40 Times People Fixed A Problem In The Most Unhinged Way Possible

Some problems call for careful planning. Others inspire solutions so chaotic you can’t help but stare in disbelief. In this collection, we’ve rounded up some moments in which people fixed a problem in the most unhinged way possible. These fixes may ignore logic, safety, and basic common sense, but somehow they still work. From wildly improvised repairs to solutions that raise far more questions than answers, these moments prove that creativity doesn’t always come with restraint.

#1 This Gentleman At Target Who Reversed His Hooded Sweatshirt To Make A Puppy Pocket

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#2 Seamless Fix

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#3 Use Letter Trays As Additional Freezer Shelves

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#4 Steering Wheel Broke, Needed To Finish The Yard. Thankfully I Know How To Drive A Stick

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#5 Used A Leaf Blower And A Funnel To Inflate A Pool. Actually Worked Fairly Quickly

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#6 Cut A Pool Noodle In Half To Make A Comfortable Armrest For The Truck. From Australia

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#7 Keep Your Toddler Safely In The Grocery Cart Seat (And Prevent Abductions) With A Carabiner

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#8 Who's Laughing Now?

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#9 Parenting Hack #2446

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#10 The Snacklebox, Perfect For A Day Trip

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#11 To My Fellow Gardeners, If You Need Less “Chunky” Soil Use A Litter Scoop

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#12 A Whole Load Of Amish Guys Moving A Barn

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#13 Found This Fork In My Brothers House And Asked Him Why He Had Done It.... Then He Ran Upstairs To Grab His iPad

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#14 If You Run Out Of Aa Batteries For Anything, AAA Batteries And A Small Crumbled-Up Ball Of Aluminum Foil Will Make A Good Replacement

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#15 When You’ve Got Too Many Groceries For Your Reg Cab Pickup

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#16 Solo Couch Carry

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#17 Water Powered Sausage Rotisserie

Image source: pinkbikeralph Me and my brother-in-law made a water-powered sausage rotisserie yesterday in my backyard (we have a very small creek on the property) using a bike wheel, bike fork, coroplast sign, paint stirrers, zip ties, and a wheel (12 hot dog rotisserie for a grill from the 1950's) I bought off eBay. Cooked up some Saugy Franks on potato rolls with French's mustard.

#18 Master Lock 100

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#19 Putting A Hair Tie Over Your Wrist With Box Dye Gloves Makes Them Almost Useful

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#20 Door Bell Backup

Image source: Henderson2026 I was expecting the gas company to come by today to change out my propane tank, and they said that they rang the doorbell, but no one came to the door, and when I tried to call them, they just went to voicemail. I don't know what was wrong with the phone, but it turns out my doorbell and pick malfunctioned at that time. I need a tank changeout bad, so I came up with the emergency backup doorbell.

#21 My Dad "Fixed" My Lawnmower

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#22 That Is Something That Was Ever Found In A House Floor

Image source: CSRR-the-OELN-writer Seventy-odd years ago, someone blocked a mouse hole in the barn granary by nailing a corncob into it. Today, I found it in the floor of my master bedroom. I'd say it wouldn't work, but it apparently did, since the mice never chewed it back out.

#23 Drill A Bunch Of Holes In A 5 Gal Bucket And Use That To Collect Your Fruits/Vegetables And Wash Them All At Once

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#24 I Think This Qualifies?

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#25 Been Sick This Week, Taking A Lot Of Baths To Steam My Sinuses. Water Cools Down Too Fast And Never Enough Steam. With A $10 Vinyl Sheet, I Made A Steam Room

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#26 Redneck Repurposing Of Kids' Recreational Toys

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#27 Clothes Pegs Fit Nicely Between Brick To Hold Lights

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#28 Daughter Wants To Work In The Garage With Dad. Needs Hair Pulled Back. Dad Hack 101

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#29 My 12 Year Old Son Modified His Bike With Carpet For Barefoot Riding

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#30 Home Made Smoker From FB

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#31 My Gas Cap Stopped Closing Properly, So I Came Up With A Solution

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#32 Found That On A German Sub, Text Means "Emergency Stop"

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#33 Who Would Ever Pay For One Of Them Fancy Projector Mounts? Courtesy Of My Local Dive Bar

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#34 The Temporary Fix Has Become A Permanent Fix

Image source: Jvinsnes The temporary bucket has been sitting on the floor for months collecting a leak. It was recently upgraded to a permanent fix with a drain hose plumbed into a pipe that leads to a nearby sink.

#35 A Woman On My Timeline Has A "Remote Stick", Because Her Family Loses The TV Remote So Often

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#36 Guy On The Plane Put His Boarding Pass In His Phone Case, Holding It Up With The Tray Table Latch

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#37 Spray Bottle Storage

Image source: mostirreverent With only two of us living in the house now with extra towel holders. I found this to be quite effective.

#38 Anti Frost Devices

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#39 Spotted This Beauty At A Walmart

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#40 My 13yo Daughter Invented A Way To Clean Hair Brushes

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