Christmas present idea

Was this magazine Take A Break by any chance? I love the 'Brainwave' pages in the chav mags, some right corkers!

Hahahaha brilliant! now surely even the most avid crafter wouldn't consider these a good present idea!!

We came across one of these mags on hol by the pool and it was the highlight of the holiday (sad i know!)

wish i could remember the gems we laughed at now though. i'll text my friend and see if she can remember!! haha!

Spot on Hattie. I'm afraid these pages make me laugh enormously.

Viz did a wonderful rip off.

I just found these corkers via the wonders of google:

'I was fed up of losing my flip-flops around the house but couldn't find a small enough shoe tidy for them. I took an old cardboard bottle carrier (on closer inspection this is the cardboard wine holder you get in Asda when you buy 6 bottles - Julie clearly likes a bit of Blue Nun) and painted it with left over emulsion. It looks pretty and my shoes are always together!'.

The accompanying pic is captioned 'Toes company!'.

And I'll tell you now Julie - it does not look pretty. It looks like a cardboard box from Asda painted a dodgy shade of silver with several pairs of flip flops shoved in the top. It looks demented. Words fail me. Why not just put your flip flops in a box? ANY box?

On to Kim from Harlow:

'When you are being photographed, flatten your tongue against the roof of your mouth to minimise a double chin'.

Sadly there is no photo of Kim so we can assess her tip and her double chin but I've tried it and it makes feck all difference unless I force my tongue upwards with great effort and affect a kind of insane grimace complete with bulging eyes. My chin may be lessened but I look like a frog.

Finally we have David from Stourport-on-Severn. David really is VERY creative:

'I wanted new garden furniture but could find nothing I liked in the shops (judging from what you go on to create David - I'm not surprised). I painted my old table and chairs and covered them in bubble wrap (what?), then put a shower curtain over the top (A SHOWER CURTAIN!), held it in place with drawing pins and tape (wow, now that's what I call craftsmanship...). As well as being stylish (!!!) my seats are so much softer (do you not mean 'so much more crinkly and sweaty to sit on?)'.

Waaaaahhhhhhh especially to "David" Every time you sit down you'll have a cacophony of popping until the bubbles are all gone and it is really uncomfortable!

Hahaha apparently you get £60 for these ideas! i think we should come up with the best idea and submit it - just think of the amount of loo rolls and bubble wrap we can buy for that!!!

Bahahaha! Those are amazing. Imagine if you got one of those creations for a gift.

Wahahahaha David's not too far from me. I might 'pop' round for a cuppa ?

Don't worry about spilling any of your tea in awe, the shower curtain cover is wipe clean. Genius.

Furniture covered in bubble wrap, genius! ? Covers up for the oldies who parp every time they move!

Did Dave include a picture by any chance?

I'm afraid not on the blog I found it on! Though I Urge anyone with a doctor's appointment this week to scan through past copies of take a break in the waiting room and see if they can find it for our amusement!

Well then I'm afraid it sounds too good to be true. Surely if you were the creator of such a masterpiece you would proudly be showing it off?

So from "looking a bit dull" and "i wanted to brighten it up a bit" she went for a full on mural party scene!

the 3d stools are immense!

? needed!

Ps - i want isabel janner's job!!

Lost.For.Words!

I just wish I was as creative as those clever souls...

Jesus Wept!

Though to eb fair, I do love a bit of Chat/Take a Break/Thats life. Its like how the other half live. 'tis one of my guilty pleasures.

Waaahaaahaaaa!!!! ?

They are the jez Kyle of magazines! that sanitary towel one isn't real surely?!

Brilliant!!!!!

Check these handy tips that are lurking on the internet:

20 uses for a condoms

1. Hair tie

2. Slip 'er over a payphone to avoid "NASTY" germs

3. Bathing cap (if you stretch it in the right manner)

4. Neat travel case for your toothbrush

5. Wet suit for a ferret

6. Finger puppets

7. Travel size shampoo and conditioner holders

8. Use it to store that urine sample next time you go to the doc for a checkup

9. Rubber boot for a peg leg

10. Latex toe warmers

11. Stuff, and use to stop drafts under doors

12. Fill with rocks and use to as a weapon in a crisis situation

13. Makeshift sandbags in the event of a flood

14. To keep candles dry when camping

15. Build your own incredible "Water Weenies"

16. To quickly fill water pistols

17. Bicycle tire tube

18. Change purse

19. Goodyear Blimp model

20. For those long car trips that dad hates to stop for potty breaks

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at some of these!

Why would anyone think it was okay to wear sanitary towels on your head? Used or otherwise!? ?