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Posted:
The other day, whilst taking a munchies break from playing Timesplitters2 for the umpteenth time, i came across a dilema.
I had a big bottle of ribena in my left hand with 2 glasses, and a pot of nutella and a loaf of bread in the other.
As i went ot leave the room in the usual fashion (walking out of the door and turning the light off), i went to turn of the switch, only to find to my amazement, that my hands were full, thus meaning I would have to find a new way to turn the light off.
I stood there pondering for some 10 minutes before I realised that by moving my head forwards sharply, I would be able to strike the switch, mounted on the wall, at he right angle in order to turn it off.
I decided my plan was a good one and that i should try it...and guess what!!!!
It worked first time!
I then proceeded to return to my previous state of Timesplitering, and entered a room full of people who were all oblivious to the feat of cunning and skill I had pefromed not 20 seconds ago.
So in conclusion, light switches can be operated using your forehead, instead of your hands....and foreheads are very useful in general, otherwise it would be very messy.
The other day, whilst taking a munchies break from playing Timesplitters2 for the umpteenth time, i came across a dilema.
I had a big bottle of ribena in my left hand with 2 glasses, and a pot of nutella and a loaf of bread in the other.
As i went ot leave the room in the usual fashion (walking out of the door and turning the light off), i went to turn of the switch, only to find to my amazement, that my hands were full, thus meaning I would have to find a new way to turn the light off.
I stood there pondering for some 10 minutes before I realised that by moving my head forwards sharply, I would be able to strike the switch, mounted on the wall, at he right angle in order to turn it off.
I decided my plan was a good one and that i should try it...and guess what!!!!
It worked first time!
I then proceeded to return to my previous state of Timesplitering, and entered a room full of people who were all oblivious to the feat of cunning and skill I had pefromed not 20 seconds ago.
So in conclusion, light switches can be operated using your forehead, instead of your hands....and foreheads are very useful in general, otherwise it would be very messy.
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Pooh-Bah
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Posted:
I find my nose comes in quite handy at times like those (which is often as I carry my dinner out of the kitchen). I'll have to give my forehead a try next time.
I find my nose comes in quite handy at times like those (which is often as I carry my dinner out of the kitchen). I'll have to give my forehead a try next time.
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Posted:
foreheads are also useful for tall people to figure out just how low any pesky beams or doorways are...
*teehee* not that i've done that a few times!!
foreheads are also useful for tall people to figure out just how low any pesky beams or doorways are...
*teehee* not that i've done that a few times!!
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Posted:
I found out that my forehead = a great doorstop too.
I found out that my forehead = a great doorstop too.
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Posted:
I found that in my job when I get a really painful phone caller the best way to counteract the pain from listening to their voice is to hit my head on the desk.
I found that in my job when I get a really painful phone caller the best way to counteract the pain from listening to their voice is to hit my head on the desk.
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Posted:
you could also use you tongue to switch off the lights - then youd also get a refreshing buzz!
you could also use you tongue to switch off the lights - then youd also get a refreshing buzz!
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Posted:
The light switch is actually behind the fridge in our kitchen, so i think u'd prolly get concusion(sp?) before the ligth switch got turned off.
The light switch is actually behind the fridge in our kitchen, so i think u'd prolly get concusion(sp?) before the ligth switch got turned off.
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I'm glad to see University life has taught you a useful skill UCOF.
I'm glad to see University life has taught you a useful skill UCOF.
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Posted:
I have noticed that in male student houses there is always an interest in fixtures
My mate adam found that throwing arrorted objects which hit the light switch also turns off the light
In a student house there is always light reading situated in the toilet walls and silly magnect images on the fridge friges are cool
I have always wondered why we think rubbing the forhead enables you to think deeper
I have noticed that in male student houses there is always an interest in fixtures
My mate adam found that throwing arrorted objects which hit the light switch also turns off the light
In a student house there is always light reading situated in the toilet walls and silly magnect images on the fridge friges are cool
I have always wondered why we think rubbing the forhead enables you to think deeper
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Posted:
we were at my friend's hosue one night and in his garden there was a massive, and i mean MASSIVE cucumber (or was is a zuccini? no, i think it was a cucumber...) so one of my other friends (the doofy lovable silly one...we all know the kind!) decided to smash it on his head.
now this cucumber was this wide *makes circle with thumbs and fore-fingers* and over a foot long, and he decide to introduce it to his forhead...
he stood with his feet at shoulder distance apart, lent forward and brought the cucumber hard against his forhead...but it didnt break!
he shook his head as if in a daze beforere-adjusting his position.
the second time, he brought the cucumber to his forhead and the cucumber broke clean through at the point where it hit his head and the broken part went sailing over his head!
we were at my friend's hosue one night and in his garden there was a massive, and i mean MASSIVE cucumber (or was is a zuccini? no, i think it was a cucumber...) so one of my other friends (the doofy lovable silly one...we all know the kind!) decided to smash it on his head.
now this cucumber was this wide *makes circle with thumbs and fore-fingers* and over a foot long, and he decide to introduce it to his forhead...
he stood with his feet at shoulder distance apart, lent forward and brought the cucumber hard against his forhead...but it didnt break!
he shook his head as if in a daze beforere-adjusting his position.
the second time, he brought the cucumber to his forhead and the cucumber broke clean through at the point where it hit his head and the broken part went sailing over his head!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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UCoF I think this site will be right up your street! Enjoy but don't injure yourself!!
