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Management can not vouch for these "home remedies", we haven't tried them, you can use them at your own risk.


Bounce this around!

The US Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow jackets away. The yellow jackets just veer around you. And all this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer!

It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them.

It also repels mice. Spread them around foundation areas, or in trailers, cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.

It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.

Repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

Eliminates static electricity from your television (or computer) screen. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.

Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.

Freshen the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.

Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.

Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.

Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty lu! ggage be fore storing.

Freshen the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.

Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food.

Eliminate odors in wastebaskets.. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.

Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.

Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.

Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.


Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.

Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.

Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. Keeps them smelling fresh.

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HOME REMEDIES

1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic! Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto! The blockage will be almost instantly removed.

2. Are you clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.

3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs about lifting the toilet seat by simply using the sink.

4. For high blood pressure sufferers: just cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins.

5. A mousetrap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.

7. Have a bad toothache? Smash your thumb with a hammer and you will forget about the toothache.

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The Good Housekeeping Way #1
Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.

The Real Women's Way
Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for God's sake. You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it anyway.

The Good Housekeeping Way #2
If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a potato slice.

The Real Women's Way
If you over-salt a dish while you are cooking, that's tough shit. Please recite with me the Real Women's motto: "I made it and you will eat it and I don't care how bad it tastes."

The Good Housekeeping Way #3
Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.

The Real Women's Way
Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and drop it in 2 ounces of tequila. Drink the Tequila. You might still have the headache, but at least you will be too drunk to give a shit.

The Good Housekeeping Way #4
If you have a problem opening jars, try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

The Real Women's Way
Go ask mister tight-ass, cute-legs, single neighbor to do it for you.

The Good Housekeeping Way #5
Freeze leftover wine into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.

The Real Women's Way
Leftover wine????? What leftover wine???????

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Avoid rice from sticking together by boiling each grain separately. Use four saucepans simultaneously to speed up the process.

When buying fruit by the pound, buy grapes instead of apples. Apples are much heavier.

String dipped in tomato sauce makes perfect reusable spaghetti for kids who don't like spaghetti. My kids never touch the stuff and don't realize I've been serving them up the same bowl of string for over a year now.

Planning vacations is half the fun. So why not stay at home this year and plan two. Just as much fun and it costs absolutely nothing.

Take the leg work out of shopping by simply standing by the supermarket check-out and removing any items you require from other people's carts when they are not looking.

Whilst watching TV soaps, blink alternately with one eye and then the other. This way you'll never miss a second. Studies show that you probably miss up to an hour of your favorite programs each year due to normal blinking..

Keep all your CDs in the wrong cases. If a burglar steals them, at least he'll have the unenviable task of sorting them all out before he can sell them.

Save money on mouthwash by spitting it back into the bottle. Replace the entire bottle once it becomes chewy.

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Don't know if any of this works, but what the heck might just do that.........

Facts on HONEY and CINNAMON
It is found that mixture of honey and cinnamon cures several diseases.
Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a "Ram Ban" (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases.

HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, chapati, or other bread, instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack.
Honey and Cinnamon revitalizes the arteries and veins.

BLADDER INFECTIONS: Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

CHOLESTEROL: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of cinnamon powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours.

COLDS: Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH: Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS: According to the studies done in India &Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM: Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks.
Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA: A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

Senior citizens who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts are more alert and flexible.


 

THINGS TO KNOW

Þ Budweiser Beer conditions the hair

Þ Mayonnaise will also condition your hair

Þ Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes

Þ Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea

Þ Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar!

Þ Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish

Þ Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any

Þ Puffy eyes - Preparation H

Þ Athletes foot - cornstarch

Þ Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks Vapor Rub

Þ Stinky feet - Jello!

Þ Arthritis? - WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too

Þ Paper cut - Crazy Glue or Chap Stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)

Þ Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water

Þ Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste

Þ Burn your tongue? - put sugar on it!

Þ Bee stings - meat tenderizer

Þ Chigger bite - Preparation H

Þ WD-40 spray kills insect stings too

Þ Mayonnaise will KILL LICE

Þ Fleas in your carpet? - 20 Mule Team Borax - sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. {Maybe this will work if you get them back again.} [ :-o Uhh…!? ]

Þ Wine stains - pour on the Morton Salt and watch it absorb into the salt.

Þ Baked on food - fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Also, you can use 2 Efferdent tablets; soak overnight!

Þ Stains on clothes - Colgate - Grass stains - Karo Syrup - Grease Stains - Coca Cola

Þ To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel.

Þ Dirty grout - Listerine

Þ Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!

Þ Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls

Þ Peanut butter will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper

Þ Remove labels off glassware etc. - rub with Peanut butter!

Þ Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray

Þ Pam will also remove paint and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage for your hubby

Þ Coca Cola will remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. (We know it will take corrosion from car batteries!)

Þ Kool Aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet. (Wow, and we drink this stuff)

Þ Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak

Þ Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also. Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint, you're kids will love it and it won't hurt them if they eat it

Þ Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container, and mix with the food color of your choice!

Þ To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste

Þ When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with cornstarch and watch them slide on

Þ A Slinky will hold toast and CD's! [Slow night at the factory when this was realized ya suppose??]

Þ To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer add a little Clorox, or 2 Bayer Aspirin, or just use 7-up instead of water.

Þ Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of Club Soda and cup of Milk of Magnesia, soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years!

Þ When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you "squeeze" for freshness or softness? Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist tie. They are:

Monday = Blue

Tuesday = Green

Thursday = Red

Friday = White (White)

Saturday = Yellow

So if today was Thursday, you would want a red twist tie; not white, which is Fridays (almost a week old!). The colors go alphabetically by color: Blue- Green - Red - White - Yellow, Monday through Saturday. Very easy to remember.

I thought this was interesting. I looked in the grocery store and the bread wrappers DO have different twist ties, and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors. You learn something new everyday! Enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color on the day you are shopping


1) Flies or bees bothering you? Spray them with hairspray and they will take a quick dive.

2) Sealed envelope - Put in the freezer for a few hours, then slide a knife under the flap. The envelope can then be resealed. (Hmmm...)

3) Use empty toilet paper roll to store appliance cords. It keeps them neat and you can write on the roll what appliance it belongs to.

4) For icy doorsteps in freezing temperatures: get warm water and put Dawn dish washing liquid in it. Pour it all over the steps. They won't refreeze.

5) Crayon marks on walls? This worked wonderfully! A damp rag dipped in baking soda. Comes off with little effort (elbow grease that is)!

6) Permanent marker on appliances/counter tops (like store receipt BLUE)! Rubbing alcohol on paper towel.

7) Whenever I buy a box of SOS Pads, I immediately take a pair of scissors and cut each pad into halves. After years of having to throw away rusted and unused and smelly pads, I finally decided that this would be much more economical. And now a box of SOS pads lasts me indefinitely! In fact, I have noticed that the scissors get sharpened this way!