30 idiotic life hacks that, oddly enough, work

These fancy life hacks work, even though they look very strange. Not everyone will come up with this: a mixer from a bottle, a wheelchair-scooter and a neighbor's motivation for cleaning! 

If something sounds and looks stupid, but (sort of) works, then is it ultimately stupid? What is certain is that in the world of life hacks, even the most bizarre and ridiculous advice can have value.

All it takes is a little creativity and a willingness to stick a broken key into a potato tuber to get a new handle. After all, genius and madness are two sides of the same coin.

"My father, when he goes to the bar, takes a universal TV remote control with him to switch channels on the local TV if he suddenly does not like the program."

"I wanted a rug with pink cow spots, but it was too expensive. Then I cut out two single – color mats-white and pink-and connected the parts with adhesive tape."

"If you put a stain on a T-shirt, you don't have to throw it away. Circle the spot with a black clothing marker and give it a more colorful name – and everyone will think that it is a souvenir from some exotic island."

"What is effective is not stupid."

"If you bought a nightstand, but do not know how to assemble it, then I will tell you: you don't have to collect it."

"My brother decided to measure the height of the trees in his garden. That's how he did it."

"If you get a call and you're not sure that you want to talk to someone for a long time, start the conversation with the phrase:" My battery is running out." So you can interrupt the conversation at any time."

The simplest earthquake detector.

An easy way to make sure that the dog does not run up the stairs.

If the owner of the rented apartment forbade you to keep dogs.

If you don't have a mixer.

A shelf for charging your smartphone, which is always with you.

When your child is still too young for a scooter, and you want to go for a ride.

"Download small non-dangerous viruses to your computer: so you will help him gain immunity" (If anything, this is a joke…)

"If you wake up next to a girl in the morning and don't remember her name, invite her to Starbucks."

"Flooding is a great opportunity to turn your home into an aquarium."

"If you work in the open air, but the sun is so bright that you can't see the screen, just put the laptop in the box on one side: the keyboard is at hand, and the screen is visible."

"How to replace the headlight cheaply and efficiently".

"Why don't I carry the bucket, and you carry me?»

"My 12-year-old son glued carpet on the bicycle pedals to comfortably ride barefoot."

"In front of me on the train sits a man who uses a chocolate bar as a pillow."

Why buy a bunch of packages for 5 rubles, when for 10 rubles you can take a cart?»

"If your key is broken and you don't have time to make a new one, just stick it in a potato like my friend did."

"On a hot day, leaning against a door in a shady part of the house is a great way to cool off."

"We watch TV with my wife. I hear that I received a text message and go to the kitchen, where my phone is. When I turn it on, I see a message from my wife on the screen: "Please grab some chips on the way back."

"I rent an apartment with a classmate. Sometimes I create a fake account on Tinder, meet him there, and after a brief flirtation, I promise to come visit. It's nice to see how he cleans our apartment after that!»

"Foresters control the deer population by releasing wolves into the forests. It seems to me that this is a universal solution for all problems. Do factories pollute the atmosphere? Release the wolves to the factories, and the atmosphere will remain clean. Don't like the parliament? Release the wolves. Do you want to lose weight? And here the wolves will come in handy!»

"Are you going to get married? Write postcards to famous millionaires, telling them about your wedding and inviting them to visit. It is unlikely that any of them will be tempted by a visit, but someone will send a gift with a high probability."

"If you are bitten by a shark, bite it back. This is unlikely to help you fight back, but at least you will get into memes."

"I always work on two projects at once. When you get tired of one, you move on to another, and when you get tired of this one, you go back to the first one. This way, you are always at work and are not distracted by social networking or watching memes."