Unusual tips

[KatyTheFairyPrincess]

This is a thread to post all of those really odd things that you've picked up over the years, whether it was rubbing jelly on your nose to stop it getting sun-burned, or rolling in peanut butter to keep mosquitos away (i made both of these up by the way! Do not use these tips! )

The usual tips get posted over and over again, but its those really weird and not-talked-about tips I'm after.

Post away

 

[Passions71203]

And I was just going to ask you what kind of jelly you used on your nose!

 

[Derby4me]

I've learned that putting toothpaste on a mosquito bit helps relieve the itch. You never know, it might come in handy while at the parks.

 

[my3disneygirls]

This is a thread to post all of those really odd things that you've picked up over the years, whether it was rubbing jelly on your nose to stop it getting sun-burned, or rolling in peanut butter to keep mosquitos away (i made both of these up by the way! Do not use these tips! )

I don't know about jelly preventing sunburn, but it sure would be one heck of a good way to get attacked by bees and mosquitos.

Duh! I just read your notation that you made that up. I guess I need to stop reading to fast.

 

[KatyTheFairyPrincess]

I've learned that putting toothpaste on a mosquito bite helps relieve the itch. You never know, it might come in handy while at the parks.

Ok thanks, thats the sort of info I'm after

Plus, I though it would make for an interesting thread,

Any more?

 

[karliebug]

bring milk of magnesia to put on sunburn.

 

[bcinohio]

Spray your feet with deoderant before you put on your socks to stop blisters. I read that here on these boards years ago and have done it since and no blisters. I was amazed!!

I thought it sounded crazy!! Then I tried it!!

 

[KatyTheFairyPrincess]

Just bumping

 

[hthrbells]

Great idea for a post....can't wait for feedback too!!

 

[Enchanted]

I have a never-fail cure for hiccups! Hold your nose and drink water straight down until you physically can't anymore. Then stop drinking and let go of your nose so that you can breathe again, and your hiccups will have magically disappeared!

I know it sounds strange, but it really does work! This guy that used to work with my mom was a part-time EMT, and he said that this method tricks your body into thinking it's drowning and regulates your breathing patterns, eliminating the hiccups...or something like that. I can't remember all the technical details, I just know that it's always worked for me!

 

[snowwhite325]

enchanted...I wish I read that tip a few months ago! My dad had knee replacement surgery and after he had the hiccups constantly for a week and a half!

 

[Enchanted]

enchanted...I wish I read that tip a few months ago! My dad had knee replacement surgery and after he had the hiccups constantly for a week and a half!

Whoa! That's a long time to have the hiccups! Did they just go away on their own?

 

[aristocat]

eating a spoonful of peanut butter another way to cure hiccups. it sounds totally weird but it never fails!!! try it!

 

[snowwhite325]

Whoa! That's a long time to have the hiccups! Did they just go away on their own?

They slowly started to go away. I felt so bad for him because he couldn't eat or sleep or doing anything!

 

[merfsko]

Icing mosquito bites takes away the itch, as it freezes the bite. I know it sounds obvious, but I'd never even though of it until I was putting ice on an injury that had a bite on it and- no more itch!

Of course, this is one you can't really do it the parks but if you're sitting around doing nothing it's great.

 

[kjetjl]

My son came home from camp one summer with warts all over his feet. I took him to the dr. and he suggested duct tape before we went with the "freezing" method. I thought he was crazy. But we put duct tape on his feet and after a few days they were all gone.

When I mentioned this to my friend, she said she taped a banana peel, soft side on the foot of her son for a few nights and a wart he had just came right out.

Gross, I know. But good to know.

 

[warpdarkmatter]

a couple of glasses of prune juice will stop sneezing. after a few glasses you won't dare sneeze

 

[warpdarkmatter]

sorry i couldn't help myself

 

[FoggyToad]

a couple of glasses of prune juice will stop sneezing. after a few glasses you won't dare sneeze

 

[Todd&Copper]

a couple of glasses of prune juice will stop sneezing. after a few glasses you won't dare sneeze

Or a fried chicken dinner and a dose of Alli (that weight-loss drug)!