Vaseline can be used as a lubricant(on various things), Shaving Cream can be used to clean glass, Pedialyte works magic for hangovers and Vicks serves multiple purposes. Read on to know more.
Products manufactured are made to serve their purpose to the best of it's ability, we have collated a list of products that served better purpose than what they were designed for.
AskReddit asked its fellow redditors to name such products and instances and received some unusual, some pretty useful answers but all of them are certainly funny.
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Vaseline
*Wink-eye*It can serve both purposes though.
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McDonald's
Washrooms would have a greater footfall than the seating area.
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Vicks
Cracked feet? Vicks Vapor Rub. Need a steam? Vicks Vapor Rub. Advocate hair growth? Vicks Vapor Rub........
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Bubblewrap
Bursting them aesthetically satisfies OCD and also is a better way to pass time than play with fidget-spinner.
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Trazodone
Don't have to deal with it if you can't deal with it.
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Phenylephrine
Whatever works.
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Shaving Cream
If you clean something with a shaving cream, do you call it a clean shave?
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Pedialyte
Continuing childhoood habits.
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Razor
Keeps clothes sharp.
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Carabiner
Talk about multi-purpose.
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Thalidomide
Serving a GREATER purpose.
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VR Systems
VR systems were meant to rescue boredom, but they are out here rescuing patients.
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You're Welcome.
Do you know any products that serve a better purpose than what they were designed for that didn't make it to the list? Let us know in the comments below.
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