Handy hints/tips

[missprim]

Is there a section for the above? There are so many simple questions I would like to know the answer to i.e How to shell a hard boiled egg without taking half the egg with it?.Would I post this under Home and Garden? I would also like to say that putting the topics into sections isn't working that well, and questions about adverts are still going in the media section.Apart from this, the site is great.

[B00]

Do you mean like these?

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.
J B Cartland, Brighton.

Suck the eyes from attacking zombies using a Black & Decker
"Dustbuster." The zombies will then wander aimlessly and can be
dispatched by the more usual methods at a more leisurely pace.
J. T., Thropton.

Create instant designer stubble by sucking a magnet and dipping your
chin into a bowl of iron filings.
B Villbens, Birmingham.

X-Files fans. Create the effect of being abducted by aliens by
drinking two bottles of vodka. You'll invariably wake up in a strange
place the following morning, having had your memory mysteriously
"erased."
Sam Neffendorf, Weybridge.

A hedgehog trained to scuttle up and down the table from guest to
guest makes an unusual mobile cheese and pineapple cube nibble
dispenser at cocktail parties.
L Traintu, Clarkesville.


sorry- all silliness aside- yep a top hints/tips category would be great, like your thinking!

And with regards to your egg quandary- I've always found them easy to peel once I've left them to cool in a pan of cold water for a few minutes first.

[missprim]

Thanks for all those great tips Boo, makes the egg problem pale into insignificance.:-)

[smudge]

I run soft boiled eggs under cold water for a few seconds before shelling them! For hard boiled eggs, I leave them in a pan of cold water like BOO. Makes it so much easier. If all else fails, I'm sure someone in Food & Drink could assist you! ;o}

I enjoyed reading those BOO?

[smudge]

Where did that question mark come from? T'was meant to be a !

[B00]

Oh there's loads smudge but I thought missprim might go mental at me if I posted them all......but they from here if you want a giggle :-)

http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/jinx/3 99/jokes/Stupid/Viz_Top_Tips.html

[missprim]

Thanks for that link BOO, I love humour like that. My humour is tame but I would like to say one thing to you,
GHOST !

[B00]

Eh?

[missprim]

Well I can't say BOO to a GHOST but I thought I could say GHOST to a BOO.

[B00]

Oh I see- sorry- I geddit now......lol

[smudge]

Thanks for that BOO - been reading thought them!

I've saved them on my fav's & will forward onto some of my family & friends.

[ummmm]

Pass off as Welsh by putting coal dust behind your fingernails and
talking gibberish all the time, stopping occasionally to sing loudly,
or set fire to someone else's house.
Mr P. Lilburn, Rotherham.

Can't believe that one was in there....especially after wardys post!

[ELVIS68]

Here`s one...Always leave field gates open so farmers in their tractors don`t have the bother of stopping and doing it themselves
A Rambler, Swindon

[missprim]

Hey BOO just in case you look at this again, I meant to say GOOSE not GHOST . Boo to a goose is the correct saying but because I am getting on in years and am obviously suffering from some form of dementia I used the wrong word and it wasn't funny at all so it's not surprising that you didn't get it !