'Useful' household tips....

appleb

Hi. I am collecting useful household tips as me and my other half have just moved in together. I intend to be the perfect domestic godness. So I will start it off for the rest of you godesses (or gods) out there.

Ten things to do with an onion...
1 Boil onion skins in water to make brown fabric dye
2 Rub an onion on to an insect bite to soothe pain and relieve itchiness
3 Infuse onion skins in hot water to make tea. It might not sound appetising, but its great for colds.
4 Rub onion juice on to any area infected with athlete's foot.
5 rub a cut onion on the inside of your windscreen to prevent it misting up on a cold morning.
6 Push a rusty knife into an onion 3 or 4 times. It will clean off any discolouration on the blade.
7 To get rid of a speck of dust in your eye, simply chop up an onion and let your tears clean your eye naturally.
8 Half an onion left in a freshly painted room will neutralise the paint odours.
9 Put an onion in a bowl in a room to prevent creepy-crawlies coming in. The smell repels them.
10 Use a solution of onion and water as a metal polisher.

brummytom

If you spill white wine, pour red wine onto it

alwaysadub

appleb wrote: »

Hi. I am collecting useful household tips as me and my other half have just moved in together. I intend to be the perfect domestic godness. So I will start it off for the rest of you godesses (or gods) out there.

Ten things to do with an onion...
1 Boil onion skins in water to make brown fabric dye
2 Rub an onion on to an insect bite to soothe pain and relieve itchiness
3 Infuse onion skins in hot water to make tea. It might not sound appetising, but its great for colds.
4 Rub onion juice on to any area infected with athlete's foot.
5 rub a cut onion on the inside of your windscreen to prevent it misting up on a cold morning.
6 Push a rusty knife into an onion 3 or 4 times. It will clean off any discolouration on the blade.
7 To get rid of a speck of dust in your eye, simply chop up an onion and let your tears clean your eye naturally.
8 Half an onion left in a freshly painted room will neutralise the paint odours.
9 Put an onion in a bowl in a room to prevent creepy-crawlies coming in. The smell repels them.
10 Use a solution of onion and water as a metal polisher.

What about putting it in a sandwich?

Red Hand

Tie an onion to your belt...it's the style at this time...

W.Shakes-Beer

Closing the hall door stops bad people.

Mint Sauce

OP, you must go through a lot of onions!

Mint Sauce

brummytom wrote: »

If you spill white wine, pour red wine onto it

So no suggestions on how an onion could clean it?

nosey rosie

OP you seem weirdly obsessed with onion :eek:... try changing up your household cleaning tips with other ingredients... vinegar and bicarbonate of soda work too.

KeithM89_old

Tip 1: Hire a maid.

James Forde

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Tie an onion to your belt...it's the style at this time...

They didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones

appleb

irish-stew wrote: »

OP, you must go through a lot of onions!

You get a big bag of onions in Lidl for about 80C. Its great what you can do with them. I waste nothing these days. By the way, I have vast amounts of brown fabric dyes- if anyone needs any (minimal cost may apply)

Organise another woman to join you both in the bedroom.

Red Hand

bryanjf wrote: »

They didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones

"Gimme 5 bees for a quarter!" you'd say.

FlutterinBantam

If you buy a replacement clothes line and it's too long, measure the distance from the post to your house.

Then simply knock down your house and rebuild it the correct distance from the clothes post.

bmarley

Great idea. Looking forward to getting lots of tips.

10 things to do with potatoes
Cut them in halve, carve shapes into them, dip them in paint and decorate your walls.
Cut in halve to sooth styes, boils, spots
Boil skins to feed your pigs or chickens
Have potato and spoon races up and down your garden, get the neighbours to join in
Chips
Wedges
Mash
Boxty
Potato bread
Roasted
Potato gratin

.... got a bit carried away there.

Turtyturd

Don't piss on the floor.

appleb

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

If you buy a replacement clothes line and it's too long, measure the distance from the post to your house.

Then simply knock down your house and rebuild it the correct distance from the clothes post.

I understand where you are coming from but DIY is not my forte. More a kitchen woman myself....

bmarley

bmarley wrote: »

Great idea. Looking forward to getting lots of tips.

10 things to do with potatoes
Cut them in halve, carve shapes into them, dip them in paint and decorate your walls.
Cut in halve to sooth styes, boils, spots
Boil skins to feed your pigs or chickens
Have potato and spoon races up and down your garden, get the neighbours to join in
Chips
Wedges
Mash
Boxty
Potato bread
Roasted
Potato gratin

.... got a bit carried away there.

