Even a one trick pony has one.

Here is the place to divulge some of the life tricks you've accumulated so far. They can be about absolutely anything, from huge time/money savers to completely mundane crap. Try to keep it to your personal ones, though.


I'll start


-when you crack an egg, if a piece of shell falls in the pan or bowl, use half the broken shell to scoop it out. It's the perfect tool for the job. Way harder with a spoon or finger because the shell keeps moving in the whites.


-while driving, if you roll down the driver side window a breeze blows straight into the side of your head and it kind of sucks. If you crack the rear driver side window as well, it creates a gentle breeze that flows down your side. Great for not messing up your hair or your grammy's hair in the passenger seat.


You can also post great tricks you may have picked up elsewhere like how to eat a chicken wing, but try not to go looking for them.

Wow that chicken wing tip is amazing. my life has just been changed for the better.

the chicken wing one is amazing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBJV56WUDng

just used both egg shell and chicken wing this weekend.

- when eating pistachio's and you get one with a tiny slit that you can't get into, use one of the discarded shell halves to get in there and pry it open. no pistachio should be left uneaten.

- When walking down a sidewalk and several people are walking towards you and it seems like they're not going to move, forcing you to walk around, just slow way down. If you're walking slower than they are, they'll instinctively walk around you

- On a bus / subway, use your legs to balance yourself as much as possible and the hand rail as little as possible.

- When your plane pulls in to the gate and everyone stands in the aisle waiting for the door to open, just stay seated.

This thread isn't about tips to be a douche.

Airport Security lines: People instinctively go to the right when there is a choice of lines. You will always find shorter security lines if you go left.

When approaching a green light going fast, and you think the light might change, putting you in an awkward situation, look at the passenger crossing signal. If it's displaying the white man to walk, you're good with no worries. If it's blinking orange hand, that's the yellow light of walking, so I'd at the very least step off the gas. If it's a solid orange hand, the light's gonna change soon.

these are life-changing, thanks a lot

Nice. I've injured my thumbnails many times opening slitted pistachios. The side walk one is great too.


-if you get pulled over for absolutely anything, let the cop say his thing and then ask for your license and registration. While handing him your l & r, say 'I have no excuse.' Don't add a 'sir' or a 'sorry' or anything else. Just those 4 words.

I've been pulled over 20+ times in my life for huge infractions, and I've only gotten 1 ticket, which was driving home from Foxwoods through CT. Those are pretty impossible to get out of, but he did give me the minimum.

man, this is a tough one to test out. instincltively i just want to show respect and if not respect, a whole lot of begging.

STA,

Either you have to walk around them, or they have to walk around you. Most of the time in this situation, they'll take up the entire sidewalk, forcing you to step off the sidewalk. If they walk around you, they'll sort of 'line up' along the other half of the sidewalk and the beautifully manicured grass is spared!

nutshot,

In case you're not making fun of me, you're welcome!

Along the same lines: When getting into a subway car, allow everyone else to go in front of you. Being the last person on the car ensures that you'll have a spot to lean against the door, hence not touching the bacteria-covered hand rails.

Keep these in mind:

- A girl who says she isn't interested in how much money you make, is interested in how much money you make.

- Generally, something that is labelled as "inflammable", isn't.

- You may think that diesel and gas have to be "close enough" so that you could use one in place of the other in a pinch. You'd be wrong.

- A cubic zirconia, that is advertised as being "indistinguishable from the real thing", is very distinguishable from the real thing by any woman over the age of 17. (According to my brother.)

- When she says "I think we should start seeing other people", she is already seeing other people.

(- And, of course, never eat the green M&Ms.)

Here's a couple known truths about police: They hate excuses and they hate bootlickers(their term).

It is truly amazing how well this works. A couple years ago I was pulled over doing close to 60 in a 40 by some townie cop on the cape and I was like 'well, here's where the streak ends...', but I fed him the line and he came back with a warning and said something like 'not feeding me a line a bull**** just saved you a huge ticket...slow down and have a nice day'.

The fact is, so few people do it its such a shock when it happens they are left speechless and unable to write you a ticket unless they are a complete yambag.

Works on Staties too.

27, What is the reasoning behind your claim? My guess is you're just running well at tickets.

Chicken wing thing is interesting, most of the time I just stick the entire wing in my mouth and clean the thing off in a similar manner that they showed with their hands.

Banana video....seriously? Bananas open the more conventional way so easy as is that I don't see a reason to change my method.

That chicken wing thing is some unacceptable nonsense. Why do I want to bone my wing, gnawing on bones is part of the fun?

These seem more like opinions then life tricks...

Everything else has been top notch.

When you want to reach a live person, but youre stuck in an automated loop, pressing *0*0*0*0... as soon as you get on usually does it.

Use purell on hotel remotes and phones, do those ever get wiped down?

Splitting one dish at cheesecake factory still leaves you incredibly full.

The Palm, Mortons and a bunch of local upscale steak places have awesome happy hours where app's are like $3.

If you use the expression "to be honest with you" or "honestly", lose it, and be wary of people that do.

if you need quaters for laundry you can go to the self car wash and get quaters for laundry

fyp

Peeling an avocado. Cut in half, then squeeze the skin together forcing the avocado out.

Amazon is a great place to find customer reviews on just about everything.

If possible when flying coach, fly Jetblue over all over domestic carriers, with Virgin being the exception.

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what?


also the chicken wing thing seems like more work than is necessary. i start by grabbing those 2 same bones, or the other end.. doesn't really matter, and just put the thing in my mouth and pull the bones out, leaving the meat behind.

can't read the whole thread now but that chicken wing post is insane, going to bww later to get my grub on

I've noticed myself using that sometimes, and when I do use it I know in my head those are the times I'm not being completely honest. I'll have to make an effort to drop those words from my vocabulary.

On another note, if you're ever cooking something at high heat, or even broiling, and need to use oil, don't use olive oil. I found out the hard way.

I believe its been posted before, but:

At the gas pump, if the inside is broken where there is usually notches to pump automatically, use your gas cap, it fits perfectly.