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101 Uses for Bubble Wrap

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by ozyran, Jun 3, 2007.

  1. ozyran

    ozyran New Member

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    I was looking for a good way to wrap something in bubble wrap and came across the most oddball thing in Google. So, here it is:

    101 Uses for bubble wrap

    1. Bubble wrapping underneath the wallpaper can prevent it hurting so much when you hit your head against the wall in frustration
    2. Apply it to all the pavements in the world to cut down on suicide rates
    3. Wrap up the blades in a liquidiser to prevent the little ones hurting themselves
    4. Wrap up the bar in the bar joke so that the poor guy doesn't have to go "ow" any more
    5. Bubble wrap handcuffs to prevent the fragile criminals from hurting their wrists when they get arrested
    6. Bubble wrap the bars in the cells as well
    7. Bubble wrap the planet to fend off alien invasions
    8. Fill bubble wrap with ozone and wrap it around the planet to replace the ozone layer
    9. Wrap it around your torso to stop your sides splitting when you laugh too much
    10. Bubble wrap your bike pedals so they don't scrape your ankles when you get on awkwardly
    11. Bubble wrap the road so it doesn't hurt when you fall off
    12. Make a cocoon for your baby so he bounces when he falls over
    13. Protect your PC from AOL by wrapping all their free discs in bubble wrap
    14. Shut you friends up with it
    15. Wrap up your lawnmower.. No reason, I'm just getting desperate for more uses.
    16. Wrap up your morning toast so it doesn't matter which way up it lands
    17. Protect your knives from the little kids
    18. Wrap it round the steering wheel and eliminate the need for airbags
    19. Twist it and make a lot of loud popping noises to piss of the rest of the family
    20. Larger bubbles make deeper notes. You could write a symphony
    21. Bubble rap
    22. Protect people from sharks' teeth by wrapping up the sharks
    23. Wrap up the sea so that it floats to the top with the sharks
    24. Use a few layers on your wheel rims and you don't need a new tire
    25. Carry it around as an emergency air supply
    26. Attach it to every wall in the Titanic II so that it still floats even when sinking
    27. Soft hankies
    28. Soft bog rolls
    29. Air cushioned soles
    30. Fill some with water and you can have a waterbed
    31. Make a shrine to bubble wrap
    32. Cut out individual bubbles and use them as a fashion statement
    33. Fill it with water and make ice pebbles
    34. E.Z. Swim trunks
    35. Little sauce sachets for Tabasco sauce helpings
    36. Make fake spots and pretend to squeeze them. Gross out your friends!
    37. The big version works as tear-off disposable whoopee cushions
    38. Put it on a red piece of paper and use it in a movie about the colonisation of Mars
    39. Center Parc domes for fleas
    40. Print fake tyre tracks all over mum's clean kitchen floor
    41. An alarm system to wake you up
    42. Drop your mobile and see it bounce!
    43. Wrap up drum kits to finally shut the drummer up
    44. Wrap up blind people so that nothing hurts them
    45. Carry some with you so you can float home from your desert island
    46. Put it in some chocolate... We all like our bubbly chocolate
    47. Special contraceptives for extra stimulation
    48. Roll down hills in it
    49. When quitting smoking, use it to relieve your stress by annoying everyone else with the noise rather than the fag smoke
    50. New-age Lego
    51. Build your greenhouses from it. It's refractive index will reach even higher temperatures for your melons to be huge
    52. Become a spy and put it on the soles of your shoes so they make no sound
    53. Cheapo breast implants
    54. Earthquake-proofing
    55. Soundproofing walls
    56. Colonic irrigation
    57. Construct a bouncy castle and have a mega birthday party
    58. Finger-friendly braille
    59. Space helmet for a mouse
    60. Bouncy draughts
    61. Send it into space to show alien species how technologically advanced the human race is
    62. Shower curtain for free
    63. Wrap up everything below a foot from the ground so you don't stub your toe ever again
    64. Orthopaedic socks
    65. Something to land on when you fall out of bed
    66. Chop the tops off and use them as contact lenses
    67. Ant rafts
    68. A bed of nails for wusses
    69. A replacement for a parachute that protects you even if it doesn't open
    70. Wrapping delicate items for transport
    71. Wrap up your computer so that you don't break it when it crashes
    72. Scan it and use it as a background for Windows
    73. Attach it to fabric and you have a nice warm coat
    74. Chew it... It's like popping candy, but chewing gum style
    75. Protect yourself from mosquitos. Wrap yourself up and they get shot off when they pop a bubble
    76. Strap some to your shoes and you can float upside-down in a pond
    77. Anti-vandal flooring
    78. Build a miniature boat in one of the bubbles and get acclaimed for being the greatest miniature crafstman/woman in known history
    79. Make your own Rice Krispies sound FX
    80. Bumper stickers that don't hurt
    81. Stick it to your teeth and you can grin while on your motorbike without having to wipe the flies off your teeth
    82. Get a strip of them and light one end.. You can use the regular pops to time things
    83. Put pills in them. You can have a pack of 7 and never take too much insulin again
    84. Write on it and have a soft touch keyboard
    85. Stick it to car bumpers so it doesn't hurt as much when you get run over
    86. McDonald's would probably get away with calling it popcorn if they spray it white
    87. Fill it with helium and call it a blimp
    88. Give it to your most hated acquaintance as a birthday present. For best results, give them the stuff your alarm clock came in.
    89. A ball pool for leprechauns. You'd have to cut them up...
    90. A rather dull poster
    91. Get a suntan but with bonus UV protection
    92. New-age beaded car seats
    93. Pop one and use it as a hilly mini minigolf course
    94. Artificial pea substitute
    95. Inside out cheese
    96. Plastic jellyfish
    97. Dip it in PVA and sand and you have a scouring pad.. wonderful exfoliator
    98. Child-friendly pebble dashing
    99. Fill it with the White Powder and sell it at raves
    100. Protect your car when you go banger racing
    101. Wrap your tires with it so people hear you in 'stealth mode'.

    Way more uses for bubble wrap here.

    Never ever in a million years would I have thought of any of that stuff up. Oh, and I changed the last one to reflect a more Prius-friendly use :)