Some people pride themselves on being able to find incredibly ingenious and slick solutions to problems! There are others however, whose creative solutions to problems are a little…ramshackle!
From shopping cart BBQs to lint-made jumpers, here are 17+ times people made do with what they had.
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“Pandemic keeping you from the salon? Problem solved!”
As someone else pointed out, if this is what your feet normally look like after being in the salon, then you need to start going to a different salon!
“Finally…now I know how to fascinate women!”
I mean, I suppose that I have heard of worse chat-up lines than, “Here’s some cheese,” in my time.
Making The Best Of A Bath Situation…
I particularly love how this ramshackle creation is parked outside of a luxurious looking cabin, it’s a bit of a tonal shift somewhat!
“I mean, if it works, it works…”
Whether it “works” or not in the conventional sense, there is no way I’d be risking eating shopping cart burgers!
“New shoe dryer prototype for you guys.”
I cannot imagine that hair dryer lasting very long! I admittedly tried this approach to drying socks in the past…it didn’t end well.
This Budget Alarm System…
I imagine that it is not only me who can absolutely hear this picture through the screen.
What The Heck Was Their Plan Here?
What the hell was the intended purpose for this? Best suggestion gets a prize I guess.
The Ultimate Crime Deterrent!
Now I know what people mean when they talk about wanting to avoid a brush with the law!
“Your move, NASA.”
I just hoped that they washed those pants before doing this, otherwise it would honk in that room.
“Was playing with a laser pointer with my cat and he ended up sat like this…”
“I mean, what do you expect me to do John, go out in my bare paws? It’s not like you ever buy me any nice shoes John!”
“Need to relocate your switch?”
There is nothing in this world that can’t be fixed with some pipes and a bit of string. Well, there’s probably a lot of things, but this instance isn’t one of them!
“I didn’t know AAA batteries were so hard to install!?”
Some people just really need help with even the simplest of tasks okay! Don’t be so judgemental!
“High quality planning & construction work…”
“Look, if you really want a games room then there is no room for a bathroom, unless you put your toilet on the bloody stairs!”
“Well…”
“Oh you cannot be serious.”
“Deadly.”
The Stick Fix!
I suppose that you don’t have to worry about needing to replace these materials used. In this case they literally grow on trees after all.
“I made a sweater out of dryer fluff.”
This guy now looks like Mad Max’s chore-obsessed brother, Sad Max. I am actually quite curious how warm that thing is.
“The sensor bar for my Wii broke, but because candles emit Infrared light my Wii remote can still be used.”
This is one of the most fascinating things that I have seen on the internet for ages. What a romantic way to fix a Wii!
It’s Mr. Plow!
Oh Deere. I think that I might actually like this more than the Suzuki-Bathtub creation, simply for its ramshackle design!
Working With What You’ve Got!
Talk about putting a spanner in the works… Get it, because it means two things here? Bloody marvellous stuff.
“[…] a hot glue NY Yankees hat.”
Who’s the bigger fool, the person who made this, or the person who might buy it?
Franken-hammer.
No one said a hammer has to be pretty or comfortable, as long as it gets the job done.
“My mom ‘didn’t like the yellowed colour’ so she decided to put nail polish on the printer despite my objections.”
So she didn’t like the yellow, but not enough to go buy paint.
“My Dad in law invented this hummingbird helmet. He calls the feeder in the back ‘The Tickler’.”
Not accounting for his naming abilities, this is actually pretty cool. And clearly popular too!
“The tire shop by my house has chairs and tables made from old tires. They are super comfortable too.”
They say the chairs are comfortable, but based on this photo alone, I don’t believe them.
“I got tired of cranking my coffee grinder manually…”
Nothing gets you ready to start the day quite like the smell of coffee and the sweet sounds of a power drill.
“Recliner broke…temporarily.”
This has extreme ‘dad’ energies to me. I could see my dad absolutely loving the upgrade.
“When the school can’t afford you a document viewer, you have to improvise.”
I’m actually kind of amazed by this one. It’s simple but so clean and perfectly crafted. Hopefully, they’re an engineering professor.
“Wooden tailgate my husband made for his truck.”
It might not be the prettiest, but he put that extra level of care in with the lettering, so I commend it.
“Saw this nice mailbox today.”
Sure, it might look a little ramshackle, but it’s not exactly like it isn’t going to work. It’s providing a pretty straightforward function after all.
Lego Spork.
I can’t tell what exactly is happening at the end there, but I don’t like it. I really don’t like it.
“For remote teaching without a document camera…”
This person went on to say of their creation, “You’d be surprised how much Redneck Engineering goes into your average Ph.D. thesis.”
