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WE'RE know for improvision and substitution. so what have yall had to use when you ran out of/didn't have/couldn't find the real thing when you were younger? *aluminum foil for rubberbands when gettin ya hair beaded *old phone cord for Double-Dutch rope *garbage bags w/water hose for a Slip&Slide(my ma wasn't gon buy us the real one :lol: ) continue.....
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G.O.M.A.B. · Jun 2004
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BellaMocha wrote:
kappanup wrote:
USING A RUBBER GLOVE AS A **** (THE LATEX HOSPITAL KIND THAT STRETCH)
Whoooa dude. Next time...just ask me for the money... I got you! When I didn't have lotion I would use either **** sheen or if I was ashy at school take some liquid soap dry and rub it on my legs until the ash went away (those were some haaard days tho)
.......Thats bananas because I did the same thing but with chocolate milk and orange juice though......
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· Jun 2004
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When I was 11, I ran out of batteries and mum told me she wasn't buying any more for a damn game…so I **** rigged some’n some’n by connecting the wires from a converter to some **** @ss batteries and plugged that S**t into the outlet. The batteries charged, but I blew out the outlet. I fixed it b4 mums found out. :wink: And she never had to buy me any more bateries.
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· Jun 2004
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^^^ u must have been a creative **** kid :arrow: Putting lotion on your lips when you didn't have vaseline or lip gloss
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Slim GoodyN757 · Jun 2004
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using sheets for curtains, newspapers and dishrags for flyswatters, using dish detergent for bubble bath, saving walmart bags to use in your bathroom trashcans, saving grease, putting tape on the back of the remote control, reusing old plug in scents, thats all i can think of for right now
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· Jun 2004
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:arrow: I clean the mirrors in my house with newspaper. Windex could be sitting right there but hey. I grew up having to make due with damn near everything! :arrow: I've put creamer in my cereal before. Hey there wasn't no milk and I really wanted some cereal :arrow: Frying fish in chicken grease(and vise versa) was customary in my house 8) :arrow: If your rubberband popped you tied that biitch back up and used it again! :arrow: napkins/paper towels((and when times was real hard: newspaper!)) when there is no tissue in the bathroom---oh yeah :wink: :arrow: Old cable cord/ extension cord to jump rope/double dutch :arrow: Playing baseball with a stick and a tennis ball :lol: Be back with more...
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· Jun 2004
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phoenix wrote:
When I was 11, I ran out of batteries and mum told me she wasn't buying any more for a damn game…so I N*gga rigged some’n some’n by connecting the wires from a converter to some **** @ss batteries and plugged that S**t into the outlet. The batteries charged, but I blew out the outlet. I fixed it b4 mums found out. :wink: And she never had to buy me any more bateries.
Shiit throw them biitches in tha freezer for a couple days and they'll recharge a lil for ya :wink:
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· Jun 2004
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kappanup wrote:
**MissC is 20** wrote:
kappanup wrote:
MY MOTHERS WEAVE PONYTAIL AS A REAL PONYTAIL ON MY HALLOWEEN COSTUME(DONT ASK) "SHE WAS MAD THOUGH...BOY YOU USING MY GOOD HAIR FOR THIS SH*T"
:lol: :lol: :lol: What the hell were you trying to be for halloween?
I WAS TRYING TO BE A HORSE BUT MY MOTHER DIDNT THINK IT WAS FUNNY....SHE HAD JUST PAID 29.99 ON THAT YACKY...BUT I DIDNT KNOW AND I AM SO SORRY .........SHE STILL TALKS ABOUT IT TODAY "WHEN SHE GETS LIQUORED UP SHE SAYS....THIS LITTLE N*GGA GOT MY GOOD HURR(YES WITH AN ACCENT) AND TIED IT TO HIS LITTLE 5.99 SH*TTY A**"
OMG! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:
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· Jun 2004
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garbage lids for sleds
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· Jun 2004
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Didn't have side walk chalk....use a rock to draw hopscotch
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AfroPoeticSista · Jun 2004
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mayonaise, how does that work?
oh smear the mayonaise on the cd then wipe it off wit a paper towel, it fills in the scratches so the cd never skips again don't ask me why i did that, it just popped up one day
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