Times People Thought Of Stupid Solutions That Actually Work | Happy Land

[@heatherjay8802]

Many of these I’d class as ingenious, rather than “stupid”, though some appear stupidly life threatening, such as the Ferris Wheel “support”!

[@geoffspakes]

Agreed, I enjoy Happy Land’s content, but their titles are often lacking or misleading. I stopped watching this video right after the first one…I’d hardly consider making an all-terrain wheelchair for someone stupid.

[@heatherjay8802]

@@geoffspakes too true, but then I guess that’s what “click bait” is all about. I did watch till the end, for the inventiveness shown, but was annoyed by the stereotypes and dismissive labels.

[@mangot589]

I’m pretty sure that the titles, (like a zillion other ones here on the Tube) are so you don’t have 2,538,017 clips with the same titles🤷‍♀️

[@geoffspakes]

@@mangot589 I’d say it’s more a bout being lazy and as someone else mentioned, flat out click bait. The English language is riddled with adjectives, off the top of my head they could have used…clever, ingenious, thoughtful, unexpected, or brilliant.

[@heatherjay8802]

@@geoffspakes but apparently “stupid” has more appeal! There’s MORE than enough of that to go round, especially in recent times, so I think that highlighting “brilliance” would be preferable.

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

Mechanical toothbrush detail sander, huh? That is absolutely, undeniably freaking BRILLIANT.

[@ceceyoung7462]

We were pretty poor growing up, mom had to go to a ‘dressy’ function so made herself a dressy dress out of a set of new sheets. This was in the 70s so the sheets had big flowers on them…it looked great!

[@ratoim]

*Scarlett O'Hara looks up from cutting up curtains and nods approvingly*

[@ceceyoung7462]

@@ratoim totally! We joked about her being the Oregon version of Scarlett!🤣

[@CanaryCaia]

Moms like her are the best!

[@nwicconsultants6640]

Bless her heart........those are the heroes I wish we heard more of. Thanks for the comment!

[@juliagrant3299]

My mom did the same in the 70's! I wanted her to make me one too!

[@garopolisNE]

You had me at "all-terrain wheelchair."

[@ross6753]

I'm not so convinced about the toilet in the kitchen 🤮

[@martinfurlong1071]

It's GREAT! The coffee maker is well within reach.

[@tdthib5530]

The Lego idea.. yeah, I'm stealing that one. 😂

[@sandybruce9092]

I loved the beer can taco holder! I saved the picture and am sending it to my son who loves beer and tacos!!!

[@yvonnephillips3888]

When carts are stoken, the store raised prices to compensate. Stop stealing from the rest of us.

[@benjalucian1515]

I was thinking the same. Those things aren't cheap.

[@itsmephil2255]

It's not stupid if it works 👌🏻

[@christopherdean1326]

1:28, That is a clever idea!

[@Amperzand]

2:09 reminds me of the time I once had to hang a solid heavy interior door on my own. The hinges were on the left, so I put two temporary screws in the wall on the left of the door and two screws on the top of the door frame and two screws in the top of the door. Then I used four old shoelaces to tie the door to the wall and frame, keeping it still and lifting it off the floor so I could fix the hinges in place. A bit laborious, but it did the job!

[@mikefelty2625]

I just use wedge ehaped pieces of wood to hold the door where it needed to be and then put the screws in the door frame with the hinge already mounted to the door.

[@ivanleterror9158]

The VW camper has his own channel on car camping/living.

[@tawnyschlienz9063]

The bug with the camper belongs to a young man from my area. KZbinr named Mav. He's awesome

[@StepSev7en]

Keep on truckin!!

[@muffassa6739]

I agree with you, these were a lot of great ideas.

[@charlesblack2523]

It is not stupid if it works 👍🏼

[@TB-wi3sq]

The beer opener (on the pliers) is stupid Who can‘t open a beer with pliers anyway A welder should be able to open it with almost everything

[@aircooledhead]

Stupid?! Some of these are “next level” genius!

