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Lazy men and women share their ingenious tricks for cutting corners
Daily Mail ^
 | 26 November 2017
 |  Hana Carter
Posted on 11/26/2017 11:03:04 AM PST by mairdie
One man shows his trick for avoiding the washing up by eating his food off plates covered in cling film. Another creates an excessively long straw so that he can slurp his drink without having to stand up. 
For one household, decorating the Christmas tree is just too much of a task, so instead they cover a chair in fairy lights and put the presents under it.
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TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: shortcuts; timesaving
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:03:04 AM PST
by 
mairdie
 
To: mairdie
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:06:30 AM PST
by 
C210N
(It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
 
To: C210N
    I couldn’t figure that out until I looked at the image name. VERY CLEVER!
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:10:34 AM PST
by 
mairdie
 
To: mairdie
    PROCRASTINATORS OF THE WORLD... UNITE... tomorrow...
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:12:30 AM PST
by 
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
 
To: NFHale
    Why put off until tomorrow what you can do... day after tomorrow
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:13:46 AM PST
by 
ozarkgirl
 
To: NFHale
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:14:22 AM PST
by 
mairdie
 
To: C210N
    If some people worked as hard as the do trying to get OUT of work, they’d be very successful in life.
 
To: mairdie
    Lazy people invent all the best stuff. All the cool things in your life, cars, computers, tools, started when somebody said “this job sucks, there’s gotta be an easier way”.
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:18:13 AM PST
by 
discostu
(Things are in their place, The heavens are secure, The whole thing explodes in my face)
 
To: mairdie
    One man shows his trick for avoiding the washing up by eating his food off plates covered in cling film. Pure genius!
 I'll have to tell my wife...
 
To: mairdie
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:19:08 AM PST
by 
CottonBall
(Thank you, Julian!)
 
To: discostu
    Lazy people invent all the best stuff. All the cool things in your life, cars, computers, tools, started when somebody said this job sucks, theres gotta be an easier way.
Undeniably true.
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:20:25 AM PST
by 
Zeneta
 
To: ozarkgirl; mairdie
    :^)
I call it ... conserving energy...
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:24:12 AM PST
by 
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
 
To: mairdie
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:25:01 AM PST
by 
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear   - M. Gaye)
 
To: mairdie; ozarkgirl
    My hero animal... The Giant Sloth...
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:28:02 AM PST
by 
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
 
To: mairdie
    When I was young and single, I’d put my dishes into a plastic milk crate and go to the quarter spray carwash to clean them and my car.
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:29:02 AM PST
by 
umgud
 
To: umgud
    Genius! You should have put a premium on your singlehood. You have got to have developed some purely brilliant shortcuts.
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:31:05 AM PST
by 
mairdie
 
To: CottonBall
    Corner cutter. Clever, huh?
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:31:31 AM PST
by 
mairdie
 
To: Cowboy Bob
    I would absolutely try it but I find it more difficult to get the cling wrap off the roll. Any suggestions for making it easier?
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:32:33 AM PST
by 
mairdie
 
To: mairdie
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:35:35 AM PST
by 
CottonBall
(Thank you, Julian!)
 
To: mairdie
    Waring’s First Law of Maintenance:
“If you don’t fix it, it won’t ‘break again’”.
 
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posted on 
11/26/2017 11:36:41 AM PST
by 
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
 
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