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#45

Check Ya Temps.

A very important prerequisite to eating hot molton foods is to Check Ya Temps. As popularised by Hamish and Andy.

When heated, these foods can be deceitful:

Caramelized Banana

Cooked Egg

Tomato

Corn on the cob

Hot Chips

Soup

Porridge

Fruit Mince Pie

Broccoli

Cheese pie

Potato

Sauce-filled sub

Pizza (particularly the pointy part)

Jam-filled doughnut

Scallop or mussel in batter

Toastie

Spring rolls

Ravioli

Fried wontons

Crab or Fish cakes

Make sure the First Bite Food Temperature (FBFT) does not exceed the maximum bearable temperature of the human mouth.

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#44

Shake and Fold.

Most people use 3-4 paper towels when they wash their hands. But it can be done with one sheet.

Step One: Shake. 

Shake your hands at least 12 times.

Step Two: Fold.

Fold the paper to give it interstitial suspension, and towel your hands.

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#43

Look at the wheels.

When in a moving vehicle it can be difficult to accurately tell whether another vehicle is moving or stationary. It causes a parallax of vision.

But there is a trick that will work every time*, look the wheels. If they are spinning then the car is moving, the opposite of course is true.

*excludes cars with spinners.

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#42

When lost. Go where the buses go.

If you ever find your self lost in an unfamiliar housing estate or the like and dont know where to go.

Look at the light posts. Most places will have little signs that tell bus drivers where to drive. And you can follow these signs and they will take you around the bus route. So if you are lost, look for these signs and although at first it might take you backwards in the end it will get you out of your predicament. As the busses need to get out to the main road eventually. 

*This is actually a technique emergency responders use when going into a foreign environment. When time is of the essence this method can be really successful.

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#41

Look for the Bow Tie.

If you see a professional wearing a Bow Tie, it can be deduced that they are a paediatrician, as children cannot pull on a Bow Tie the same they would on a Neck Tie. Other Bow Tie contenders are architects, professors and finance receipt collectors.

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#40

Remove burnt residue left over from cooking.

Don't you hate it when you just finished cooking that curry for tea, and you're left with bits burnt to the bottom of the pan?

Pour some water on the pan, just to enough to cover the bottom (dont't want to waste energy or time). Bring the water to a boil. 

The boiling water will cause the burnt bits to lift and will be easier to clean.

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#39

Look in sealed envelopes.

Ever come home early to find a bunch of mail, not addressed to you but have a dying urge to read it all?

Turn on your stove, and chuck on some water. Don't use a bunch of water, it will take longer to boil and you only need a small amount of steam. When the water starts to boil and billowing out steam. Hold the envelope in the steam, flap side down. The steam will melt the adhesive glue. Gently pry open the flap. Don't over do the steam, just enough to get it open. Too much steam and the ink will start to run and smudge, the paper will also get damp and warped. 

To seal it simply lick the adhesive and seal.

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#38

Microwave Cooking.

Ever wondered why the plates in microwaves rotate? A microwave oven uses microwaves to heat up water molecules in food. And because they are waves, they interfere. Due to the Principle of Superposition, hot and cold spots occur when the microwaves constructively and destructively interfere.

So when you use a microwave oven, place your food off-centre. The centre of a microwave oven has a good chance of being a cold spot. Also with the food being off-centre it passes though more microwaves as it rotates.

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#37

Find out someones smartphone pin.

This method works best with Android powered smart phones, but with a bit of work can work with others such as the iPhone. Find an opportune time when the owner of the phone has greasy fingers. Ask them if you can play a game. They will unlock their phone, leaving a grease trail on the screen of the pin. All you need to do is try to emulate that pattern.

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#36

Be polite.

When talking to someone always hold your drink in your left hand. So when you give someone a hand shake your hand is not cold and wet. Now subtlety in their mind they see you as a warm, kind person.

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#35

How to break into a locked suitcase, undetected.

Most people when they are about to catch a plane or what not think that a simple padlock on their suitcase zips will keep them safe. Wrong.

Take a pen or other sharp-like object.

Stab it into the teeth of the zip, it should detach the zip.

Trace the pen around the perimeter of the suit case, undoing the zip around the whole suitcase.

Do what you wish with the contents.

To seal it back up again, just run the zipper around the suitcase sealing the zip.

Good ole' padlock not so secure after all.

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#34

If someone says 'I Love You', but you dont feel the same, just say 'I Love YouTube' really fast.

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#33

Look like you're busy. Ever at work and really can't be bothered doing any work, or school, wherever you may be. Go find your self a clipboard an just walk around as if you're doing something. Draw some doodles on the clipboard. As long as you have the clipboard. Home sailing.

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#32

A smarter way to clean.

Dilute some vodka in water, add a drop of detergent, and you now have a cleaning product capable of cleaning windows, spectacles, bad odor, sticky residue, clothing etc.

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#31

Free Coffee.

Work in an office or something similar? Simply say you are going to get some coffee and ask if anyone wants you to buy a coffee for them (they pay), get about 5 orders. At the coffee shop, grab a loyalty card (McDonald's McCafe gives the 6th and 12th coffee free), buy everyone else's coffee, then get your coffee free as per the loyalty card.

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#30

Free postage. A smarter way to post.

Dont pay for a postage stamp. When you go to send letters or parcels. Just write the recipients address on the back of the letter as the return address. Then when the letter is sent, no address will be found, and will be sent to the return address. Woo hoo. You just cheated the system. 

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#29

Having a little urinale problems?

If you find your self in a situation where you can't seam to take a piss. Try blowing on your penis. Laughs aside, the stimulation (for lack of a better term), lets the urine flow easier. You should be peeing in no time.