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ArachnidinElmet
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10.Put under your mixing bowl if whisking to stop it slipping.
a 35mm film canister
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Boogie
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1. To put your moisturiser in for a trip abroad ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Carex
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2. The black ones with grey caps are ideal for carrying 9V batteries to prevent the terminals from getting shorted.
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Pearl B4 Swine
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# 4 Perfect container for dog poo sample to take to the Vet.
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Crazy Cat Lady
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5. Fill with loose change and keep in the car for parking tickets
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Smudgie
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6 IN our household, receptacle to hold the items involved in a deal with the tooth fairy.
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lilBuddha
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Bass drum in a hamster percussion kit
quote:
Originally posted by Pearl B4 Swine:
# 4 Perfect container for dog poo sample to take to the Vet.
But how do you train your dog to aim so well?
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Boogie
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7. To keep vaseline for lips, so that a large pot can be bought instead of the expensive little lip ones
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Sir Kevin
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8. To store a week's supply of tablets when on holiday.
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Carex
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9. A few bits of hardware, beads, small stones, bells, etc. put in one and wrapped with a package of handkerchiefs makes a much more interesting Christmas present for someone who shakes packages beforehand to try to determine what is inside.
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Golden Key
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10. Storage for a teeny, tiny emergency embroidery kit to keep in a bag or pocket. Fill with a small canvas or bit of cloth, thread, needles, and some sort of thread cutter. Maybe a folded embroidery pattern. Could be handy in a waiting room, etc.
Terra cotta pot
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ArachnidinElmet
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1. Bake an interesting shaped loaf of bread.
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agrgurich
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3. Chamber Pot
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rolyn
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4. A bird-bath
< Apologies to my dear daughter >
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Leorning Cniht
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5. Al fresco pissoir
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Carex
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7. Turn a large one upside down and use it as a stool. Or two with a board across for a bench.
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TomOfTarsus
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8. A fez
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ArachnidinElmet
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9. Fill with hot coals and a lid to keep your bed warm.
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Hedgehog
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10. A mouse swimming pool. Obviously.
Next up, a pocket watch.
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Boogie
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1. As a weight for a pendulum.
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Sir Kevin
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2. A tool for hypnotism
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ArachnidinElmet
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3. Use as a compass
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4. A Paper Weight!
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TomOfTarsus
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5. Use two for bolas or perhaps even worse, a pair of Clackers. (I had a pair of clackers when I was a kid. Great way to drive parents crazy. Why did they buy us this stuff?)
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6. Part of your costume when you dress up as a White Rabbit, shouting 'I'm late, I'm late!'
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Boogie
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7. Replace the mechanism and make a powder compact.
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Golden Key
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8. Accessory for a Steampunk event!
![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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TomOfTarsus
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9. Remove the works and make a prosthetic shell for a homeless clam.
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Chorister
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10. Take to pieces and make some watch art.
Old computer keyboard
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Boogie
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1. Take out the keys and use them in an arty collage.
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2. Replace the lost tiles in an old game of Scrabble.
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Boogie
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3. Push drawing pins into the back to make groovy thumbtacks.
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4. Put clips in the back to make cufflinks spelling out your friends' initials. That's your Christmas list sorted.
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L'organist
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5. Paperweight when wrapping large and unwieldy gift.
(It was a floor cushion...)
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Carex
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6. Shim to hold the back of the washing machine up off the floor while you are trying to fish out the house key from underneath. When you get it (or you give up) you can tip the washing machine up just a bit and pull the keyboard out by its cord. The only key likely to be functional afterwards is the house key.
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TomOfTarsus
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9. A bat to knock your monitor off your desk. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
You guys have much better ideas though...
True story: About 20 years ago, we bought some Tandy 486 computers. My keyboard just got bad enough to quit using this year; my co-worker next to me is still using hers.
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10. Smooth side up and propped on something, a slide for a small animal.
Wooden wine crate
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L'organist
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1. Stack them on their sides in a hallway - voila! the perfect size of pigeonhole system for hats, gloves, scarves, etc.
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TomOfTarsus
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2. Firewood
(tom ducks and runs away...)
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ArachnidinElmet
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Dagnamit Tom, you bet me to it.
3. Sizing and storing lobsters on a fishing boat.
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L'organist
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4. Coconut shy ball holder (true, it lasted a good 15 years to my certain knowledge)
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Boogie
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5. Put wheels on one to make a toy box.
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L'organist
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6. Organiser for small gardening tools - trowels, dibbers, etc, etc
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Lyda*Rose
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7. First student apartment bookshelves.
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Chorister
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8. Picture frame for 3-D art.
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