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99 Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Objects [PICS]

lifehackery.com — Imagine all of the silly old stuff you have sitting around the house that is simply going to waste and hasn ’t been used in years. Think it’s all junk? Perhaps not. Here are ninety-nine creative ways you can use things you thought had only one purpose, from beer and soda to rulers, stamps, sugar, toothpaste, old CDs and even your iPod.

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  • lazycat, on 05/20/2008, -1/+6I've got to make a pair of those headphones to sleep peacefully during the daytime.
  • flipz4, on 05/20/2008, -7/+1mirror...anyone?
    • leesuhyung, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2how the hell did this happen?
    • hoodmonkey, on 05/20/2008, -1/+3Looks like it's up.. maybe you're requesting a vanity mirror?
  • DatDudeWiggs, on 05/20/2008, -0/+22Condoms make the biggest water balloons EVER!
    • drspanklebum, on 05/20/2008, -5/+0well f that, why do they always pop when i try to use them??
    • passedoutghost, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5hahaha that brought back some old memories. I found my dad's stash of condoms when i was about 10 and thought they were water balloons. I filled them up with water and dropped them from the balcony. When my parents came back [yes, they left me at home alone because they were only out for a few minutes and I was pretty well behaved] I said, "Mummy look! I found these balloons but why are they so slimey?" Then I turned 13 and learnt about condoms...
      • mikephimikephi, on 05/20/2008, -0/+7I am your father
      • passedoutghost, on 05/20/2008, -0/+6I'm sorry but my name isn't Luke, however desperately you may want it to be.
        • bjornski, on 05/20/2008, -0/+6Nah, he just wants to bang your mom.
  • SeaweedWater, on 05/20/2008, -3/+4Who wouldve known you could put dead hookers in the trunks of old cars...the more you know..
  • thebrainman, on 05/20/2008, -2/+0The whole time I was reading this I couldn't help but think.... "Damn, I wish I was playing BulletBall! (and/or BulletBall Extreme!)"
  • riversc, on 05/20/2008, -1/+42A list of lists. Wow.
  • Nhmarine, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1110 Unusual Uses for an iPod: load text files of exam answers
    That is so unusual that standardized test forbid iPods for that exact reason. Wow, I would never have thought to use an iPod that way.
  • branndon, on 05/20/2008, -1/+38"10 Unusual Uses for an iPod"
    "use the light to read"

    Wow.... they were really stretching here.... I mean come on, we've all used our phones/ipods for light before, but to put it on a top 10 list is just stupid,
    • yacks, on 05/20/2008, -1/+4I bet you can also beat off an attacker with your ipod as well.. though it's probably as effective as using it as a reading lamp.
      • branndon, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1I don't know about you, but my first instinct when I'm being attacked isn't to beat him off... ;)
    • bjornski, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1Maybe I'll get one to put over that plant that just won't stop wilting.....
  • homesickalien, on 05/20/2008, -2/+36Wow. That started off intriguing then quickly declined into absolute retardedness. Buried for suggesting I shave with butter.
    • spyd3rweb, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1You must have missed that Seinfeld episode.
  • FizzanoMatrix, on 05/20/2008, -0/+7I used an old AOL CD once to ground the motherboard and ROM emulator onto a server rack- worked damn well.
    • chazza125, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3The ONLY use for an AOL CD
      • ryan83189, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1if you hang them in fruit trees they scare away birds.
  • pat0neill, on 05/20/2008, -1/+11 sort of unusual use for a gun...
  • poidh, on 05/20/2008, -1/+45lifehackery.com? Lol, I think lifehacker.com might have something to say about this.
  • cerealjynx, on 05/20/2008, -1/+7I've had all these ideas and better when I'm stoned.
  • bokep, on 05/20/2008, -2/+8Is it just me or is this not fascinating at all?
  • Haoie, on 05/20/2008, -4/+0Well, it's always useful to reuse unwanted old items, as it saves on landfill space and conserves resources.

