Another episode of Richard Wiseman’s amazing bets to impress your friends with.
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Tag: Tips
How To Of The Day: How To Make A Coffin
Looking for the perfect way to “spruce” up your Halloween decor? Are you “pining” for a centerpiece for your next Halloween party? Try building this toe-pincher coffin. It’s authentic enough to have trick-or-treaters and party guests just dying to visit your holiday festivities. Best of all, since it’s made of plywood, it’s durable enough to reuse at your next scary fete, but it’s lightweight and cheap to build.
Secret Price Codes
A cheat sheet for saving even more money at major retailers–by knowing their secret price codes.
Several popular retailers use “secret” price codes that can clue you in on whether an item is the best deal at the store or not. Here’s a handy chart you can use while shopping to decode those numbers.
Here are the pricing structures for Costco, Target, Sam’s Club, BJ’s, Home Depot, Gap/Old Navy, Sears, and Office Depot. Look for the price on the tag and if it ends in one of these numbers or letters/symbols, you’ll know if you’re getting a really good deal or just the regular price. (Marked down just means it’s on sale, Final Markdown is the lowest price the store will drop it to, Clearance/Discontinued means the store isn’t gong to restock it.)
If you only remember one thing, though, just look for the price ending in any number other than 9 or 99, and you’ll know you’re getting less than full retail price.
Helpful Tips To Make Life Simpler
- Old telephone books make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the names and addresses of people you don’t know.
- Fool other drivers into thinking you have an expensive car phone by holding an old TV or video remote control up to your ear and occasionally swerving across the road and mounting the curb.
- Lose weight quickly by eating raw pork and rancid tuna. I found that the subsequent food poisoning/diarrhea enabled me to lose 12 pounds in only 2 days.
- Avoid parking tickets by leaving your windshield wipers turned to fast wipe whenever you leave your car parked illegally.
- No time for a bath? Wrap yourself in masking tape and remove the dirt by simply peeling it off.
- Apply red nail polish to your nails before clipping them. The red nails will be much easier to spot on your bathroom carpet. (Unless you have a red carpet, in which case a contrasting polish should be selected).
- Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whiskey. The following morning you can create the effects of hangover by drinking a thimble full of dish washing liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.
How To Of The Day: How To Get All The Meat Out Of A Lobster
Enjoy… No really… Enjoy!
Picking a lobster, getting it home, and cooking it is the easy part: getting all of the meat out of it for dinner or for a recipe can be the tricky bit. With a little practice, it doesn’t have to be. Thankfully, this video guide from America’s Test Kitchen will show you how it’s done.
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