Lazy men and women share their ingenious tricks for cutting corners

Daily Mail ^ | 26 November 2017 | Hana Carter

[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.

[MileHi]

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”.

I think Ben Franklin said that he wasn't a genius, he was just lazy.

[Hildy]

That 24 Hour fitness was right around the block from where I lived in San Diego and my husband was a member. We would always joke about the escalator.

[tbw2]

I’ve screamed that at my son more than once.

[Vendome]

LOL!

True...

[mairdie]

One of my grandfathers invented a cook stove for prospectors. The other patented railroad signals for work. Most of my attempts at cleverness have been disasters.

Denver Times, 1916 - 101 YEARS AGO!


Bell's stove is a novelty in that its chief fuel is gasoline. A gallong of "gas" will be sufficient for a two months' trip, according to the inventor. The stove is modeled after the ordinary reflector heater. The flame from the burner passes thru a series of air chambers, the heat circulating around the over and under the plates used for cooking.

Back of the reflecter, and designed to fill the vacancy, between the reflector and stove back, is a tank with a pump for pressure. There is a system of oils and screens, constituting Bell's invention, which requires no superheating to create the gas for the flame.

Many Fuels Possible
Alcohol, gasoline, kerosene, crude oil or natural or artificial gas can be used. Also it is possible to convey the gas from the stove to an ordinary Weisbach or other burner and make an illuminating light of any power.

It is claimed the stove will be a boon to the poor because of its economy in heating, baking and illuminating. But the inventor had chiefly in mind the outdoor man, and believes he has the perfect camp stove, light and easily packed, and selling at not more than $4. The chief problem of thousands of campers in the West has been the camp stove -- and this problem the veteran prospector seems to have solved.

Bell is a typical man of the open -- explorer, prospector, mining engineer and miner. He has done all forms of minng, and has a wonderful knowledge of minerology. For thirty-five years he has followed the lure of the mines and has nearly died of thirst in the desert and from exposure on the high peaks in winter.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Decorating the chair could very well be for practical purposes. Buying a tree every year to just throw away? Could buy a fake one but you have to store it for 11+ months. Real waste of space.

Washing your dishes while taking a bath doesn’t seem like a good idea though.

[Chickensoup]

When I was young I stored all my dishes and pots and pans in the dishwasher and would run it after meals.

[cyclotic]

My daughter once decorated a ladder for Christmas. . More for the art than the laziness.

[mairdie]

Cleaning the bathtub sounds FAR more difficult. I agree.

[mairdie]

Have any pictures? Sounds neat.

[cyclotic]

Not that I know of.

[b4me]

some clever ideas. some of the explanations under the photos don’t really state what is going on the pictures though.

[mairdie]

I’ve found Daily Mail to be egregiously edited at times.

[bgill]

Eat out of the pan.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

I live alone. Ice cream is routinely eaten from the carton.

[Tucker39]

Never do today what you can put off until the first of the week.

[hanamizu]

College summer job at Taco Bell. Had to wear a clean white shirt. I had two. I’d go to work spill stuff on it. Go home and take a shower, wearing the shirt, get out the stains, wring it out and hang it in the shower to drip dry. The second shirt was ready to go the next day while the first shirt continued to dry. (I thought it was pretty clever, but when I told women about my plan, they’d wrinkle their noses.

[mairdie]

Washing the white patrol belt was HARD, so sometimes I’d rub talcum powder into it so it looked white.

[hanamizu]

Has the patrol belt gotten cancer yet? You might have a claim!

[kitchen]

Never do today what someone else can do for you tomorrow.