[@skydiverclassc2031]

2:05 I've done the same using a hand trolley. Works quite well and you can steer it easily.

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Ngl, I now want a tracked wheelchair!

[@laurabentzinger200]

The van camper was too much wow I'm amazed that works!

[@adhidwipa6027]

Ah I need that inclinator for setting campfire.

[@Tracy81258]

Those shopping carts usually start at about $300 dollars per. So many people don’t realize that stealing one is a felony charge even if you don’t take anything else from the store.

[@jakerazmataz852]

2:20 not the same bucket. 2:50 and to this day, no shower curtain.

[@mattheweburns]

2:59 that Volkswagen beetle camper is a KZbinr “Mav” y’all should check out his videos. They are pretty great, this camper is wild, but he has even wilder campers, believe it or not.

[@alicewilloughby4318]

These are some really clever ideas!

[@Flipper86]

The power strip with old electrical is stupid.

[@caronstout354]

Don't laugh but...I needed spring/summer living room curtains..couldn't afford "real" ones..bought cloth shower curtains at Dollar General and hung then up..perfect!

[@shannonbrice8012]

My grandma would buy flat sheets then tailor them by adding a ruffle etc. It was a lot cheaper than curtains, can find nice patterns and it was also an economical way to change the look of the room for a couple of dollars.

[@tsugima6317]

​@@shannonbrice8012 plus you can use them as sheets when she gets tired of the curtains. Also used the flat sheet for making pillowcases when bottom sheet wore out . Also used a flat sheet to make a summer robe.

[@shannonbrice8012]

@@tsugima6317 I don't like to sew but I needed curtains for a camper. Found the sheets I liked and bought some no sew and we had curtains and throw pillows to match. I find growing up "poor" really taught us to think outside the box. There was no way I was going to spend 300 dollars for some curtains that would only be used a couple of months out of the year.

[@StephBer1]

Our first house we were dirt poor and had lots of windows to cover, I went to the thrift shop, bought decent but used sheets, threw them over a rod and sewed the top down with a little frill. They were cute and I didn't get "real curtains" for years.

[@theweatherisaokay4964]

I cut my old towels that have some small holes and sew into a few kitchen towels, never have the need to buy one.

[@dustybunny6716]

I'm taking notes for some of these

[@graceygrumble]

That bird-feeder will already be a squirrel feeder. Squirrels are clever!

[@GnrMilligan]

Some of these really made me smile. But the music reminded me of Edward G Robinson's death in Soylent Green.

[@CanaryCaia]

I can't figure out what the grandma made to stop the chipmunks from stealing the bird food.

[@josephhodges9819]

It is cool. I guess that they cannot run or balance on that rope very well so the only way to get the food is to fly.

[@mikefelty2625]

​@@josephhodges9819The squirrels in my area would definitely still get to that feeder. They run along the power lines all the time. That rope may as well be a ramp.

[@thatcasualdragon2975]

yeah, it will work for a bit, but Mark Rover has proven that squirrels will do just about anything to get to something they want.

[@maxvarjagen9810]

She stuck a fishing pole to the roof and hung a rope from it. Wont work. You need to use wire. Twine and fishing line work for a bit, but they snap eventually. Cord they can climb easy.

[@georgecurtis6463]

When i was a kid in the 50s and living on a small pacific island, our roof was secured with cables also. Worked.

[@ocsrc]

The Remote Control watch is a great item to have. Also the dollar tree stores used to sell a 1.00 universal control. Great item to keep in your car with the paper it comes with telling you the manufacturer codes. Many places have a TV and no remote. Nice to be able to change the channel and turn volume up or down.

[@DeAthWaGer]

cable box remotes are mostly universal. Never toss them. I've had ones sit in a drawer for years then someone loses one, or buys something without a remote. I used to get into serious trouble at school and electronic stores with my wrist remote as a kid. Getting a substitute to lose her freaking mind because the thought she'd have an easy day of making her classes watch a video, but we were passing the watch around between classes (a classmate got caught with it, I eventually got it back and even the principal was laughing about it). She was literally pounding on the side of the TV and smacking the VCR after I'd turn them off or change the volume! I remember going to a store and putting in the code for Sony, not realizing the whole wall of TVs were Sony. I changed the input on maybe 2 dozen screens at once to loud static, and my friends and I got kicked out.

