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This might have already been posted re: chopping onions, but hold a matchstick in your teeth while cutting. Whatever chemicals are making you cry get absorbed/eliminated by the match's tip.

and if people make fun of you for holding a matchstick in your teeth just light that sucker up and show them how hardcore you are

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04-26-2011 , 03:32 PM

#2802

knivesout

hot gay mess

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5,301

It's actually supposed to be a blown out match, so yes, you can take a bad ass approach if you want

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04-26-2011 , 04:05 PM

#2803

ToddVandale

centurion

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 165

love this thread, but seriously can we move on from the fuggin onions. like who the **** cares about cutting onions. derail it!

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04-26-2011 , 06:56 PM

#2804

Uhrenknecht

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Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,896

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Originally Posted by getmoney111

I am not sure what you are saying Uhrenknecht, but I am pretty sure there was no way to beat the rake. But doesn't matter online poker is dead.

So you think ten player in a 1.10$ rebuy all making a rebuy paying 21$ for a 20$ prizepool is not better than paying 22$ for a 10man 2.20$ tourney for a 20$ pool?

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04-30-2011 , 12:21 PM

#2805

mad_mardigan

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,334

If you have trouble staying awake driving long trips, blast the AC. Make it as cold as possible, and you won't even come close to dozing off. No one has ever gone to sleep shivering cold right? Works for me, as Id rather be uncomfortable than dead obv.

To avoid a hangover, eat/drink something while ur drunk w/ vitamins and minerals etc to put ur electrolytes back in balance. EmergenC, gatorade, salted tomatoes, etc.

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04-30-2011 , 12:28 PM

#2806

GooseHinson

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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 6,590

Gatorade trick works.. but wtf at the driving tip. I can't fall asleep unless it's cold. Just open the windows and crank the music, hard to fall asleep with a strong wind in your face.

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04-30-2011 , 02:28 PM

#2807

PTW

adept

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,128

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Originally Posted by Freakin

Or get one of these
http://www.lippiselkbag.co.uk/store/d60-musuc-bag/

It's a wearable sleeping bag! (may have been posted in this thread earlier. Definitely somewhere in OOT)

Yeah, I posted this sometime ago. Best lounge around the house garment ever.

Wearing mine right now.

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04-30-2011 , 02:44 PM

#2808

mad_mardigan

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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,334

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Originally Posted by GooseHinson

Gatorade trick works.. but wtf at the driving tip. I can't fall asleep unless it's cold. Just open the windows and crank the music, hard to fall asleep with a strong wind in your face.

Bolded part, plus ur avatar, means ur a confirmed weirdo.

Hate to break it to you

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04-30-2011 , 10:57 PM

#2809

Leroy2DaBeroy

Head in the Clouds

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15,761

Better staying awake driving tip: munch/suck on something. I like tootsie roll pops or blowpops, but sunflower seeds are good too.

Can't remember if I saw that in this thread or somewhere else, TBH.

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04-30-2011 , 11:32 PM

#2810

Freakin

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Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 17,153

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Originally Posted by Leroy2DaBeroy

Better staying awake driving tip: munch/suck on something. I like tootsie roll pops or blowpops, but sunflower seeds are good too.

Can't remember if I saw that in this thread or somewhere else, TBH.

chewing ice also good

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04-30-2011 , 11:46 PM

#2811

Leroy2DaBeroy

Head in the Clouds

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15,761

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Originally Posted by Freakin

chewing ice also good

If you've got ice, letting a piece melt in your hand and then rubbing your eyes with the cold water is good also.

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04-30-2011 , 11:56 PM

#2812

Wallypop

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Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 5,189

Also for staying awake while driving:

Listen to loud talk radio. The discussion gives your mind something to focus on. Music, because of the rhythym, can put you to sleep even if its loud, or death metal of something.

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05-01-2011 , 12:30 AM

#2813

PTW

adept

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,128

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Originally Posted by Wallypop

100% second this. Love talk radio when tired and driving. If you really need to stay awake call in to the show and banter. You'll be on hold for an hour waiting and collecting your thoughts then you'll get a bit of a rush from talking on live radio to the host.

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05-01-2011 , 12:42 AM

#2814

trigstarr

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other things i find as effective as talk radio are nyquil and blindfolds

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05-01-2011 , 01:57 AM

#2815

sledghammer

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Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,120

A good entertaining book on tape will keep you wide awake. A bad one will put you right to sleep*. Chewing gum, sunflower seeds, or ice also work wonders.

*I've gone from falling asleep listening to one book, switching it to one I knew I liked and being wide awake for 4 more hours of driving.

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05-01-2011 , 10:16 AM

#2816

JammyDodga

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Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,268

Large cup off coffee, followed by a 15 minute power nap. The caffeine kicks in just as you are waking up from the nap.

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05-02-2011 , 12:05 AM

#2817

mad_mardigan

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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,334

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Originally Posted by trigstarr

other things i find as effective as talk radio are nyquil and blindfolds

lol +1....wtf talk radio, I said stay awake while driving not fall asleep....

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Originally Posted by JammyDodga

Large cup off coffee, followed by a 15 minute power nap. The caffeine kicks in just as you are waking up from the nap.

ummm ok...how does this help while driving? Before you start ur trip, yeah, obv helps.

Im talking about driving for a long time where you have nothing to help u stay awake. Rolling down the window helps obv, but making it as cold as possible in general really helps me w/ not even coming close to dozing off unless uve been driving for an insane, unsafe amount of time

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05-02-2011 , 08:15 AM

#2818

penfifteen

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 160

my advice is if you're so tired while driving that you have to resort to various techniques to stay awake: pull over and get some sleep. even if you are able to force yourself to stay awake, you really won't be in any state to react safely should an unexpected situation arise. don't risk it.

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05-02-2011 , 10:17 AM

#2819

z28dreams

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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,109

If you are sleepy while driving, just snack on something light. (Sunflower seeds, nuts, whatever).

When your gut is digesting food it keeps your brain awake.

This works tremendously well for me.

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05-02-2011 , 10:53 AM

#2820

alexruimy

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Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,446

i sleepeat all the time, not sure that would work for some

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05-02-2011 , 12:39 PM

#2821

tyler_cracker

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Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 15,828

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Originally Posted by penfifteen

qft. i dunno, maybe the rest of you are all ER docs and law school students who are capable of driving your A game even while drowsy. for me, cat nap is the only thing i've tried that's even remotely effective.

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05-02-2011 , 12:44 PM

#2822

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 100,195

If you only need to stay awake for a short time longer, try masturbating.

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05-02-2011 , 12:50 PM

#2823

tyler_cracker

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Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 15,828

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

If you only need to stay awake for a short time longer, try masturbating.

as long as that "short time longer" is "0.05 seconds after orgasm", this might work. otherwise, for me, it would definitely have the opposite effe--zzzzzzz...

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05-02-2011 , 12:53 PM

#2824

JL514

because i can

Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 9,820

I've pulled off the highway to find someplace to sleep and once I exited I was no longer tired. I think something about the monotony of guardrails and white lines was making me extra sleepy.

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05-02-2011 , 01:00 PM

#2825

Flow73

adept

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 896

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Originally Posted by JL514

I've pulled off the highway to find someplace to sleep and once I exited I was no longer tired. I think something about the monotony of guardrails and white lines was making me extra sleepy.

This. Ever time I've tried to sleep during a long road trip I become more alert the second I get off the road. Now I just stop for a drink and take a walk.

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