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> From: joe andress [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> 
> I didnt make this up, just passing it along as a Monday 
> morning pick-me-up. 

ok, ok -- "I believe you" [the part about not making it up yourself, that is ;) ]

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> 14. Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used 
> instead of sutures at most hospitals) 

Crazy glue, a.k.a. cyanocrilate [badly mispelled, I'm sure...] also known as "hot stuff" and "zap" in the hobby industry, is designed for exactly that purpose, that's why it is so good at glueing your fingers together...

and if you DO get your fingers glued together, there are various methods of unsticking them, but perhaps the easiest or safest is to straighten out a paper clip [umm, with your other hand...] and place it at the point where your fingers are glued together; then try to "roll" your fingers back and forth over the clip -- this gently seperates the skin at the glue joint...
 
> 20. Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off 
> with a coffee filter paper 

I see peanut butter mentioned a lot in this list -- I suspect for the most part it is the peanut oil that is the "active" ingredient in most cases.  Here, the "oil" will soak into the scratches and is reasonbly "optically clear", meaning it won't distort the laser much.  The problem will hit you later, however, as eventually the oil will become rancid and may turn a different color -- getting the oil out THEN will be rather cumbersome...
 
> 30. To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with 
> Colgate toothpaste 

likewise one I "learned" the first time I went snorkelling with a group: your own saliva [and yes, IT WORKS!]  Admittedly, the dive instructor even said it seems gross...

> 32. To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the 
> wax stain, it will absorb into the towel. 

this one takes me back to the days of art class in the 7th grade: the project of the day was to draw a picture on some cloth with melted wax, let it harden, then soak the cloth in dye -- everywhere the wax was, the dye wouldn't touch; to remove the wax this is exactly what we did [though I think we used newspapers instead of paper towels...]  Note that it can take A LOT of paper to do this...

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