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Are you sane?

Posted 7 weeks 2 days ago by Philip Brewer

Life Hacks

Charwoman moping the floor of a bus

Back in the days before science and modern medicine made their contributions to the field of mental health, sanity was a pretty arbitrary thing. Even in those dark days, though, it was useful to have a test for sanity, so you could determine if someone reached the minimum threshold of mental competence to be allowed to manage their own affairs. Here's one test. Would you pass?

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Black Friday...black in more ways than one

Posted 41 weeks 1 day ago by Paul Michael

Consumer Affairs

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Today, November 23rd, is Black Friday. A day that as a Wisebread writer and bargain hunter I love. There are deals everywhere, we all get a chance to save a bit of dough before the Holidays, we all smile a bit more. At least, that's what I thought. But as I trudged around today in the sales, with lines of people looking more stressed than a factory farmed chicken, I realized that this day has increasingly become more of a black day on the calendar.

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25 tips from the frugally insane.

Posted 1 year ago by Paul Michael

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You know, saving money is a serious business. Sometimes, too serious. So now and then I like to inject a little fun into the proceedings. Back when I was a little younger, I would ocassionally glance at the magazines my mom would read. They were the usual 'mom' magazines, like Good Housekeeping, Bella, that kind of thing. And there was always a spot dedicated to tips sent in from readers. You know the ones..."a little club soda and salt will clean up any stain."

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How to flush $299 down the toilet (and fish it out again)

Posted 1 year ago by Will Chen

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toilet aquarium

In what can only be described as a fusion of insanity and insanity, Aqua One brings you The Fish 'n Flush! (via Tao of Making Money!)

That's right. How many of you have sat on the crapper and wished that you could snap your spine in half, turn around, and look at some fish. That's right, I suspect the answer is NOBODY! (Put your hand down Gollum.)

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