Irish mixed grill!

stoneill

Wean your partner onto raw eggs without them realising by removing the sand from your egg timer one grain at a time.

Where To

burying your laundry and dirty dishes in a hole in the garden saves water and electricity

Sofiztikated

Vinegar cleans almost anything.

But unlike onions does not make a good sandwich material.

bonerm

appleb wrote: »

Ten things to do with an onion...
1 Boil onion skins in water to make brown fabric dye
....
10 Use a solution of onion and water as a metal polisher.

11. Throw a string of them around your neck and go "haw he haw he haw".

Kasabian

Pay your mortgage weekly, forthnightly rather than monthly and you will save thousands on interest and have it paid years earlier.

Any extra money you can afford to pay above your monthly payment make sure to tell them it is payment from the principal.

1966

appleb wrote: »

To get rid of a speck of dust in your eye, simply chop up an onion and let your tears clean your eye naturally.

Who'd have thought it - brilliant.
Must try that on the kids too !

senorwipesalot

dont bother with expensive carpets or floor coverings .rob four carpet tiles from your office or local library and superglue them to your slippers.works grand for us.

C Eng

appleb wrote: »

Hi. I am collecting useful household tips as me and my other half have just moved in together. I intend to be the perfect domestic godness. So I will start it off for the rest of you godesses (or gods) out there.

Ten things to do with an onion...
1 Boil onion skins in water to make brown fabric dye
2 Rub an onion on to an insect bite to soothe pain and relieve itchiness
3 Infuse onion skins in hot water to make tea. It might not sound appetising, but its great for colds.
4 Rub onion juice on to any area infected with athlete's foot.
5 rub a cut onion on the inside of your windscreen to prevent it misting up on a cold morning.
6 Push a rusty knife into an onion 3 or 4 times. It will clean off any discolouration on the blade.
7 To get rid of a speck of dust in your eye, simply chop up an onion and let your tears clean your eye naturally.
8 Half an onion left in a freshly painted room will neutralise the paint odours.
9 Put an onion in a bowl in a room to prevent creepy-crawlies coming in. The smell repels them.
10 Use a solution of onion and water as a metal polisher.

Do every thing he asks you to do, and then go the extra mile to make it really special

chucken1

Cant afford contact lenses? Simply cut out small circles of cling film
and press them into your eyes.

AnonoBoy

Here's a retro tip I read in a magazine around 1995:

If your house gets dirty, buy a new one.

appleb

thanks guys for the really good tips. I have to pop out to the off licence as the better half has run out of beer. Keep them coming... I will be back in ten minutes

stoneill

WOMEN. WHY take two bottles into the shower when you can take about a dozen, cluttering up the shelf so there is no room for the single bottle of all over shampoo that we seem to be able to manage perfectly well with? For feck sake.

Jimmy Garlic

appleb wrote: »

Hi. I am collecting useful household tips as me and my other half have just moved in together. I intend to be the perfect domestic godness. So I will start it off for the rest of you godesses (or gods) out there.

Ten things to do with an onion...
1 Boil onion skins in water to make brown fabric dye
2 Rub an onion on to an insect bite to soothe pain and relieve itchiness
3 Infuse onion skins in hot water to make tea. It might not sound appetising, but its great for colds.
4 Rub onion juice on to any area infected with athlete's foot.
5 rub a cut onion on the inside of your windscreen to prevent it misting up on a cold morning.
6 Push a rusty knife into an onion 3 or 4 times. It will clean off any discolouration on the blade.
7 To get rid of a speck of dust in your eye, simply chop up an onion and let your tears clean your eye naturally.
8 Half an onion left in a freshly painted room will neutralise the paint odours.
9 Put an onion in a bowl in a room to prevent creepy-crawlies coming in. The smell repels them.
10 Use a solution of onion and water as a metal polisher.

I think you posted in the wrong forum love.

Kasabian

Kasabian wrote: »

Pay your mortgage weekly, forthnightly rather than monthly and you will save thousands on interest and have it paid years earlier.
.

would the bank allow you to do that??

brummytom

appleb wrote: »

More a kitchen woman myself....

Is there any other kind?

chucken1

Create instant designer stubble by sucking a magnet and dipping your
chin into a bowl of iron filings.

stoneill

Choking on ice?

