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47 Uses for a Dustbin Lid! Help!

Arvor
20-10-2004, 14:55
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.
Kellarly
20-10-2004, 14:56
extra large frisbee :D
Kellarly
20-10-2004, 14:57
hub caps for a tractor :)
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 14:59
cymbal
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 14:59
manhole cover
Arvor
20-10-2004, 15:00
hub caps for a tractor :)

Ooo. i like that one, ill write that down. ive got your frisbee one though.
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:00
5. dinner plate

6. tea tray
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:01
7. swing seat
Arvor
20-10-2004, 15:01
manhole cover

Keep'em coming
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:01
9. hanging basket
Snub Nose 38
20-10-2004, 15:01
pill bottle cap for either:

1. giants (too obvious, possibly)

2. A rather large supply of some extremly big pills
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:02
shit, that should have been 8

9. wheel of fortune
Legless Pirates
20-10-2004, 15:02
Smacking someone in the head with it

Practicing matrix move (have someone else throw it)

To close a dustbin
Snub Nose 38
20-10-2004, 15:03
Umbrella for the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz
Our Earth
20-10-2004, 15:03
Please tell me you have "lid of a dust bin" as one of your answers, if not, add it.
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:03
Ungo (that's a basket-tray thing for sorting stones out of rice)
Jeruselem
20-10-2004, 15:04
A shield for medieval warfare to be complimented with a plastic sword made from pipe.
Kellarly
20-10-2004, 15:04
extra large baseball glove
Ladyflakia
20-10-2004, 15:04
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:
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:04
shop sign
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:05
hula hoop - just cut the middle out
Legless Pirates
20-10-2004, 15:05
Sliding off steep slopes

Rowing to France
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:05
dinner-time gong
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:06
roulette wheel
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:07
key-ring
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:07
jelly-mould
Legless Pirates
20-10-2004, 15:08
Digging
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:08
kitchen noticeboard
Arvor
20-10-2004, 15:09
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.
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:09
cup
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:09
snow shoe
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:10
sun-shade
Snub Nose 38
20-10-2004, 15:10
for use as a "period" in type-setting, with Times New Roman - font size 32,463
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:11
water ski
Arvor
20-10-2004, 15:11
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.
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:11
giant draughts
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:12
giant tiddly-winks
Legless Pirates
20-10-2004, 15:14
For torching witches, or something else, on (less of a fire hazzard)
Snub Nose 38
20-10-2004, 15:15
get 24 of 'em. paint 12 black, and 12 red. play a really big game of checkers.
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:15
good point.

ash tray
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:16
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
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:17
plugging leaks in a ship (welding equipment required for this one)

a hobbit's front door.
Arvor
20-10-2004, 15:17
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.
Snub Nose 38
20-10-2004, 15:17
Brobdingnagian pocket change.

Gullivers Travels - Jonathan Swift
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:18
bird bath
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:19
component in a giant stethoscope
Snub Nose 38
20-10-2004, 15:19
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)*
Legless Pirates
20-10-2004, 15:19
Eating (if you are low on Iron in your blood)
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:20
clock face
Nebbyland
20-10-2004, 15:20
Pizza cutter / tray

improvised weapon

heating roast chestnuts
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:21
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
Legless Pirates
20-10-2004, 15:21
whiping your ass
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:21
clock pendulum
The fairy tinkerbelly
20-10-2004, 15:22
you could use it as a giant cake/yorkshire pudding tin (of course you'd also need a giant oven for that too)
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:22
fanning a campfire to get it going

earring

medallion for 70s fancy dress
Legless Pirates
20-10-2004, 15:23
Making a stack of them, so you can reach higher
Snub Nose 38
20-10-2004, 15:23
diner plate for the desperate.

- or -

pass around as collection plate in church
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:23
cut it roughly around the edge to make a circular saw
Virginian States
20-10-2004, 15:23
Toboggan for mice
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:24
put the dustbin ontop of it so the bottom doesn't get dirty
Alexandra-Leigh
20-10-2004, 15:24
template for drawing large circles
Snub Nose 38
20-10-2004, 15:25
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.
Arvor
20-10-2004, 15:25
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.
Legless Pirates
20-10-2004, 15:25
put the dustbin ontop of it so the bottom doesn't get dirty
ROFL

Great

Best Thread EVER!
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Holding it to your penis when you have an erection, but don't want one
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:26
pastry cutter
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 15:27
ROFL

Great

Best Thread EVER!
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Holding it to your penis when you have an erection, but don't want one

filthy get
Planta Genestae
20-10-2004, 15:27
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).
Snub Nose 38
20-10-2004, 15:27
take 2, weld together bottom to bottom.

include tiny mechanisms, seats, life support systems

insert several mice.

voila! instant "flying saucer"
Legless Pirates
20-10-2004, 15:28
filthy get
I've never tried it, but I guess it'll work
Planta Genestae
20-10-2004, 15:30
You only need a paper cup.
Torching Witches
20-10-2004, 16:17
paint the inside white and you've got yourself a makeshift projector screen.
Marxlan
20-10-2004, 16:18
A paddle. You know: for when the children get out of line.
Cyber Duck
20-10-2004, 17:08
A shield in some war that some day may happen with swords and shields...
E B Guvegrra
20-10-2004, 17:19
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...)
Demented Hamsters
20-10-2004, 17:24
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.
Fat Rich People
20-10-2004, 18:00
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!