[@roybradley5532]

Beer can Taco holder. I am going to try that one. And Freak out my wife🙂Thanks for the crazy cool idea.

[@irmawesterback2930]

I think to surprice my friends too🤩

[@AttemptMade]

I like the pliers. I would suggest looking up fencing pliers while you’re at it. That pair of pliers could also have a small hammer on one side and a pry bar on the other.

[@hillbillydeluxe27]

I rented an house once where virtually every outlet was ungrounded which created a problem when I plugged in my computer. The computer refused to operate so I phoned an electrician I worked with and asked if I could connect a metal wire from the plug-in to the box it was in. He told me it was illegal as hell so I told him I wouldn’t do it.👍

[@vivalaleta]

Finally music I don't want to mute. Good ideas, many of them.

[@Frodo.Baggins.]

1:15 It’ll be hard to change the battery.

[@Ozmandius]

Ah yes, I love coming on KZbin to watch what should have been a photo album elsewhere.

[@jpbaley2016]

0:25 I wonder how many of those logs caught fire whilst still in the frame. It’s not as if fire doesn’t travel against gravity. 1:53 Elotera and his stolen shopping cart? I hope he bought it. People nowadays steal shopping carts like we stole milk crates. 7:13 Not a good idea, you don’t know what metals may leach off under the higher temperatures of steam.

[@isekaiexpress9450]

That hunting blind counts as a real estate already.

[@benjalucian1515]

IKR? I was thinking "Oooo, fancy".

[@celestephelps5897]

You gotta do what you gotta do! I thought some of them were good ideas!

[@NickVanaswegen]

Well done

[@DannySettle-yi2ef]

Respect and Thank's 😂❤

[@TB-wi3sq]

7:56 i hope he later made it look even more like a turtle

[@sirhcmi3]

Music choice? Loved the collection though!

[@gilwood7530]

???

[@blebhan8213]

Beer can taco holder. LOLZ.

[@MrWhateverfits]

When I was a kid in the 90's we would always get the corn from the Elotero that would come around.

[@merlinwilliams9286]

Self feeding fire thing will just spread up the rest of the logs. All you'll end up with is a v shaped fire.

[@andreathompson9605]

How about when you need to change the batteries?

[@LillikoiSeed]

90% Brilliant

[@callycharles2515]

SMART!!!!

[@trixie898989]

Really "MacGyvered" a lot of these. 😃

[@rachelmartin3631]

In my first apartment I forgot to buy shower curtain rings, so I nailed the shower curtain to the walls.

[@julianaalcantara3595]

Reply did not help do u know why

[@JohnWilson-wg4gk]

😄 Damn !

[@653j521]

And you didn't get your deposit back which cost you more than the rings?

[@YourHeartsDesires]

5:17 Wonder how far you get on a tank of gas? 🤔

[@penelopepurr]

4:26 Where are you shopping that a caster is $300?! They are about $5.

[@dnlmachine4287]

The whole chair $300. The mount for the caster in the chair leg is probably broken. Stay gold.

[@gavinsheridan4680]

5:36 I can say with 100% certainty, a squirrel could solve that.

[@laurakibben4147]

Did you have to pay anyone royalties for your use of the popular second tune in the compilation 😂😂😂 I almost ROFL but was already in bed😅

[@censorshipsucks9493]

0:42 They actually sell those, but nothing wrong with a homemade version.

[@dingodog5677]

I’ve used the electric toothbrush as a sander trick👍👍

[@chuck8094]

0:37 The magnet broom is a tool that roofers use because roofing nails love car tires.