Simply pour boiling water down your throat to melt the ice.

1966

chucken1 wrote: »

Cant afford contact lenses? Simply cut out small circles of cling film
and press them into your eyes.

better still try that film stuff round an onion !!

NeedaNewName

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Vinegar cleans almost anything.

But unlike onions does not make a good sandwich material.

Vinegar is essential in a chip sambo! And I mean doused on the bread as well as the chips.

Blondini

appleb wrote: »

Hi. I am collecting useful household tips as me and my other half have just moved in together. I intend to be the perfect domestic godness. So I will start it off for the rest of you godesses (or gods) out there.

Ten things to do with an onion...
1 Boil onion skins in water to make brown fabric dye
2 Rub an onion on to an insect bite to soothe pain and relieve itchiness
3 Infuse onion skins in hot water to make tea. It might not sound appetising, but its great for colds.
4 Rub onion juice on to any area infected with athlete's foot.
5 rub a cut onion on the inside of your windscreen to prevent it misting up on a cold morning.
6 Push a rusty knife into an onion 3 or 4 times. It will clean off any discolouration on the blade.
7 To get rid of a speck of dust in your eye, simply chop up an onion and let your tears clean your eye naturally.
8 Half an onion left in a freshly painted room will neutralise the paint odours.
9 Put an onion in a bowl in a room to prevent creepy-crawlies coming in. The smell repels them.
10 Use a solution of onion and water as a metal polisher.

11. Insert a suitably sized onion into your anus. This will prevent you from passing solids and hence save money on Toilet Paper.

12. Eat raw onions for every meal without brushing teeth. This will save money on Contraception.

Kasabian

Deleted User wrote: »

would the bank allow you to do that??

Yes , make the payments using your laser card on your pay day. Each payment counts towards the monthly payment. The banks like to have you pay it monthly as it maximises their profits.

If you can get your mortgage in credit by even one month this works brilliantly.

Have a look at this.

http://www.itsyourmoney.ie/iym/extrarepaymentscalculator

chucken1

Thicken up runny low-fat yoghurt by stirring in a spoonful of chopped onions.

Humans eh!

stoneill wrote: »

WOMEN. WHY take two bottles into the shower when you can take about a dozen, cluttering up the shelf so there is no room for the single bottle of all over shampoo that we seem to be able to manage perfectly well with? For feck sake.

Ah yes Thank You!
I thought I was the only one to go mental at that!
Anyway.
OP. do all housework in scanty expensive lingerie. Just for the hell of it.
Sorry but it won't get stains out or has anything to do with onions but its got every man in here thinking about sexy housework right now, and thats nice.

foxinsox

handy household tip


If your house stinks of onions..

Maybe remove the 50,000 onions from your house..

appleb

chucken1 wrote: »

Thicken up runny low-fat yoghurt by stirring in a spoonful of chopped onions.

UGH! Sounds horrible. But hey... I will try anything once:rolleyes:

Snowie

foxinsox wrote: »

handy household tip


If your house stinks of onions..

Maybe remove the 50,000 onions from your house..

damm heres me hoping you were going to post something really usefull so i could imagine you in yellow merrigolds with fluffy ends :pac::p

chucken1

appleb wrote: »

thanks guys for the really good tips. I have to pop out to the off licence as the better half has run out of beer. Keep them coming... I will be back in ten minutes

Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whisky. The following morning you can create the effects of a hangover by drinking a thimble full of washing up liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.

Blondini

appleb wrote: »

UGH! Sounds horrible. But hey... I will try anything once:rolleyes:

Me thinks all those onion fumes have dulled your sense of humour radar ...

Gulliver

You can make any television high definition by getting a syringe and carefully injecting more pixels into the screen. Pixels can be obtained from old monitors or broken tvs.

stoneill

HAVING TROUBLE getting one of those baseball caps with the peak on the back? Simply get one with the peak on the front (available anywhere), cut the peak off and sew it on the back.

Solnskaya

slash your esb bill by leaving your door open when you go to the shops, it greatly reduces the consumption of power by things like flat screen tellies, laptops etc. This works best in urban areas, probably somthing to do with radon levels.

MardiB

[QUOTE=Jimmy Garlic;70752559]I think you posted in the wrong forum love.[/QUOTE]


More of a garlic rather then onion man eh...

Spin dryer broken!

No problem... Just attach a rolary clothes line to your exercise bike. :pac: