I got one of those infinitely forwarded emails with these ingenious ideas.
When I did a little internet sleuthing, I found they were from The Chive, which I’m assuming is the precocious younger brother of The Onion, my favorite satirical newspaper.
They have a bunch of clever stuff on there, even a really complicated way to cheat on a test. The mother in me says, “In the time it takes you to cheat, you could have learned the info!” But the rebel in me salutes their cheeky innovation.
Check out their link for more simple solutions to everyday problems.
Do you have any über-cool simple solutions that are so obvious you can’t believe everyone doesn’t do them? I haven’t tried that boiling over trick … does it work? (Who says ‘over-boiling’ anyhoo?)
The spoon over the boiling pot trick kind of worked for us but we still had some splash out. Our nifty trick is a hanging shoe organizer in the inside door of the pantry for holding multiple small items (pudding boxes, boxes of tea, pringles can of spaghetti, jar of vitamins…you get the idea)
That’s a great idea! I had one of my own the other day. I make these fabutastically healthy and delicious smoothies, but I don’t measure anything and sometimes they’re huge by the time I get the consistency right. So I poured an appropriate portion, then poured the rest into my plastic popsicle molds. Voila … instant virtue! If you don’t have molds, you can always use those little paper bathroom cups with a craft stick stuck in each.