1. If you are choking on an ice-cube, don’t panic. Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto, the blockage will be almost instantly removed.

1. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.
2. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by simply using the sink.
3. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.
4. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
5. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives. Then you will be afraid to cough.

6. Have a bad toothache? Smash your thumb with a hammer and you will forget about the toothache.

7. If you can’t fix it with a hammer, you’ve got an electrical problem

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p>Sometimes, we just need to remember what the rules of life really are: You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn’t move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn’t move and does, use the duct tape.

I’m seeing the first appearances of this bunch of advice around 2005