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- arunforce, on 10/12/2007, -7/+53Like Bandaid companies want you to use only one bandaid a day?!
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http://arunforce.blogspot.com - kejistan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38That invention is called the belt, a truly amazing invention. Perhaps it'll be posted to digg someday.
Until then, read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_%28clothing%29 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34ur my hero, frat
the one on the joint is pretty sneaky - 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.
- kramer3d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25First the "how to fold a T-shirt in 2 moves"
then the "how to peel a potato REAL fast"
and now this.... - 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?
- 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.
- JustMatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20I don't think you understand the delicate art of crafty Asian fixes.
- 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.
- 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
- 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. - 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. - Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15awesome way of doing it, and the video is strangely mesmerizing
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16People vote for stuff here... wtf are YOU doing on digg?? Is slashdot down or what?
- 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.
- boredzo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11How to fold a shirt: http://fold-your-shirt.com/
- 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.
- aristofeles, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16"Which means that there is life outside US and there are people who are as intelligent as people inside US."
Yeah, they are called "humans". It's a very populated specie, in case you are just finding it out. - ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8What? And fuel the fingertip/knuckle bandage cartel? NEVER!
- 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.
- dmsteg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12I wonder what would happen if all of Japan were to switch to decaff?
- Unr3a1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11In the begining, the women is flipping you off.
- NoahK, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Wait wait... how DO you fold a t-shirt in 2 moves?
- PhireN, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8and its even worse when you have dialup (only 2 more weeks!)
- 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. - burke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Very clever. These are always fun. I hope I remember this next time I cut a knuckle.
- 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.
- boredofthesane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Sweet Jebus...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_bnSk3kTaU - orlyyarly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7i still can't figure out the "ninja technique"
- Morph_Ball, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5God, I hate getting into the shower and finding rolled bandaids lying around. This kicks.
- 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.
- zweben, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Now if only they would put that intelligence into, I dunno... making innovative cars or electronics for us.
.....Oh wait. - 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. - inactive, 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? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+13Damn! you gotta cut back on the masturbation ;p
- 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 - greeensmoke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I wish I knew Japanese, they make band-aid application sound really exciting
- Sube6491, on 10/12/2007, -7/+9Man first the Japanese come up with the ingenius Honda. Now this. Pure Brilliance!
- 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.
- knightblade2oo4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2while that is true, bandaid will likely become a common noun much like kerosine.
- 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 - Aztlan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2here if you want to buy the Knuckle & Fingertip band aid.
http://www.bandaid.com/specialty_prod.shtml - 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?
- antdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I hate it when bandages can't be removed easily even in water. :)
- 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 - Fantt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Sugoi desu yo!
- 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.
- the_snitch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What? No soviet Russia Comment yet?
- blueblood, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1its funny how mutch more aware you become of the sound effects when you are listening to a different language lol
- 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. -
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