Your thrifty tips

Chin Stroker

I know there's a "stingy" thread already on AH but I think "thrifty" is different

• Re-using teabags twice
• Packets of whatever the restaurant is passing out. Ketchup, salt, sugar
• Dont give into fashion or Tech peer pressure. Do you really need to spend €600 on an iPad? Really?
  
• The average cost of Irish wedding is €23,500, stay single!

Whats yours?

phasers

is smaller text cheaper or something?

Mr Benevolent

Not associating with stingy people.

Where To

Never buy anything you can't afford.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

watch out for dfbemt's 'aldi super six' threads in bargain alerts where he lists what veg is going on special in the major supermarkets for that week/fortnight

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056854015

MadsL

SAVE doing unnecessary ironing by putting on your shirt and tucking it into your trousers. Then, draw a line around the shirt at belt level with an indelible marker pen. The material below this line will never need ironing, thus saving time and effort.

SAVE a fortune on laundry bills by giving your dirty shirts to Oxfam. They will wash and iron them and you can buy them back for 50c.

IDENTICAL twins. Use Morse code to cheat in exams by stabbing yourself in the arm with a sharp compass. The other twin, at home with a text book, can “feel” the question and stab you back the answers.

SPAGHETTI BOLOGNAISE makes great intestines for a badly wounded Action Man.

GIVE your office that fabric shop feel by pushing all the desks together and fixing rulers along one edge with Blu-Tack.

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

FOOTBALLERS, pass the ball slowly amongst your defenders and goalkeeper during extra time and then moan about the “insane lottery” of a penalty shoot-out.

MINOR skin grafts can be performed on pigs by covering any cuts and grazes with thin strips of bacon.

CLIMB on to your neighbour’s roof and dangle a fish on a bit of string in front of his windows. He’ll think his house is underwater.

BUY a television set exactly like your neighbours’. Then annoy them by standing outside their window and changing their channel using your identical remote control.

MOTORISTS. Pressing your fog lights switch a second time after the fog has cleared will actually turn your fog lights off.

CHEER loudly at 8pm each Saturday to fool the neighbours into thinking you have won the Lottery.


Viz..

Sky King

^ I knew it was only a matter of time until someone did a copy and paste viz top tips post. ^

Anyway...Tea-light candles are cheaper if you steal them out of a church.

Ditto pews, holy water and religious statues.

Agricola

When you cant get the last bit of ketchup out of the bottle, drop of water, give it a shake, you're good to go!

Chin Stroker

phasers wrote: »

is smaller text cheaper or something?

AnonoBoy

Those tips are pretty sh*t.

How about?

• Have a cheaper wedding instead of not having a wedding.
• Steal everything instead of buying it
• Don't pay taxes and if asked by the government to do so say, "Your laws don't apply to me because I am a total delusional asshole Freeman."
• Lick stamps for nutrition instead of eating, a trip to the post office can be lunch.
• Some people will pay you to perform oral sex on them. It's a cheap way to make money.

MadsL

Sky King wrote: »

^ I knew it was only a matter of time until someone did a copy and paste viz top tips post. ^

Just doing my job ma'am, no need to thank me....





....<whistles whilst walking off>

Latchy

Buy a large bottle of your fav diluted beverage and top up in smaller bottle to take out with you every day .....especially if you have schoolkids .

castletownman

Offended by something you may have seen or heard on TV or radio? Simply change the channel. It saves you from posting inane rants on boards or Facebook and indeed saves you a small fortune from ringing Liveline.

nbar12

don't buy candles, make them yourself by collecting ear wax off people

ITS_A_BADGER

Put a fork in the sugar bowl

GalwayGuy2

watch out for dfbemt's 'aldi super six' threads in bargain alerts where he lists what veg is going on special in the major supermarkets for that week/fortnight

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2056854015

dfbemt is a god among us simple boardies!!

nbar12

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

Put a fork in the sugar bowl

Take a shít in the sugar bowl

Sinfonia

Agricola wrote: »

When you cant get the last bit of ketchup out of the bottle, drop of water, give it a shake, you're good to go!

Hmm, bit runny then, no?

I do this with shampoo and shower gel though, it's good.

Celly Smunt

Got two empty kleenex boxes?,Well fear no more! put towels inside them and now you have a brand new pair of slippers!

Ghandee

Is this a thrifty version of the 'what's the stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do'thread :pac:

Bushbleacher

buy horse burgers instead of beef

El Guapo!

Can't afford carpet?
No problem. Get 2 samples and strap them to your feet.
Hey presto! Its like your whole house is now carpeted.

admiralofthefleet

a duracell battery filled with tobacco makes an ideal electronic cigarette

Capt'n Midnight

A bargain isn't a bargain if it's something you don't need.

admiralofthefleet

red wine stain on the carpet? save the cost of expensive carpet cleaners by burning down your house to remove the stain

Jacob T

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

red wine stain on the carpet? save the cost of expensive carpet cleaners by burning down your house to remove the stain

A bit OTT no??

Capt'n Midnight

Jacob T wrote: »

A bit OTT no??

Father Purcell: Oh they have you everywhere you know. I was in the AA there for a while, but the insurance was very expensive.
Father Dougal: Oh right (getting bored)
Father Purcell: I had to crash the car to get the money back