UCoF I think this site will be right up your street! Enjoy but don't injure yourself!!
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Posted:
I have been well aware of house gymnastics for around 2 years now.
I still do not have the balls to do a triple backflip from the roof though.
I have been well aware of house gymnastics for around 2 years now.
I still do not have the balls to do a triple backflip from the roof though.
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Posted:
*gathers a few people up to stretch out a blanket as a safety net for UCoF*
*gathers a few people up to stretch out a blanket as a safety net for UCoF*
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Cheers..
You ready down there?
Cheers..
You ready down there?
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*gets distracted by a spider and wonders off*
*gets distracted by a spider and wonders off*
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*also gets distracted by a spider a wanders off*
*also gets distracted by a spider a wanders off*
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Posted:
ive found my nose is an my way of pressing my lift button, always good when the hads are full:)
but i still havnt mastered an alternate way to put the key in my door and open it!
although the whole throwing something across the room would be fun, but knowing me id break whatever i threw!
ive found my nose is an my way of pressing my lift button, always good when the hads are full:)
but i still havnt mastered an alternate way to put the key in my door and open it!
although the whole throwing something across the room would be fun, but knowing me id break whatever i threw!
did some one say they saw a flying purple people eater??
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Posted:
In that case,
Try throwing Blu-Tack.
Problem solved!
In that case,
Try throwing Blu-Tack.
Problem solved!
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Posted:
ooo blu-tack
hmm looking around for stoopid giant ball of blu-tack that everyone should have in a home..
hehe found it!
hehe oh dam found a flaw in that plan, i have lousy aim!!! hehe
ooo blu-tack
hmm looking around for stoopid giant ball of blu-tack that everyone should have in a home..
hehe found it!
hehe oh dam found a flaw in that plan, i have lousy aim!!! hehe
did some one say they saw a flying purple people eater??
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Pooh-Bah
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Posted:
if you have a big enough ball it would work ! and it will be left in a handy place so you dont loose it( stuck to the switch)
if you have a big enough ball it would work ! and it will be left in a handy place so you dont loose it( stuck to the switch)
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Hmm, time in UCOF land must pass very oddly.... Suddenly 10 minutes is in 20 seconds?? Huh!
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I stood there pondering for some 10 minutes before I realised that by moving my head ...
... feat of cunning and skill I had pefromed not 20 seconds ago.
Hmm, time in UCOF land must pass very oddly.... Suddenly 10 minutes is in 20 seconds?? Huh!
~ Bobo
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feet are the way forward
never underestimate the power of the foot
feet are the way forward
never underestimate the power of the foot
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A_H , YOu must feel like some kind of genius, but if you are small then the nose will be at exactly the right height,
it remind s me of when i realised that if i needed to get up to get something and then 5 mins later remembered i needed something else i could just get both the things at the same time. . . w o w pure GeA nius
A_H , YOu must feel like some kind of genius, but if you are small then the nose will be at exactly the right height,
it remind s me of when i realised that if i needed to get up to get something and then 5 mins later remembered i needed something else i could just get both the things at the same time. . . w o w pure GeA nius
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Erm.... I stood there for 10 minutes....then did it*stattheclock!*and went upstairs and into the room*stoptheclock*...20 seconds...
i.e. It took me 20 seconds to get up the stairs.
Written by: OrangeBoboWritten by: Urology Centre of Florida
I stood there pondering for some 10 minutes before I realised that by moving my head ...
... feat of cunning and skill I had pefromed not 20 seconds ago.
Hmm, time in UCOF land must pass very oddly.... Suddenly 10 minutes is in 20 seconds?? Huh!
~ Bobo
Erm.... I stood there for 10 minutes....then did it*stattheclock!*and went upstairs and into the room*stoptheclock*...20 seconds...
i.e. It took me 20 seconds to get up the stairs.
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Indeed!! feet are well useful, of course in the majority of cases you need to master the art of standing on just the one of them, and unless you're a gymnast, don't attempt the lightswitches.
