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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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1 posted on 11/26/2017 11:03:04 AM PST by mairdie
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2 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)
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I couldn’t figure that out until I looked at the image name. VERY CLEVER!


3 posted on 11/26/2017 11:10:34 AM PST by mairdie
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PROCRASTINATORS OF THE WORLD... UNITE... tomorrow...


4 posted on 11/26/2017 11:12:30 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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Why put off until tomorrow what you can do... day after tomorrow


5 posted on 11/26/2017 11:13:46 AM PST by ozarkgirl
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Good one!


6 posted on 11/26/2017 11:14:22 AM PST by mairdie
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If some people worked as hard as the do trying to get OUT of work, they’d be very successful in life.


7 posted on 11/26/2017 11:17:55 AM PST by joethedrummer
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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”.


8 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)
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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...

9 posted on 11/26/2017 11:18:51 AM PST by Cowboy Bob
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Ok, what is it?


10 posted on 11/26/2017 11:19:08 AM PST by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian!)
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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”.


Undeniably true.


11 posted on 11/26/2017 11:20:25 AM PST by Zeneta
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:^)

I call it ... conserving energy...


12 posted on 11/26/2017 11:24:12 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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Some great tips here!


13 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)
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My hero animal... The Giant Sloth...


14 posted on 11/26/2017 11:28:02 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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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.


15 posted on 11/26/2017 11:29:02 AM PST by umgud
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Genius! You should have put a premium on your singlehood. You have got to have developed some purely brilliant shortcuts.


16 posted on 11/26/2017 11:31:05 AM PST by mairdie
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To: CottonBall

Corner cutter. Clever, huh?


17 posted on 11/26/2017 11:31:31 AM PST by mairdie
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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?


18 posted on 11/26/2017 11:32:33 AM PST by mairdie
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LOL!


19 posted on 11/26/2017 11:35:35 AM PST by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian!)
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Waring’s First Law of Maintenance:

“If you don’t fix it, it won’t ‘break again’”.


20 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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