Tag Archives: Tips

Top Tip: Poop

May 11, 2006 – 8:13 am

Mints are a great way of getting rid of the smell of a 3 year old suffering from gastro-intestinal distress that a brisk cycle through a gale followed by a shower just won’t shift. At least I hope they are. Shouldn’t there be a word for the type of smell that is no longer present, [...]

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Top Tip: Smug expressions

May 2, 2006 – 6:03 pm

Imagine you’re standing in an elevator, listening to a podcast that uses the word ‘outlaws’. You wonder idly why the opposite of ‘outlaws’ isn’t ‘in-laws’. Or maybe it is, and you should put it on a poster with a cute kitten dangling from a wire or something and sell it on mindlessplatitudes.com. Well just don’t, [...]

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Top Tip: Coffee Substitute

April 27, 2006 – 8:30 am

Worried about your level of coffee consumption, but need something to give you that kick in the mornings? Try this simple substitute: Take a half-mile stretch of bike path next to a rail line At one end have the bike path cross over the rail line At the other end place yourself, on a bike, [...]

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Tip: Key throwing

April 24, 2006 – 6:00 pm

At times it is most efficient to have your significant other throw the car keys to you, rather than walking over to him or her. Be advised that if your significant other is a) a girl, or b) throws like one, it will not be more efficient if you are standing near some guttering, even [...]

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Tips: Flight booking

April 18, 2006 – 6:09 pm

We’re flying back to the UK in July, and were looking for a cheap ticket (of course). From Minneapolis the cheapest option was to fly to Chicago, then Dublin, then either Manchester or Birmingham. We decided that on the way we’d stop in New York for a week to see family, and while investigating possible [...]

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