[@Hunter225]

They have some great ideas

[@ToudaHell]

I once went camping and forgot to bring tongs for roasting marshmallows (it was an urban campsite). So I stuck a carrot on a pair of scissors, whistled a point on the carrot, and stuck my marshmallows on my carrot/scissors contraption. It worked. I still have pictures of it. Which is to show that if there's a will, there's a way. Especially for smores Also, I am totally stealing some of those ideas.

[@benjalucian1515]

How did the carrot not cook and get soft?

[@christiankunce9491]

If something is stupid, and it works. It’s not stupid.

[@fvrrljr]

accident waiting to happen grounding wire to gas pipe i rather get little shock than explode the house

[@Tag-Traeumer]

I once did this in an old apartment without grounding: a cable from the gas pipe to the ground connection in the socket. The gas line is made of solid steel pipes, the few amps in the event of an insulation fault would not be a risk, but an ungrounded refrigerator would be fatal. I previously tested the conductivity of the gas pipe to earth.

[@BeverlyHighland]

Up until 5:19 the music was phenomenal. Go back to that.

[@jameshampton1832]

8:03 How did they know that car was going to Wal-Mart?

[@henriks5008]

6:14 Cook´n Poop. The new space saving feature from Russia. Air freshener not included...

[@megiab]

that toothbrush sander is happening at my house

[@avagrego3195]

Love tlove he corn seller. He's gonna go far.

[@jacobdowell9526]

The barbed wire jumper cables, I've seen before. I've welded with actual jumper cables, a car battery and a wire coat hanger before.

[@alessiacavalleri7833]

I did the same as the last one, only with pens (I was eating cup ramen and didn't have chopsticks)

[@653j521]

I hope you had sanitizer.

[@bigwooly8014]

7:00 the bottle opener is redundant. The flat end of the pliers will achieve the same result if levered over a finger. Literally any hard flatish item can work. Bottom of a lighter, knifes, rocks, tv remotes, table edges, etc, etc.

[@ndrew_B]

If it works, it works. The key word here is "if".

[@Curmudgeon2]

putting shopping cart to use...wonder where he got it........those things cost about $400 each for a store.

[@chrismyers715]

I swear I've seen that camper before. Was it MAV's camper?

[@kyle8408]

The Beatle with the camper the owner has a KZbin channel named mav

[@JVerschueren]

6:31 it's not terrible, it just shouldn't have worked... or this person wasn't really getting shocked to begin with.

[@eightsprites]

I thought everyone did stuff like this. They dont???

[@Whammytap]

4:06 If Baba Yaga was American

[@coolnut99]

If the solution actually works, it's not stupid.

[@joemccarthywascorrect6240]

If it is stupid and it works, it ain’t stupid…

[@jgonzalejg87]

6:13 doesn't that belong to Maverick?

[@dougsholly9323]

That's not how a ground works... ffs, don't use a laptop if the case is shocking you....

[@TheHellis]

6:17 so you got the toilet in the kitchen.. Yeah.. or is that the oven in the toilet? Either way kind of gross

[@dnlmachine4287]

Make do with what you have. I suspect thats a single room. Cover the toilet with plastic when flushing, pee in a jug to reduce splashing and cleanup. Maybe they are one of 1,000 people in that building with a working toilet instead of using a bucket or bag. The counter space and cabinet doors are win. Most North Americans and privileged people in general have no farking idea how soft and easy their lives are. Stay gold.

[@norahjaneeast5450]

If you try to do something that you do not know is like very hard and almost impossible you might just stumble on the way to do it now if you knew what you were doing you would know you can't do it that way but since you don't know you're able to do it

[@voiceofraisin241]

At 7:18 the bar holding the tp does not go through the center of the roll"

[@Amperzand]

it does. But the shadow of the pencil looks like the top of the hole, creating an optical illusion. The hole does go higher.

[@danielhuelsman76]

Would these count as life hacks?

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

Thumbed down for that shit generic music you put towards the end

[@erikmarquez1951]

👹👺😡

[@jimmeven1120]

5:43 I don't get it.