Top Tips For Cheapskates

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:10 pm

Top Tips For Cheapskates

~ Old telephone directories make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the names and addresses of people you don't know.

~ When reading a book, try tearing out the pages as you read them. This saves the expense of buying a bookmark, and the pages can later be used for shopping lists.

~ Fool other drivers into thinking you have an expensive car phone by holding an old TV or video remote control up to your ear and occasionally swerving across the road and mounting the curb

~ Drill a one-inch diameter hole in your refrigerator door. This will allow you to check that the light goes off when the door is closed.

~ Avoid being wheel-clamped by jacking your car up, removing the wheels and locking them safely in the car until you return.

~ Avoid parking tickets by leaving your windshield wipers to "fast wipe" whenever you leave your car parked illegally.

~ Take your trash can to the supermarket with you so that you can see which items you have recently run out of.

~ No time for a bath? Wrap yourself in duct tape and remove the dirt by simply peeling it off.

~ Expensive hair gels are a con. Marmalade is a much cheaper alternative, but beware of bees in the summer.

~ Avoid cutting yourself while clumsily slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.

Mr.Whit · Post by **Mr.Whit** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:12 pm

is that what you do

AIOfan11 · Post by **AIOfan11** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:47 pm

Lol! Thats great!

Arwen · Post by **Arwen** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:27 pm

Such good ideas!

Post by **Catspaw** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:44 pm

So funny!

I love the telephone book one!

Linne · Post by **Linne** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:39 pm

Those were great! Bu I could never tear pages out of my book.

I'd have to buy a new one.

COWBOY OF TEXAS · Post by **COWBOY OF TEXAS** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:40 am

Those were funny.

Yours Wanting More,
Odyssey Bank Teller,
-Cowboy of Texas

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:18 am

Barely Is wrote:Those were great! Bu I could never tear pages out of my book. I'd have to buy a new one.

Yeah, I guess that only works for people who read books only once...

NatetheGreat · Post by **NatetheGreat** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:24 am

poWerbOy · Post by **poWerbOy** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:11 pm

haha cute....

~don't waste money on multiple toothbrushes for everyone in your house just take turns with it, kinda like "recycling".

~don't buy post it notes, instead pick up business cards from lots of places in town and use the backs of them to write personal memos.

~instead of paying big bucks for cable or satellite, just go to circuit city or best buy when there's a show you just have to watch(same thing works for cds too, just go listen to demos.)

~Braces? who can really afford orthodontists these days anyways? just make your own braces out of paperclips and staples...be creative.

~here's a no-brainer-cut your own hair

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:47 am

poWerbOy wrote:~here's a no-brainer-cut your own hair

I don't trust myself to do that.

Country Girl · Post by **Country Girl** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:14 am

poWerbOy wrote:haha cute....

~don't waste money on multiple toothbrushes for everyone in your house just take turns with it, kinda like "recycling".

~don't buy post it notes, instead pick up business cards from lots of places in town and use the backs of them to write personal memos.

~instead of paying big bucks for cable or satellite, just go to circuit city or best buy when there's a show you just have to watch(same thing works for cds too, just go listen to demos.)

~Braces? who can really afford orthodontists these days anyways? just make your own braces out of paperclips and staples...be creative.

~here's a no-brainer-cut your own hair

THAT IS SICK! LOL

ROFLOL

hehe! sounds like something I wouldn't do

braces.... one word... hammer

(OUCH!)

sadly.. dad does... he hasn't gotten it even YET.. in the 2-3 years that he's been doing it

it drives me crazy

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:02 am

poWerbOy wrote:haha cute....

~don't waste money on multiple toothbrushes for everyone in your house just take turns with it, kinda like "recycling".

~don't buy post it notes, instead pick up business cards from lots of places in town and use the backs of them to write personal memos.

~instead of paying big bucks for cable or satellite, just go to circuit city or best buy when there's a show you just have to watch(same thing works for cds too, just go listen to demos.)

~Braces? who can really afford orthodontists these days anyways? just make your own braces out of paperclips and staples...be creative.

~here's a no-brainer-cut your own hair

Those are cute, too! My mom used to cut my hair.

Taq · Post by **Taq** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:44 am

I think I'll stick to not spending money.

Shad Lexer · Post by **Shad Lexer** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:23 am

Itaque wrote:I think I'll stick to not spending money.

How could you?!

Mr.Whit · Post by **Mr.Whit** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:26 am

my mu used to cut my hair too

Jeremy Cartwood · Post by **Jeremy Cartwood** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:44 pm

Those are hilarious! One of the funniest lists I've seen on here, probably the funniest.

Jennifer Doyle · Post by **Jennifer Doyle** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:03 pm

Tearing pages out of books?! I'm appaled! My dad just uses toliet paper as bookmarks! Now that's cheap!

Laura Ingalls · Post by **Laura Ingalls** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:14 pm

Hey, I do that too.

Or either use a tissue. It's not that I don't have real bookmarks, I have lots. It's just a lot easier to use sometimes, and it doesn't matter if I lose it.

Jennifer Doyle · Post by **Jennifer Doyle** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:26 pm

Oh, hehe, sorry. Didn't mean to call you cheap. I suppose it is an afforable way to have bookmarks.