    Some 'interesting' ideas there.
  • 22magnum, on 05/20/2008, -2/+29wait a second? suxmonkey submitted a dupe! this never happens! /sarcasm

    http://digg.com/educational/99_Extraordinary_Uses_ ...

    thats the story he submitted 117 days ago. Im really getting tired of suxmonkey submitting the same thing over and over again. I don't mind accidental dupes, but when its the same guy submitting the story it gets a little annoying
    • azzurricraze, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2It looked familiar to me, too, but I can't believe the same person would post it again.... UBER lame !
  • Larlei, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2That great. Now lets find some way to make use of this tape player.
  • Predater, on 05/20/2008, -1/+3Who knew that beer has been helping white guys dance since 1842. I guess this itself is an extraordinary use of beer.
    • bjornski, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1"Helping ugly girls find love for millenia..."
    • Shots, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Beer ; calm a stomach ache

      Uh... gotta go, my buddy's hurling in the bathroom after eating some bad sushi. Maybe I'll offer him another beer to help calm his stomach...
  • RetardoCrisp, on 05/20/2008, -3/+1Interesting article, thanks but uh...what is "meet"? =P

    "10 Unusual Uses for Beer: marinate meet in it, grow better grass, kill slugs, snails and mice, calm a stomach ache, polish gold, take a bath, polish furniture or cook with it."
  • Iacobus42, on 05/20/2008, -3/+2Dupe by same digger= lame.

    Not that the ideas don't rapidly race to the bottom as well.
  • Soave, on 05/20/2008, -1/+5This list was really cool at the beginning. Then it just got lame.

    I'm revoking my Digg.
    • tomwhughes, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Now let's not get too hasty there...
  • rockrodger, on 05/20/2008, -2/+299 uses for the internet: The ability for a Social Network to burn every single one of your lame uses for lame objects also to bury content that is inaccurate, obsolete and useless. ***** off and die douchebag
    • hoodmonkey, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2Interesting that you associate being buried on Digg with death..
  • Amadeus2490, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5immah marinatin' my meet.
  • mrjhmm, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1The reflector sticking out to the side of the bicycle works very well. Cars don't pass me so close any more. They are afraid that hitting the reflector will scratch their paint. I use a driveway reflective marker that comes on a metal rod:

    http://hardware.hardwarestore.com/28-462-driveway- ...
  • WoollyMittens, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3Please don't try to protect your ears with a tennis-ball. It's as stupid as looking at a solar eclipse "protected" by a piece of paper.
  • bhavna12, on 05/20/2008, -8/+0Talking bout cinema, this blog i came across is simply awesome in regards to it. As in, it just takes a whole new look at cinema, as an industry & as a passion. http://www.film-crew.blogspot.com/

  • bhavna12, on 05/20/2008, -10/+0Talking bout cinema, this blog i came across is simply awesome in regards to it. As in, it just takes a whole new look at cinema, as an industry & as a passion. http://www.film-crew.blogspot.com/

  • pseudononymist, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3(nearly) 99 ways to make yourself a redneck
  • CarnivalOfDust, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1"10 Unusual Uses for Beer: grow better grass... polish gold... take a bath... polish furniture..."

    I guarantee you that if I sprayed beer all over the lawn, bathed in it, or rubbed it all over the ornaments/furniture, my mother would kick me out of the house so fast, it'd make your head spin. Buried for trying to make me homeless.
  • Surferess, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1Ha! Dugg for the stamp fingernails. Awesome!
  • delmar14, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1This has been on digg so many times already...
  • mi6bomb, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Thats a excellent idea, I've got so much extra human hair lying around, I think I'll make soy sauce with it.
  • geniusNOTatWORK, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2"load text files of exam answers"

    dugg
  • MarioWhereRu, on 05/20/2008, -0/+0The ipod would make a nice paperweight.
  • wanderingsun, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Those nails were horrible!! But a good use since the price just went up...
  • zosoIV, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1"load text files of exam answers"
    Nice. Nice.
  • 1aPowerDigger, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2"LifeHackery.com"... apparently someone's a big fan of LifeHacker.com
  • Gioleb, on 05/20/2008, -0/+0No duct tape?!
  • Skooma714, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4"load text files of exam answers"

    Teachers and professors aren't stupid. They've banned iPods and stuff like that during exams a long time ago.
  • mistergoomba, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1why isn't 'get a house' listed under paper clips?
  • TBITS, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1seriously if your not smart enough to use chopsticks then you have issues.
  • ilikepai, on 05/20/2008, -1/+0this COULD have been really cool, but it started going way downhill after about the fourth one.
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