A Few Creative Solutions for Your Takeout Chopstick Surplus Problem [Clever Uses]

A Few Creative Solutions for Your Takeout Chopstick Surplus Problem [Clever Uses]:
I like chopsticks when I'm eating out with friends and want to look like a superstar, but when it comes to takeout in my own home I just get the food into my mouth as quickly and efficiently as possible. This has led to a surplus of takeout chopsticks that, after nearly four years, have become unruly in my utensil drawer. I asked the internet what to do about it, and found that there were actually some pretty clever uses. Here are the best.

Keep Grease Off Your Fingers When Eating at the Computer and Keep Your Hands Clean When Eating Difficult Snack Food (like Cheetos)

Forks are great, but they're not for everything. For example, they're not so good at stabbing a Cheeto. Your fingers are better for that, and chopsticks are like long, skinny, wooden finger extenders. Using them to eat snacks, or at least easily handle greasy foods while you're going between eating and typing, is a good way to power through your collection.

Use Chopsticks to Clean Your Gadgets

Modern technology is notorious for its hard-to-reach places, making cleaning pretty annoying. One solution is taking a chopstick, tying a napkin (or some kind of cloth) to he end of it and using it as a cleaner. It's a simple solution and you can do it with stuff you've already got lying around.

Pit Cherries

If you don't have the proper tools for pitting cherries, a pair of chopsticks will do the trick. Just push the chopsticks through the top where the stem used to be and the pit will come out the bottom like a little cherry turd. It's super simple.

Shawn notes a few options:

• Use them as a back scratcher.
• Use them as an alternative to a shoe horn
• Stir coffee with a single chopstick.
• Stick them in a hair bun.
• Use them to replace a toilet plunger when there was too much "stuff" in the toilet and the flush pressure was inadequate to do its job. (I'm not entirely sure how this would work, but we've all been there.)
• Stick one into a cup of frozen Kool-Aid to make ghetto-style popsicles.

Anamari points out that you can use them to stake small plants, especially in the case of tomato plants which can use the help growing upward.

And finally, one not-so-practical use from David:

Make a Five-Round Semi-Automatic Rubber Band Gun

If there's anything I end up with more of than chopsticks when getting takeout it is rubber bands. This gun finds a use for both, although I'm not sure I could find a use for a gun. (Well, besides #messinwithwhitson.)