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How to keep a bandaid on all day - Japanese Video Via Smart Stuff

youtube.com — This video will show you how to put on a Band Aid so it stays on all day. So simple, yet effective.

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  • fudged71, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34ur my hero, frat
    the one on the joint is pretty sneaky
  • eclectro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Those Japanese are SMART. I wish I was smart like that THIRTY years ago for all the countless bandaids I had slip off. This one is better than the potato peeling tip. DUGG
    • bigred, on 10/12/2007, -10/+9They may be smart, but I think I know why their suicide rate is so high now, if I had to watch TV with all sorts of 1980's style graphics and animated cartoon things and annoying "wow factor" borders I think I would be very inclined to hurt myself.... or maybe the people at the TV station. Either way, 80's style graphics and annoying animated cartoons that yell in little kids voices do not do it for me.
    • clumsyninja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I think the suicide rate has more to do with overpopulation. Imagine being stuck in (foot) trafic on a subway.
  • popophobia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I love those "how to" from Japan, especially the "how to fold a shirt in less than 10 seconds" or something. Great tips.
    • fusenmuse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12yes, the shirt one is great. it inspired me to refold my entire shirt drawer. it saves space crazy-good.
    • orlyyarly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7i still can't figure out the "ninja technique"
    • gedankenus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It took them three long minute to demonstrate something that should have taken 20 seconds.
      I wonder if the kids there have ADHD - if they eliminated the big fonts and goofy sound effects, how many people would stop watching?
  • burke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Very clever. These are always fun. I hope I remember this next time I cut a knuckle.
    • mrFREEZE, on 10/12/2007, -10/+13Damn! you gotta cut back on the masturbation ;p
    • nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2mrfreeze: some of us leave the computer, and do other things outside like climb mountains, play sports, bike, hike, etc. some of us build things. cooking can involve sharp knives (ok, you might live on pizza & chinese). if that's the only thing you can think of that would cut a knuckle, maybe you should cut back on the wanking a bit too.
  • svidrod, on 10/12/2007, -24/+9or just buy fingertip/knuckle bandaids.
    • JustMatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20I don't think you understand the delicate art of crafty Asian fixes.
    • ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8What? And fuel the fingertip/knuckle bandage cartel? NEVER!
  • SoulMaster2, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5What will those crazy Japanese think of next
    • LegendarySock, on 10/12/2007, -22/+7perhaps wearing a cap in the most gangsta way possible
      or turning on a lamp in such a way so that it has the most intense light power and consumes least energy
      or washing dishes with milk and then drinking it later
      well gosh with the t-shirt folding and the other thing i forgot, who knows wats next.
  • gxcdesign, on 10/12/2007, -31/+1until you bend your fingers
  • isewise, on 10/12/2007, -12/+7BRILLANT!
  • arunforce, on 10/12/2007, -7/+53Like Bandaid companies want you to use only one bandaid a day?!

    -----
    http://arunforce.blogspot.com
    • tjl2015, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25You just know some jackass at a band-aid company is going to look at this and have an idea, "what if we sold our band-aids pre-cut for this technique? We'll advertise them like crazy and charge twice as much!" I'm sure they would sell like hotcakes, too. Leave it to Japan to invent something creative...leave it to America to find a way to do something with as little effort as humanly possible.
    • knightblade2oo4, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23Let me rephrase that for you. Leave it to Japan to invent something creative...leave it to corporate America to find a way to exploit it and take all the credit.
    • TKDWILSON, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"""""what if we sold our band-aids pre-cut for this technique?"""""

      Crap that is what I was thinking I would do.

      Eric Wilson
    • Aztlan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2here if you want to buy the Knuckle & Fingertip band aid.
      http://www.bandaid.com/specialty_prod.shtml
    • Flankk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2"Like Bandaid companies want you to use only one bandaid a day?!"

      First of all, there are no 'Bandaid companies'. Band-Aid is nothing but a brand name and you are brainwashed. They are bandage companies and they make adhesive bandages.

