This has lead to a great many revelations for me. Examples? I can think of a few. There's the all oldies but goldies: old toothbrushes are not destined for the dump, but become mega utensils for cleaning bicycles or for a more domestic- but no less satisfying- application the mint at debunking grime from the filler between your shower room tiles. Worn but not-too-dirty socks make excellent dusters. And any card board lying around your car is as good a scraper when the ice sets in.
A personal favourite of mine is one of my Dad's. Its genesis lies in said father's utter devotion to recycling. This has meant that plastic inner cereal packets are not rubbish but instead enjoy a second life as sandwich bags. It does make for rather dusty sandwiches, but I can live with this discomfiture knowing I've given one plastic bag a new lease of life and resisted unnecessary use of another.
I think though, that this may overtake any of these examples as being the most wonderful multipurpose approach to what is- typically- a relatively socially unacceptable problem.
Nice.
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