Don't you just love the plastic shopping bags? Actually it's not just Wally World that has plastic carry-out bags. In any case, these plastic bags are incredibly useful for all sorts of things other than carrying your purchases out to your vehicle. Plastic bags find themselves reincarnated in a million different ways. I've long thought about starting a list of these uses, some seriously useful and some uses downright funny. So here's a list of uses, not necessarily in any sort of order of usefulness.
1.Make a purse out of them by sewing a bunch of them together
2.Use them as small trash can liners.
3.Use them as containers for soiled diapers
4.Use them as containers for used cat litter
5.Use them as a container for dog poop retrieved out of the yard by turning the bag inside-out, putting your hand in it like a make-shift glove and grabbing the poop. Once you've grabbed the poop, use your other hand to turn the bag right side out and the poop will magically be inside the bag. Be sure to use a bag that doesn't have any holes in it!!!!!
6.Use them as mattress stuffing
7.Use them as pillow stuffing
8.Use them as packing material in lieu of the dreaded white foam peanut
9.Tear a piece of the bag off and use it a seal before screwing a cap back onto a bottle or jar that might decide to leak
10.Use them as a food-stain-proof cook book cover
11.Use large plastic bags to keep lawn furniture covered
12.Use them as small-but-handy lawn clean-up bags
13.Use them to store wet beach towels in
14.Use them to avoid putting money in a parking meter -- put the bag over the meter and tie the bag's handles together, then take a black magic marker and write "broken" on both sides in large block letters. Preferably use bags that are a solid colour, such as red or yellow
15.Use them as luggage when travelling. Use the Wally World smiley-faced bags as matched luggage for that extra designer touch...
16.Use them as you would a rubber glove when you don't have rubber gloves handy
17.Use them to carry large amounts of mail in
18.Use them to help make a credit card or other magnetic stripped card swipe when the card by itself won't swipe by putting it inside the bag. Not sure why this one works but it does. I see people do it in truck stops constantly. Once we've gone to mandatory hand chip implants I wonder if the tip in number 15. will help make reluctant implant chips scan by using them as a make-shift rubber glove?
19.Use them as a kite to keep a kid (or yourself) amused
20.Use them to catch stray paint droplets when you are painting
21.Use them as flags
22.Use a solid white one tied onto a pole as a truce flag
23.Use a solid white one tied to your car antenna or rolled up in a road-facing window when you are parked on the side of the road in case your car breaks down
24.Use them as rubber boots to keep your feet dry
25.Use them as back packs for kids by putting their arms through the handles
26.Use them as socks
27.Use them as a doggie bag when you are in a restaurant and want to take a piece of chicken home with you in a purse or pocket
28.Use them to store dirty clothes in when you are travelling
29.Use them as a shoe-horn when trying on shoes at a garage sale
30.Use them to protect the plaster cast so you can take a shower after you break your foot
31.Use them as diapers
32.Use them as bandages
33.Use them as freezer bags
34.Use them to wrap up leftovers to keep them from drying out in the refrigerator
35.Use them as bread bags for home-made bread made in an electric bread maker
36.Use large ones to cover clothes in a closet or while travelling to keep the clothes clean
37.Use large ones to slip over ceiling fan blades when cleaning the blades to catch the dust and keep it from falling on the floor
38.Use them as a toy parachute
39.Use them as handy sick bags when someone is sick to their stomach...
40.Use one to wrap your lunch sandwiches in to keep it from getting soggy in a cooler with other items that might sweat
41.Use a small one as a rain bonnet
42.Use a big one as a raincoat
43.Put them on your wiper blades and mirrors in the winter to keep them free from snow and ice
44.Use them as a cheap collectable -- nearly everyone seems to collect plastic bags either in their home or car or both
45.Use one to hold your clothespins when you are hanging your clothes out to dry
46.Use them as a trash can
47.Store your shoes in plastic bags when you have them inside your suitcase to keep from making the rest of your clothing stink like your smelly feet
48.Use one as a makeshift condom
49.Use one to carry popcorn in
50.Store wet paint brushes in them after you've washed out the paintbrush
51.Use them to store rags in
52.Use them as inexpensive home insulation
53.Use them when re-upholstering boat seats between the foam padding and the vinyl upholstery to make the seats semi-water proof
54.Use them to put used oil filters in to keep them from contaminating the rest of the trash
55.Use them as flexible molds for the spray foam that hardens to fill in holes in walls, etc.
56.Use them as kindling to start fires with, even in the rain, since once they start burning the heat is intense -- just avoid inhaling the toxic fumes they give off !!!!!!
57.Use them as a porta-potty liner
58.Use them for emergency toilet paper
59.Use them for emergency tissue paper
60.Use them to carry your Wally World purchases home...
61.Use them as emergency socks
62.Use them as emergency underwear
63.Use them as an emergency barf bag
64.Weave them into an inexpensive rug!!!!