      Secondly, the split end type are already common as knuckle bandages; you can find them in most assorted medical kits. Carefully cutting each end, unwrapping and folding a bandage like a ***** origami project is not my first priority when I slice open my finger.
    • knightblade2oo4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2while that is true, bandaid will likely become a common noun much like kerosine.
  • Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15awesome way of doing it, and the video is strangely mesmerizing
  • Sube6491, on 10/12/2007, -7/+9Man first the Japanese come up with the ingenius Honda. Now this. Pure Brilliance!
  • indarkestday, on 10/12/2007, -22/+5Now if the Japanese could just figure out a way so that my pants will not fall down...
  • Unr3a1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11In the begining, the women is flipping you off.
    • triforcer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3actually that was the index finger.

      could have used this two weeks ago when i cut myself with an x-acto knife.
    • capn_caveman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@Unr3a1: LOL. I think I would have felt strangely uncomfortable watching this one at work for some reason. There is a few shots in there if I took a screen capture and sent it in an email I know a few people that would laugh their asses off.
  • Kerr, on 10/12/2007, -10/+33Anyone find it disturbing that there was a kid taking a bath while his nude mother was taking one too?
    • dmsteg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12I wonder what would happen if all of Japan were to switch to decaff?
    • Philbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27No, it's fairly common for family members to bath together in Japan. They bath differently than most other people do. First you wash with a handheld shower thing, then soak in the tub to relax. That way you still have clean water in the tub for the next person. Saves a lot on water consumption. If the tub is big enough several family members can use it at the same time.
    • stalinvlad, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6yeah and the women bathe last
      PLUS there is a built-in no-sex-with mother gene with us primates
    • L0phtpDK, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19@stalinvlad
      "PLUS there is a built-in no-sex-with mother gene with us primates"

      I take it you've never been down south.
    • Lounger540, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2I find it weird that in the hamburger one they eat it with chop sticks.
  • gxcdesign, on 10/12/2007, -26/+2GM or Ford should come up with some Jap-Aids
  • aOenEz, on 10/12/2007, -24/+2Weird, weird Japanese people. I wonder what kind of situation it took for them to figure this out. Oh well, still amazing. Dugg!
  • Yankidank, on 10/12/2007, -47/+3WTF is this doing on Digg?
    • mrFREEZE, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16People vote for stuff here... wtf are YOU doing on digg?? Is slashdot down or what?
    • aznboi04k, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4wtf are you doing on digg?
  • echimu, on 10/12/2007, -12/+3Nice tip :) dugg
  • olliholliday, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14how come japanese tv seems to be so much better than the rest of the world? they seem to have a real knack for making informative shows (and obviously some pretty crazy ones too). maybe it's just they don't have a nation of dullards who only want to watch soaps.
    • n0ctem, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I believe that this was from "Hey! Spring of Trivia", a really fascinating show where they show odd little things of this nature. They dubbed a few eps for Spike TV, but they scraped the idea, and decided to do a US version, or so I heard. I'm looking forward to it, as long as they don't muck it up, but really, I don't see how they could.
    • spingk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Call me crazy but I love those dubbed shows. Especially MXC. "Right you are Kent!"
    • Murdats, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"how come japanese tv seems to be so much better than the rest of the world?"
      i think the question is why is american tv worst then most of the worlds
      while i will admit there are quite a few good shows that come out of america
      you just have to look at how america rips of other countries massivley popular shows
      and turn them into unbeleivbly horrible abominations of nature (ie. unaired (thank god) red dwarf US pilot (made me feel sick watching it), coupling rip off, the office rip off, many many more)
      oh and dont forget your god aweful voice actors you use to dub anime
  • beargins, on 10/12/2007, -24/+1? this is pointless
    • TeebZ, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Your comment is pointless...and so is mine.
  • ElGuano, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15I found a method that is pretty effective, and doesn't require scissors.

    If you wrap one end of the band-aid ALMOST around to its end, but fold the tip back (so the sticky side is face-up), and wrap the other end over it (so the two sticky sides meet where you've folded up the tip of the first end), then you create a very strong hold that keeps the band-aid in place.

    Have you ever had a piece of packing tape fold over itself so the sticky sides meet? It's impossible to get the piece unstuck without breaking it. Same thing happens with the adhesives on band-aids.
    • ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Problem is the issue they deal with in the tip is placing bandages over knuckles and near the tip of your finger where it's tapered (and not a perfect cylinder.) The objective here is to create a watertight seal; it's not so much to keep a bandage on all day as the title here says, it's to keep a bandage on when you're bathing, washing dishes, otherwise working with water. (Which is typically the reason you remove bandages, break down of the adhesive if not general hygine.)

