30 life hacks debunked

[Major Nikon]

[OriginalGeek]

1. He failed the lettuce

I worked in various restaurants in my youth and I cored thousands of heads of lettuce by slamming them on the table. Worked every time.

And while I think he probably could have used shorter dry spaghetti noodles, I agree with him re: just eat the rest of the damn cake.

[Major Nikon]

2. I've done it quite often

Works like a charm.

[Packerowner740]

4. +1 on the lettuce.

Maybe a little fresher head would have worked better for him. Looked a little wilted.

[LiberalEsto]

8. I learned that at a Tupperware party ages ago

but I don't eat iceberg lettuce, so never use the trick

[OriginalGeek]

9. Iceberg is just an excuse

to eat lots of blue cheese and bacon bits. I love it for that but I don't pretend I'm eating anything healthy lol.

[LiberalEsto]

10. I stopped eating iceberg lettuce during the farmworkers' lettuce boycott of the 60s-70s

and never really went back to it. Learned to appreciate romaine, butter and other kinds of great lettuce instead. There's nothing like the first home-grown romaine in springtime.

[OriginalGeek]

11. Dayum! Even lettuce gots politics!?

I like all them others just fine though - so what I need now is a farmery type friend with a lettuce patch.

[LiberalEsto]

12. Are you anywhere near Rockville MD?

BTW, there was also a grape boycott around the time of the lettuce boycott.

Link: http://thebeachsideresident.com/2010/07/cesar-chavez-ufw-and-the-grape-boycott/

[OriginalGeek]

13. I don't know where Rockville is

but I did live in Owings Mills for about 9 months when I was in 2nd grade. My cousins are from Pasadena and I went to the Maryland Death Fest in Baltimore in 2009, '10 and '11 (it's handy having a cousin that can put you up for 4 days instead of paying downtown hotel prices)

Mr. Chavez was the man.

[Packerowner740]

3. I love Cheetos, I definately need to try the chopsticks

[OriginalGeek]

5. Yeah that one is smart

I also thought it was funny he acknowledged they brought him the training wheel chop sticks.

[Packerowner740]

6. Yeah I haven't seen those before but they would sure be a plus

[OriginalGeek]

7. I don't recall seeing them in real life

but I've seen them online and seen a how-to page on making some from regular chop-sticks and rubber bands.