The Handy Tips Thread

[escargot]

Just one question - what is a front room room doofer?

Oh, y'know - Zapper, Clicker, Flicker, Thing-a-ma-jig, etc. ...

Might depend on what part of the country people come from.
If they're British, of course. No saying WHAT they're called elsewhere.

The top 20 names for the remote control in 2016:

1. Remote (or The Remote)
2. Doofah (Doofer)
3. Zapper
4. Clicker
5. Flicker
6. Thing-a-ma-jig
7. Switcher
8. Whatcha-ma-call-it
9. The Controller (or The Controls)
10. Gizmo
11. Button (or Buttons)
12. Gadget
13. The Box (or TV Box)
14. The Changer
15. Dibber
16. Bleeper
17. Blipper (or Bleeper)
18. Doodah
19. Flipper
20. Plonker

And the other 80-plus names from across the UK… See:

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/cs/media-centre/news/view.app?id=1369783125485

 

[CarlosTheDJ]

Diba Dabber, Jigger and the Black Box do not mean remote control in Brighton. Are you sure you've quoted the right survey?

 

[Shady]

I think them who took part in the survey were having a joke, we dont call em a jobber or any of the others, its just called a remote

 

[escargot]

Diba Dabber, Jigger and the Black Box do not mean remote control in Brighton. Are you sure you've quoted the right survey?

Anything could mean anything in Brighton.

 

[Trevp666]

It's 'the remote'. nothing else.

 

[Mythopoeika]

I notice that 'hoojamajiggedy' is missing.

 

[Tempest63]

Enough with the Viz Top Tips rip-offs. Here's one that's saved me LOADS of trouble.

Even the tomato one?

 

[escargot]

Even the tomato one?

What tomato one? Tomato what?
I do like tomatoes.
(Mistyped a bit there and found my mangled version of 'tomatoes' replaced with 'orators'. This reminded me that most adults I knew in my childhood pronounced 'tomatoes' as 'termarters', which would be an acceptable rhyme for a limerick.)

 

[Tempest63]

What tomato one? Tomato what?
I do like tomatoes.
(Mistyped a bit there and found my mangled version of 'tomatoes' replaced with 'orators'. This reminded me that most adults I knew in my childhood pronounced 'tomatoes' as 'termarters', which would be an acceptable rhyme for a limerick.)

it went something along the lines of don’t spend time fiddling with tomatoes if the recipe calls for them to be skinned. Just eat them with the skins on and when you look in the toilet the following morning you will find the skins have come off....

 

[GNC]

The way to find out if a pineapple is ripe is to pull on the leaves. If they come out in your hand, then the fruit is ready to eat.

 

[Dinobot]

The way to find out if a pineapple is ripe is to pull on the leaves. If they come out in your hand, then the fruit is ready to eat.

And you take your ripe pineapple and completely fail to put any pineapple on your pizza...

 

[JamesWhitehead]

you will find the skins have come off

Thank God for that! I thought my intestines were disintegrating!

 

[Kondoru]

I dont care what they are called. They are completley unnesisary.

Dads fire has got one. I asked him what he was on.

 

[Mythopoeika]

I dont care what they are called. They are completley unnesisary.

Dads fire has got one. I asked him what he was on.

 

[gordonrutter]

A handy tip is to always quote from posts you are replying to.

 

[Mythopoeika]

A handy tip is to always quote from posts you are replying to.

Indeed.

 

[Min Bannister]

Something I discovered fairly recently is that you can freeze condensed milk and it doesn't completely freeze so you can put it in a pot in your freezer and just get out what you need whenever you want it. I like a spoonful in coffee occasionally.

 

[escargot]

it went something along the lines of don’t spend time fiddling with tomatoes if the recipe calls for them to be skinned. Just eat them with the skins on and when you look in the toilet the following morning you will find the skins have come off....

At this point, if you REALLY like tomato skins...

 

[maximus otter]

...condensed milk... I like a spoonful in coffee occasionally.

*tries to find "drool/lick lips" smiley that doesn't look insulting or lewd - fails*

maximus otter

 

[Swifty]

Recreate the feeling of spending a week in Cromer by spending the afternoon in Cromer.

 

[Dinobot]

Recreate the feeling of spending a week in Cromer by spending the afternoon in Cromer.

An afternoon in Cromer looks like this -

 

[chrissho]

An afternoon in Cromer looks like this -
View attachment 32916

I visited Cromer once, it was buried in thick fog. I will never go back (of course I couldn't be sure it was Cromer)

 

[Yithian]

I visited Cromer once, it was buried in thick fog. I will never go back (of course I couldn't be sure it was Cromer)

You've seen it at its best.

Don't tempt fate.

 

[chrissho]

You've seen it at its best.

Don't tempt fate.

Absolutely!!

 

[Swifty]

I visited Cromer once, it was buried in thick fog. I will never go back (of course I couldn't be sure it was Cromer)

The don't call it fog here (Cromer), it's called sea threat .. or sea fret .. a Norfolk person on this board might be able to correct me.

 

[chrissho]

A fog by any other name.........................

 

[Stormkhan]

We use the word "fret" for a sudden sea mist coming inland here, in North Yorkshire.
First heard of the term in the ghostly tale "The Woman in Black".

 

[escargot]

Here's a tip. If you're ordering items online that have an age restriction, you can write your DOB on a big piece of white card to hold up to the delivery person instead of shouting it down the path.

 

[Trevp666]

 

[David Plankton]

Try pretending you're one of those Japanese macaques by waiting until it's snowing and pouring yourself a red hot bath with the window wide open. Put pieces of fruit around the edge of the bath for the full experience.