Foreheads ARE good for lightswitches, as are noses, however I have been caught out in the past by a couple which did not have a great enough surface area for hitting and/or are a bit tougher than your average switch. in that situation the only solution is to resort to an elbow or chin, given that there is a greater chance of missing with your forehead and headbutting the wall, and your nose is probably slightly too squishy to apply enough pressure to said lightswitch. If it happens to be a pullstring lightswitch, then teeth work great, but if it's in a toilet you may want to avoid this as you don't really know who's walked and who's washed, if you know what i mean....
how do i know all this? well it comes from years of experience of attempting to get places with numerous cups of tea or with some sort of crap (not literally, y'know paint or glue or newsprint or something...) all over my hands. it means my elbows are also pretty dextrous when it comes to turning on taps too.
Written by: Molly
feet are the way forward
never underestimate the power of the foot
Indeed!! feet are well useful, of course in the majority of cases you need to master the art of standing on just the one of them, and unless you're a gymnast, don't attempt the lightswitches.
Foreheads ARE good for lightswitches, as are noses, however I have been caught out in the past by a couple which did not have a great enough surface area for hitting and/or are a bit tougher than your average switch. in that situation the only solution is to resort to an elbow or chin, given that there is a greater chance of missing with your forehead and headbutting the wall, and your nose is probably slightly too squishy to apply enough pressure to said lightswitch. If it happens to be a pullstring lightswitch, then teeth work great, but if it's in a toilet you may want to avoid this as you don't really know who's walked and who's washed, if you know what i mean....
how do i know all this? well it comes from years of experience of attempting to get places with numerous cups of tea or with some sort of crap (not literally, y'know paint or glue or newsprint or something...) all over my hands. it means my elbows are also pretty dextrous when it comes to turning on taps too.
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Posted:
I find that elbows are good for light switches too. And shoulders. Depends on what height the switch is at.
I find that elbows are good for light switches too. And shoulders. Depends on what height the switch is at.
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I can turn the lightswitches on and off with my feet down stairs in my house but not upstairs. When my house was rewired a very tall electrician did it. On the day he did down stairs I was present and pointed to where I wanted the swithches. The day he did upstairs I wasn't there............. He put them at GIANTMAN height. Two of them are above (my) head height. Bar doing a flying ninja kick I don't think I could reach them with my feet!
Written by: NOnWritten by: Molly
feet are the way forward
never underestimate the power of the foot
Indeed!! feet are well useful, of course in the majority of cases you need to master the art of standing on just the one of them, and unless you're a gymnast, don't attempt the lightswitches.
I can turn the lightswitches on and off with my feet down stairs in my house but not upstairs. When my house was rewired a very tall electrician did it. On the day he did down stairs I was present and pointed to where I wanted the swithches. The day he did upstairs I wasn't there............. He put them at GIANTMAN height. Two of them are above (my) head height. Bar doing a flying ninja kick I don't think I could reach them with my feet!
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Posted:
good planning! all mine are sort of normalish height but it's an older house so it has high ceilings and the lightswitches are slightly further up the wall... i did manage to do it a couple of times where we have those easy push giant switch switches, not whilst carrying tea though...
I've just been looking at the house gymnastics site! i think i've been inadvertantly practising for a while, but without the photographic documentation... perhaps I should turn 'pro'....
The one thing that alarms me is that a few too many of their moves involve banisters - i can't do banisters, i can hardly lean on them normally without getting visions of the whole damn thing collapsing thus sending me plummeting to my doom....
good planning! all mine are sort of normalish height but it's an older house so it has high ceilings and the lightswitches are slightly further up the wall... i did manage to do it a couple of times where we have those easy push giant switch switches, not whilst carrying tea though...
I've just been looking at the house gymnastics site! i think i've been inadvertantly practising for a while, but without the photographic documentation... perhaps I should turn 'pro'....
The one thing that alarms me is that a few too many of their moves involve banisters - i can't do banisters, i can hardly lean on them normally without getting visions of the whole damn thing collapsing thus sending me plummeting to my doom....
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Posted:
yea, i was just thinking the same thing. theres definately an unhealthy banister fixation.
I don't even have banisters, I live in a flat.
as for my forehead, that is exclusively used to break hard-boiled eggs.
yea, i was just thinking the same thing. theres definately an unhealthy banister fixation.
I don't even have banisters, I live in a flat.
as for my forehead, that is exclusively used to break hard-boiled eggs.
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Posted:
My feet can do light switches, but prefer showing off with doorhandles.
They haven't tried turning keys but could probably manage if unencumbered by shoes and socks.
hey, they can even tie their own shoelaces, well one at any rate...
and write (not type yet though)
clever feet
*pats feet on their, um, feet*
they're also learning staff adn a little bit of poi
My feet can do light switches, but prefer showing off with doorhandles.
They haven't tried turning keys but could probably manage if unencumbered by shoes and socks.
hey, they can even tie their own shoelaces, well one at any rate...
and write
(not type yet though)clever feet
*pats feet on their, um, feet*
they're also learning staff adn a little bit of poi
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foot poi?? wow!! gonna have to try that one, there's a whole new set of tricks to learn right there
foot poi?? wow!! gonna have to try that one, there's a whole new set of tricks to learn right there
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