A good idea can strike like a lightning bolt, seemingly out of nowhere . It can be completely random , or be the result of some deep thought. In any event, a good idea — whether it’s yours or someone else’s — is a thing to behold.
Are all of these ideas good? Yeah, I’d say so.
“How to play chess park sign.”
If you, like me, are one of those people who never properly learned how to play chess, but still harbor fantasies of being one of those cool chess players at the park, here’s a primer.
“This propane tank where I work was just painted to look like a watermelon.”
A big, bulbous, bright propane tank has a way of sticking out like a sore thumb. Now, people think it’s just a big, bulbous, unusually shiny watermelon. Much better!
“A monopoly board made from leather I found at an antique shop in Florida.”
I’m not a big Monopoly fan. The games go on for far too long. That said, the game has its fans — and if you’re a Monopoly family, shouldn’t you have something fancier than just the base set?
“This birdhouse which is a tiny replica of the big house.”
Birdhouse designs typically value function over form. After all, the birds don’t care what it looks like, so long as they can fit inside. It’s nice to see the occasional ornate birdhouse.
“This house in my neighbourhood has flowers for a front lawn.”
Lawns are overrated. They suck up resources, need cutting, and otherwise make every yard look the same. If we adjusted our expectations, we could all have unique front yards like this.
“Permanent cornhole in this park.”
Cornhole is a great lawn game, and I love the idea of making it permanent. The only downside — and it’s kind of a significant one, honestly — is that these boards are now major tripping hazards.
“When traveling always keep your shampoos in a Ziploc bag for this reason…”
If you don’t do this already when you travel, you should start now. There’s nothing quite like the horror of having a bottle of shampoo explode over your entire bag.
“Free vegetable leaves for pets in my local supermarket‘s produce section.”
What do you do with those veggie leaves that you don’t want to eat? If you’re anything like me, you throw them out and feel vaguely guilty about it. This supermarket has a better way.
“The solution for my luncheon meat.”
I’m not too sure about that colorless deli meat, but the theory of having the meat perfectly cover the bread is something I’m totally down for. I’d just want to find some better meat.
“My new job installed trim on all the bathroom stalls to cover the gap.”
Who knew that there was a fix to the scourge of stall doors with massive gaps? This feature would immediately make me loyal to this workplace.
“Adapt. Overcome. Improvise.”
We usually think of muffins as something that can only be made using a proper muffin pan. But if we can step outside of this muffin pan paradigm, there’s a whole world of other muffin conveyances out there.
“My coworker puts his coffee creamer in breast milk bags in the common fridge.”
Of all the things that get stolen from office fridges, coffee creamer must be near the top of the list. Here’s a gross, but fair, way of protecting the stash.
“Bike maintenance stands make a great umbrella holder.”
If you, for some reason, don’t have an umbrella stand but do have a bike maintenance stand, you could rig something like this up for shade. I hate to go on about tripping hazards again, but…
“My daughter made a wallet chain out of can tabs!”
If you grew up with frosted tips and JNCO jeans, this image probably made you feel nostalgic. There was nothing quite like whipping your wallet out via its chain so you could buy the latest Limp Bizkit album.
“How I make iced coffee without diluting it.”
Some people are downright militant about having their drinks get watered down. If you’re part of the no-ice gang, here’s a way to utilize ice without actually incorporating it into your drink.
“I built the ~$800 Lego Millennium Falcon set out of parts I already had.”
It kind of looks like Han Solo cobbled this together out of colorful space junk, but it’s hard to deny just how impressive this home-built version of an $800 set truly is.
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“These sausages from Costco Japan come with bones.”
Has anyone ever eaten a sausage and thought, “This would be even better if I had to pick bones out of it”? Evidently someone has, or else these things probably wouldn’t exist.
“The correct way to cut a lime.”
Bartenders already know this, but for the rest of us, it’s a handy trick. TL;DR: don’t slice limes in half. Just don’t, ever. Cut a square out of the middle and go from there.
“Reusable McDonald’s containers in Paris.”
A McDonald’s meal wouldn’t quite feel like a McDonald’s meal if it didn’t come with a metric ton of garbage to throw out after eating. I guess I could get used to this more eco-friendly option, though. I mean, it’s for the environment and all.
“The price for secondhand books is based on the thickness.”
This is an interesting idea, but just as you should never judge a book by its cover, you should also never judge it by its thickness. This system completely devalues comics and overvalues dictionaries.