Ingenuity: A Thread to Celebrate Genius and the Human Spirit

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#1

Just found myself without a teaspoon in the kitchen.

Without missing a beat I picked up a knife from the cutlery holder and stirred my coffee with it.

I realise I’ve set the bar high here but what feats of next-level improvisation or other cerebral wizardry have you performed lately?

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#2

my hive speaker broke so now when I’m in the kitchen I put my phone in a bowl and it projects the music like a speaker.
#lifehacks

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#3

if I’m in the shower I put it in the sink for the same effect

#4

I’m glad you weren’t intimidated by the level of ingenuity in my OP.

You’ve done reasonably well here.

#5

Once I was in a public loo and there was no toilet paper, but the cardboard tube was still there. So I ripped it up and used that.

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#6

I respect that.

Cardboard may not have the same qualities as tissue paper but it’s an admirable alternative. One is rather shaving off the offending article than wiping it away.

#7

I forgot the power cable to my work laptop, so I’m WFHing using a cat5 cable instead of WiFi, and with the monitor brightness minimised. Not sure who’s winning in this scenario though.

#8

This is AI business.

I said Human ingenuity/

#9

Did a robot plug in the cable and minimise the brightness? No, didn’t think so.

#10

Regulalry use a nappy instead of a sanitary towel when I’ve run out. For the record a toddler nappy is pretty much the same size as a towel once laid out flat so it’s not like I’m wearing giant baby attire.

#11

Didn’t it though? If you think about it.

#12

I’m glad we’re not talking Adult Baby stuff here. That’s not what this thread was for.

Full marks for your ingenuity.

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#13

if you ever get very wet shoes you can put napies inside to dry them out

#14

As environmentally damaging as they are, they do have their uses.

I’ll try them out in different scenarios if I have any left once she’s potty trained and report back.

#15

just put a load in a room with your wet washing - macgyver dehumidifier

#16

I was just thinking some sort of dehumdifier. Or maybe if I wrapped a broken phone in one it might replace the bowl of rice.

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#17

I just dropped a pen that I was holding in my hand, and I went to grab it before it hit the floor and I was really close!

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#18

The adult baby takeover is back on

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#19

The bar has been set too high ITT already.

#20

Once couldn’t get the cover for the tow hook off so used the suction pad from the sat nav to pull it off

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