This marks my fourth post in this “101 Alternative Uses” posts. I’ve gotten a lot of interesting traffic to my site in terms of keywords/phrases. Maybe one day I can do a “101 oddest referring keywords” that’ll be something to look forward to. But that might take a while. Really what I’m doing is filling in text so the first few things on this list. So what are you waiting for? Veer your sight down a few dozen or so pixels and get to reading:
- Cut several in half and construct the world’s biggest crazy straw
*This will require someone with an incredible lung capacity - Construct a huge pixie stick
- If your football team has no tires to do drills in, use hula hoops
*You gain man points the pinker and more sparkly the hula hoops are - Use a flag pole and hula hoop to play horseshoe
*It doesn’t matter if you cut the hula hoop or not just go nuts - Loop earrings for a humpback whale
- Toss at people riding bicycles to ring it around their head
- Use an entire hula hoop (including the ball bearing inside it) as a twisty blow gun
- A giant frisbee golf disc
- Use to blow giant bubbles
- Roll like a bowling ball at empty water bottles to create hula hoop bowling
- A throw ring for a boat
*You might want to attach several together - Swinging rings
- Use to juggle
- A replica Flavor Flav necklace
- Frame for a giant round picture
- Make a huge pinwheel
- Use as a hoop for ping pong basketball with no paddles
- Build a hopscotch course
- Construct a scale model of The Leaning Tower Of Pisa
- Make a giant monocle
- Construct your very own cocoon
- Use to cut shapes for giant cookies
- Frame for a net to catch fish
- Make a giant twisting drum
- Use to tan animal hide
- Use a framework for a mascot outfit
- Use as a sumo ring for rabbits
- Rims for a monster truck
- Spindle for a giant weaving machine
- Run through a wood chipper and create confetti
- Take the ball bearings out of the hoops and break the pieces of the hoop into sticks to play pool with the ball bearings
- Clock face
- Use as the base of a satellite dish
- Make your own Wheel of Fortune wheel
- Steering wheel for a tractor
- Mount for a really big globe
- Make a gyro ride for spider monkeys
- Ferris wheel for mice
- Snow shoes
- Spell O O O O O O on your neighbor’s lawn
*You can also spell G O O G L E if you break some into pieces. It’ll also be more effective if done on Halloween - Stencil for spray painting
- Make a giant slinky
*May only be as effective as the typical useless slinky - Wheels for a stagecoach
- Make a replica of the Olympic logo
- Make a telescope
- Launch pad for model rockets
- Use with plastic wrap to cover a really big bowl of jello
- Cut into pieces to siphon liquid from one container to another
- Use to hold a wooden barrel together
- Wedding ring for Godzilla
- Use as the outline for a stain glass window
- Make a giant game of checkers
- A tunnel for ants
- A fraternity paddle to hit three pledges at once
*I am in no way condoning the use hazing of pledges - Use as a spinning dinner table top
- Mold for big ice wheels
- Snorkel
- Use to organize/hide cables
- Use to make a big round shade
- Use for a manhole cover
- Fix plastic wrap so it hangs in the middle a bit, fill with water and you’ve got a bird bath
- Use for road signs
- Use to fix broken wheelchairs that have lost their handles to move the chair
- A belt
- Snorkel for a vehicle
- Key ring
- Doorknocker
- Make a concave or convex mirror
*Whichever you want, or both - Make a sunroof for your car
- Halos for really big angels
- Splint for a snake
- Get a variety of colors X2 for a double rainbow
- A wreath
- Miniature spiral staircase
- Make an epic fly swatter
- Temporary ring of fire
- Water irrigation
- Pull-up bar
- Rim for a sombrero
- Speaker mount
- A stage for a flea circus
- Frame for a gatling gun
- Flashlight
- Periscope
*You would also need really really tiny mirrors and GREAT vision - Dog/Cat collar
- Freddy Krueger hand
- Make a skeleton
- Replacement for PVC
- Can be used as a replacement tail for cats
*The new tail may have a permanent curve to it - A wicker chair, but hula hoop parts instead of well wicker
- Picket fence
- Jail cell bars
- Bracelet for King Kong
- Golf tees
- Attachment for a vacuum to reach small places
- Use to make crop circle circles
- Towel rack
- Cut in half to make a boomerang that most likely won’t return to you
- Tent poles
- Replacement tusks for a wild boar
- Rings for Saturn
*Doing this may require the entire world supply of rings nullifying the other items on this list
Well that does it for this week. You know what to do. Mock me, add something I didn’t, or try not to spam this post. For next week it’s between licorice and Conan O’Brien’s hair and I’m opening up the voting to whoever reads this. The voting will run until Wednesday July 13th. Thanks for reading 🙂
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July 18, 2011 - 13:01 pmWow this is not only random but also hilarious. I did not thing about most of these when I read the title, but good work never the less :).
WWE Wallpapers
July 20, 2011 - 12:17 pmGreat List!
Sam
July 31, 2011 - 14:33 pmno 95 wouldn’t work because all of the air would be sucked around in a circle – like a mini Hadron Collider.
Josh
August 03, 2011 - 17:52 pmEh, I’d say it wouldn’t work well. 🙂
Wedding Singer Los Angeles
August 04, 2011 - 3:22 amHands down to you, Josh for being so creative and imaginative. 😀 How long did it take you to come up with this list?
Lidia
August 26, 2011 - 13:02 pmHow much time did you spend putting all the list together? It is hilarious. 😀
50. sounds great but you will also have to find someone who actually wants to marry her …
98. would sell great in Australia, I’m sure they are all annoyed buy the constantly returning ones 😛