Palm to head - hemostats, of course! They are indeed the be all and end all of multi-use items.
Actually, a friend of mine was proud of having redone his heating/AC ducts and took me down the basement to show me. The duct tape he used was hanging all over and he admitted that, no, it didn’t stick well once the heating season started.
Good for cementing ducks together though.
Just the other day I used a Jeep to go to the supermarket. 
It also works great when the outside flush lever handle part that connects to the plastic rod inside the top toilet tank has somehow come loose from the chain that holds that little floaty thing in that suction water-hole. It’s water-proof and thin and strong, which is great b/c you have to have the right length exactly before you thread the needle and make a tiny knot on the floss so the water-hole doesn’t seal too soon and you don’t get enough toilet-bowl water, or too late and it runs forever because the chain blocks the floaty thing’s suction so it runs.
Note: I am not a licensed plumber.
Large split-ring key rings work well when used as large paper clips. My dad ingeniously used them to clip an FM converter (remember those?) to the bottom of the dash of his Chevette.
well, I would contend that it is, just not in the same manner or the same types of cans. The P38 you were thinking of probably doesn’t slice bread very well either, so much as obliterate it.
I used some once to temporarily repair a chicken coop and one of the birds got stuck to it. Had to practically pluck her to get her free. Sticks really well to birds.
One of my favorite tools are those rubber bendy gear ties. Endless number of uses for temporary repairs or even permanent constructions. The dog containment section of my van prominently features bendy gear ties in its construction.
Well, if you hold it up just right at the very tipitty tip of the prop as it spins, it should work. Holding it up NOT quite right is discouraged, as it tends to sticky up the tarmac. . .
What they are really supposed to look like: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/lockheed/us/100years/stories/p-38/_jcr_content/center_content/image.img.jpg/1418140188897.jpg
Marshmallows. Originally a yummy treat just to be eaten, plain, as they come from the bag. They are used for so many different recipes now, everything from fudge to full-on sugar sculpture. But eating one plain from the bag is a shameful, degraded activity to be accomplished only while skulking behind the pantry door. . .
There’s a Top Tip if I’ve ever heard one
My only use for marshmallows is as raccoon bait for the havahart trap. Raccoons love them, cats do not.
Good for cleaning under your nails, too.
Cocacola as a cleaner and de-ruster is a classic.
Had to defibrillate thread for this:
Apparently Drano corrodes drains, so I brilliantly came up with the idea of buying a toilet plunger, and gave it a go on my clogged kitchen sink, and yeah - it works, alright.
(made sure to label it in large letters “For kitchen sink only!” and is kept under the kitchen sink.)
(fuck I wish spellcheck could somehow get disabled - defibrillate was spelled perfectly correctly. Those red underlines are really starting to bother me.):mad:
In Firefox, right-click. You can add it to Firefox’s dictionary.
you know, they sell “mini-plungers” which are actually sink plungers.
thanks, running coach and guestchaz
ignorance thrown into a headlock and wailed on!
also: approximately 145 times better than a wheelbarrow - I fill up two of these:
… then stack’em and haul’em away in a hand-truck. Much larger volume, and easier to transport.
Does using clothes pins or binder clips as chip clips count? I have a bunch of both of these in the kitchen drawer; they’re used to re-seal many types of kitchen bags.
Almost forgot (and it’s probably a lost art at this point in history) but there’s no better paper for cleaning glass/windows than newsprint.
White vinegar is a good cheap de-ruster; submerge parts in it. It can be saved and reused.
Lye-based oven cleaner and purple Super Clean will strip paint from many plastics without damage to them. Simple Green sorta works sometimes.
I use scissors to cut pizza into slices, and use a pizza cutter to cut up pancakes for small children.
In sort of a strange twist on the paperclip theme…
I am into locksport, though with no real skillz. This means that I have a bunch of professional lock picks in a Tupperware container on my desk. Those thin little hooks with comfortable handles (like these kits) are amazing for tearing apart plastic and tape, opening CD/DVD boxes, and other annoying things that have lots of bits of plastic that needs ripping apart. They are better than a knife because they are very thin, controllable, and unlikely to cut you.
Here’s a suggestion, since I do the same thing differently, and a milk pitcher seems like a large item to use as a scoop in 20-pound bag … I feed my dog all kinds of people food and even barbecue for him, but I always use dry dog food as a base, that I buy in large 40-pound bags. The system I’ve been using for years is to just use a plastic scoop to fill a big plastic airtight food container that holds about a week’s supply, and then roll up and seal the big bag with a couple of large alligator-style paper clips*. That way the base for the daily meal can be just poured out of the handy smaller container that I keep in the kitchen cupboard. Convenient, and minimizes food deterioration from excessive air exposure.
*a very useful multi-purpose item – also useful for sealing potato chip bags, soda crackers, and many freezer items.