      Notice towards the end when they show the closeup of the finger they point out a tiny little hole between the bandage and the finger, then followed immediately by another closeup with the bandage perfectly following the contour of the fingernail. They also show the bandage rolling back from flexing the knuckle. These are entry points for water which eventually break down the adhesive's seal.

      With your trick, the bandage will probably still fall off in the situations shown, it'll just come off as a nearly unbreakable ring because of the way you joined the ends.

      To some degree the tip in the video won't work so well with bandages where the pad spans the entire width of the strip since you can't create that watertight seal. But it is a smack-your-forehead obvious trick for dealing with the shape of your finger.
  • HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Thanks for posting the tip.
  • Phyltre, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1This is immensely useful.

    I, too, wish I'd heard about it years ago...
  • praveens, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1too good...go akekure go frat
  • *blu*, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4That was a *really* long video for such a simple concept!
    • PhireN, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8and its even worse when you have dialup (only 2 more weeks!)
  • TwwIX, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0gotta love the japanese :)
    i wish we had a show like that in the us.
  • Brak710101, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3The Japanese, to spite thier' massive knowledge of electronics, lack in visual design when in comes to TV and videos.
    • ggko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1One thing that caught my eye is this posting is categorized under "design." But in the video they hilight the criscrossing with a big red X, a common (universal?) symbol for "Don't Do This!"
  • andrew522, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2yay lets go get out the butchers knife to see if this works!!!

    jk
  • Morph_Ball, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5God, I hate getting into the shower and finding rolled bandaids lying around. This kicks.
  • jk_baller23, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Those japanese peeps, always thinking outside of the box.
    • ggko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1...as demonstrated by the lackluster Xbox sales. ;)
  • DenZ88, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1revolutionary.
  • wolver1ne, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2Them Japs are cool ^__^
  • dielawn, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3slow day on digg?
  • zanimra, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2"youtube.com...&search=urawaza" has been on Digg at least a dozen times.

    The "how to fold a T-shirt" video is linked right next to this one--you can see a thumbnail of it in the "Related Videos" section on the right--and yet people are asking about that video in this thread.

    Is Digg this bad off? I thought Internet users used Digg.
  • Lounger540, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The coffee one looks interesting but i have no idea what the powder is they're using.

    Edit: oh, it's salt.
  • drynaski, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1why are there so many shredding guitars and random sound effects?
  • antdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I hate it when bandages can't be removed easily even in water. :)
  • mecolin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0The one "How to keep long sleeves rolled up" is even better, especially the test at the end. Worth to give it a try, folks!
  • Lane5slacker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Now I kinda want to cut myself and see for myself. This is a bad thing, isn't it?
    • KSUdesigner, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1If you want to know that bad, what's wrong with just getting a bandaid and trying it out without a cut? You're still gonna find out if it stays on or not.
    • zweben, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2No, you need a cut. It's required. Now go get that knife.
  • Odweaver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The poster should have posted the parent article that was already posted before, it would be much more useful, it has this, the potato thing, the shirt thing, and about 20 other things. It is located Here:
    http://crazyjapan.blogspot.com/2006/02/secretos-milenarios-japoneses-al.html

    Yes, i know its a blog but it has all of them listed.
  • volcomjerk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1This will save my life one day.
  • fitzdingus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Where was this earlier today?? I've wasted a bandaid!
  • theMacDude, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0hehe. I've been doing this for twenty years. :-)
  • the_snitch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What? No soviet Russia Comment yet?
    • JoeKickass, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2In Soviet Russia, the band-aid cuts you into x's!
    • zweben, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1And a pretty good one no less!

      This was worth watching if only for the completely pointless yet hilarious audio.
  • energeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Good method. Now if they would only have cut away half of the video not related to the band-aid and cut out the fancy animation wouldn't the video have loaded faster for people in more unfortunate countries(in the sense of transfer speeds)
  • h4lofourt33n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1A lot easier then the t-shirt, I actually got mad and threw my t-shirt, but this, is simple, and cool!
  • grizwald, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1brilliant ..
  • TheRebel88, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It's hard to believe with all this knowledge, they still lost World War II.
    • NewEvolution, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Kind of difficult to knowledge your way out of radiation poisoning, don't you think?

      If we'd actually invaded, they'd have butchered us good though...

      In any event, Japanese ingenuity FTW!
  • greeensmoke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I wish I knew Japanese, they make band-aid application sound really exciting
  • BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This is crazy.

    Cutting the Band Aid and then wrapping it around your finger?
    Holy *****.
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