101 uses for a wastepaper bin

We watched a Werner Herzog film called" Encounters at the End of the World" last night...in it they showed a group being trained in how to cope in a whiteout...they all had to wear wastepaper bins on their heads and try and find their way to safety with no sight and only muffled sound...apparently the bins replicate the experience. If an actual whiteout wasn't so life threatening this would have been even funnier..but seeing the bumbling around and heading off away from the camp bought home how deadly it could be.

101 Uses for Blu Tack

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From the BBC news web site..a blind artist called Sargy Mann, uses Blu Tack to help him paint.
He uses different size blobs as coding...and feels his way around the canvas.

101 Uses for a Plastic Bag

The man in The Works kindly fashioned me a carrying handle for the plastic bag with another plastic bag, and very useful it was too.

101 Uses for a Screwdriver

Holding up a sun umbrella.

101 Uses for a tray catch

Holding your free drinks voucher.

101 Uses for a paperback book

Seen in a flea market in Brighton last weekend ...a whole wobbily table of glassware all reliant on a paper book book by a wobbily comedian.

101 Uses for an Umbrella

The umbrella . it turns out, is very useful to try and deflect the flying objects which were launched at the Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksander Vucic, when he attended the anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre today.