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To cut a very long story short, I've done this test today and one of the questions (very strange test btw) was how many uses for a dustbin lid can you think of. Now, me being me, i put i can think of 47 uses so i could go home early but now ive been asked to name them for next lecture! I can only think of 25! I need help, i'll be humiliated otherwise.

Try and think of random and creative ones, ive got alot of the obvious ones like a shield, umbrella, large fan, temporary bike wheel, etc etc. Please help me.

extra large frisbee :D

hub caps for a tractor :)

cymbal

manhole cover

hub caps for a tractor :)

Ooo. i like that one, ill write that down. ive got your frisbee one though.

5. dinner plate

6. tea tray

7. swing seat

manhole cover

Keep'em coming

9. hanging basket

pill bottle cap for either:

1. giants (too obvious, possibly)

2. A rather large supply of some extremly big pills

shit, that should have been 8

9. wheel of fortune

Smacking someone in the head with it

Practicing matrix move (have someone else throw it)

To close a dustbin

Umbrella for the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz

Please tell me you have "lid of a dust bin" as one of your answers, if not, add it.

Ungo (that's a basket-tray thing for sorting stones out of rice)

A shield for medieval warfare to be complimented with a plastic sword made from pipe.

extra large baseball glove

Hat

Breastplate

Bra cup (you'd have to be pretty unfortunate to need a dustbin lid for that, but there we go!)


By the way - are you being marked on this? :eek:

shop sign

hula hoop - just cut the middle out

Sliding off steep slopes

Rowing to France

dinner-time gong

roulette wheel

key-ring

jelly-mould

Digging

kitchen noticeboard

Please tell me you have "lid of a dust bin" as one of your answers, if not, add it.

Yes, although it is number 15 in my list. I don't know what happened there.

cup

snow shoe

sun-shade

for use as a "period" in type-setting, with Times New Roman - font size 32,463

water ski

Hat

Breastplate

Bra cup (you'd have to be pretty unfortunate to need a dustbin lid for that, but there we go!)


By the way - are you being marked on this? :eek:


Yeh!!!!! stupid lecturer, thinking he's got the better of me. He didnt count on the nation states community. I have to say this infront of my class so they can't be too dirty, im not a pervert.

giant draughts

giant tiddly-winks

For torching witches, or something else, on (less of a fire hazzard)

get 24 of 'em. paint 12 black, and 12 red. play a really big game of checkers.

good point.

ash tray

get 24 of 'em. paint 12 black, and 12 red. play a really big game of checkers.

done that one. (giant draughts)

drill lots of holes in it - colander

plugging leaks in a ship (welding equipment required for this one)

a hobbit's front door.

These are all very very good. Unfortunatley, i say that because iv thought of them as well. Im still only on 37. 10 more to go. come on people. use those noggins.

Brobdingnagian pocket change.

Gullivers Travels - Jonathan Swift

bird bath

component in a giant stethoscope

done that one. (giant draughts)

drill lots of holes in it - colanderWell, here I am, 53 years old, and I finally find out what the hell "draughts" is...

*blushes a bit, and then goes on thinking about idiotic ways to use a dustbin lid (known on this side of the Atlantic as a garbage can cover)*

Eating (if you are low on Iron in your blood)

clock face

Pizza cutter / tray

improvised weapon

heating roast chestnuts

Eating (if you are low on Iron in your blood)

on a similar not, breaking down into smaller parts to make...

..nails, ironfilings...



an offensive weapon

whiping your ass

clock pendulum

you could use it as a giant cake/yorkshire pudding tin (of course you'd also need a giant oven for that too)

fanning a campfire to get it going

earring

medallion for 70s fancy dress

Making a stack of them, so you can reach higher

diner plate for the desperate.

- or -

pass around as collection plate in church

cut it roughly around the edge to make a circular saw

Toboggan for mice

put the dustbin ontop of it so the bottom doesn't get dirty

template for drawing large circles

circus act...

place on ground, up-side-down.
fill with water.
construct tall ladder, upright, next to lid.
climb ladder.
dive into water.
if survive, repeat.

YEY! thats 47. im happy for you lot to continue though, you seem to be having so much fun. unfortunatley, i wont be able to use them because then my answer would be wrong and we can't be having that can we.

put the dustbin ontop of it so the bottom doesn't get dirty
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Holding it to your penis when you have an erection, but don't want one

pastry cutter

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Sledging in the snow.

Snowboarding.

Put straps on them and put them on your feet to stop you sinking in the snow (no deliberate theme here).

take 2, weld together bottom to bottom.

include tiny mechanisms, seats, life support systems

insert several mice.

voila! instant "flying saucer"

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I've never tried it, but I guess it'll work

You only need a paper cup.

paint the inside white and you've got yourself a makeshift projector screen.

A paddle. You know: for when the children get out of line.

A shield in some war that some day may happen with swords and shields...

As part of a heat-shield for a low-budget space-probe (plastic bags of water behind it, to absorb the heat evenly through the metal, with a vent callibrated to allow enough steam to blow off to leave the lid below 100*°C during the firey re-entry and everything behind nice and cool.

(Well, might work, with the right kind of plastic bag...)

Wear it on the back and pretend to be one of the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', especially if it's green.

Useful for drawing really big circles - trace round it.

Paint it in the 'Yin-Yang' symbol and hang it on your wall. You F**king Hippie!

Use as a sea biscuit, or for scurfing.

Fill with water and add small sea critters for a tide pool!

Or fill it with water and, taaa-daaa!, instant hamster wading/swimming pool.

Fill with water, a dash of salt, heat till simmering, add Ramen noodles, add 1 egg white, add seasoning, stir till desired doneness of noodles, and consume!