, Reply)

Stop pretending to run a radio station and singing lyrics to things like "Isa, isa baby". Pretend to run a bank first. That might attract more customers.
( , Sat 9 Oct 2010, 8:02, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Dear Highways Agency, Increase the accuracy of the information on your Matrix signs by adding the word "MAYBE"
( , Sat 9 Oct 2010, 4:29, Reply)

In Firefox. Just found that out today.
( , Fri 8 Oct 2010, 15:56, 4 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

...remember to carry this short dictionary with you.
Burn: Part of a skeleton
Curled: Not hot
Curler: Type of fizzy drink (esp. Kurker-Curler)
Dare: 24 hours
Fern: Apparatus for talking over long distances
Girl: Objective
Hurled: Have in one's hand/hands
Learner: Anti-social person
Pearls: People from Poland
Perp: Head of the Catholic Church
Smirk: Have a cigarette
Stern: Small rock or large pebble
Surfer: Large item of furniture
Tern: Shade of colour or pitch of noise
( , Fri 8 Oct 2010, 15:38, 7 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

and gently inquires "Are you looking at my bird?", the correct response is *not* "Which one's your bird?"
( , Fri 8 Oct 2010, 14:00, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

You can easily spoil all your favourite wank fantasies in a single session.
( , Thu 7 Oct 2010, 15:20, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Looking after the self-service tills? Do the tills talk to you all day - "Welcome to XXX" "Place item on scale" "Please choose from popular items" "Do you wish to PAY BY CARD?" "PAYBYCARDPAYBYCARDPAYBYCARD"?
Do you find all the sounds getting louder, all blending together into a foggy mess, bouncing out of one ear, off the wall and back in to fuse in to "Please place the thank YOUFOR shipping ON THE POPULAR ITEMS and put the PAYBYCARD in the BASKET at XXX WELCOME to"?
Try not to go mad.
( , Thu 7 Oct 2010, 13:06, Reply)

Expand and simplify.
( , Thu 7 Oct 2010, 12:50, 6 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Make fellow tube travellers think you wear glasses by pressing the end of a spoon into the upper sides of you nose before you leave for work
( , Wed 6 Oct 2010, 23:07, Reply)

Smile and thank other road users occasionally, it won't kill you!
( , Wed 6 Oct 2010, 9:05, Reply)

Simply place a couple of sheets of bog roll down the toilet before evacuating.
( , Tue 5 Oct 2010, 18:58, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Want Windows to actually bother to look for it?
See "Method 2" here: support.microsoft.com/kb/309173
( , Tue 5 Oct 2010, 18:01, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

When reversing, never go faster than you can react to the reversing sensors going off.
Be good if you actually looked behind you too...
( , Tue 5 Oct 2010, 13:18, Reply)

Fancy a kosher alternative to pork scratchings? Simply stick some unwanted foreskins into a Breville sandwich maker.
( , Sun 3 Oct 2010, 21:25, 9 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

And dont want to look uncool by not knowing the latest chart topper,
hum along and you will still be the king of cool
( , Sat 2 Oct 2010, 22:53, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

A mate's got me into squashes, you can just cut em up and bake em, lovely with a few other chopped veg sprayed with oil on a tray, but they also make fantastic soup, butternut is becoming a fave but today as they're now selling 'em ready for Halloween, I tried a pumpkin, about the size of a football.
Chopped, skin and innards removed (just chop the whole thing into smaller bits and deal with each part individually), you get a LOT to play with so don't worry about being too finicky with the skin removal, cup of water in the pan with a large nob of butter, on the boil and while it's going chop the rest up.
I added 2 large onions, a mild Jalapeno chopped fine, 2 chopped carrots chunky style, a yellow pepper again quite finely chopped, lotsa dill, 3 garlic cloves, 2 chopped one crushed, 3 basil leaves, and some soy sauce to taste (I always prefer it to salt), medium heat and stir it every few minutes so it doesn't stick, for approx 15-20 mins or just until it looks like soup.
At the last minute I had a brainwave and grilled 3 pieces of smoked bacon till crisp, chopped them into little strips and added them into the pot for a touch of smokiness.
The pumpkin basically melted into something resembling lentil soup, making a tasty base for all the other ingredients, I let it rest a bit before starting on it so as it wasn't so hot I can't taste it, enjoying it now, dipping in periodically, very warming, very comforting too as I have teh flu right now, I recommend it.
Wish I had some warm crusty bread, then this would be heaven. Might be on the menu for the Halloween party methinks!
( , Fri 1 Oct 2010, 21:27, 7 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Make sure you've watched as many 'how to' vids on YouTube as you can so you know what you're doing. With emphasis on the razor stropping and the preparation of the face. Otherwise it will feel like trying to shave with a bit of a broken plate.
And you WILL cut your face.
( , Fri 1 Oct 2010, 17:43, Reply)

When showing a prospective purchaser round your vehicle, it's probably in your interests NOT to laugh and say "Whoever heard of a 1.3l diesel engine?" when the customer enquires about the engine size/ fuel type.
( , Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:33, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

The normally empty 'Travel Updates' section of your website would make a wonderful place to keep commuters up to date of any delays and cancellations.
*Especially Translink
( , Thu 30 Sep 2010, 13:56, Reply)
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