1001 uses for Royal Mail rubber bands...
iPM is collecting red rubber bands thrown away by posties. Here's why. Our first donation (and a bumper one at that) arrived at iPM Red Rubber Band Collection, Room G601, BBC News Centre, LONDON W12 7RJ from Joan Adamson. Thanks.
We're also collecting ideas about what to do with them. The list so far:
+ guitar strings + hair bands + a teddy bungee jump + bracelets + seals for bags of sugar + bicycle clips + emergency belt loops + pencil-top erasers + waistband expanders + chopping board stabilisers + anti-slip devices for mixing spoons + anti-squeak devices for bed slats + saucepan handle covers + jar openers + a shoe tidy + cable ties + an aide memoire + barter for stamps + cat toys + flicking toys + gardening string + handlebar fasteners +
Paul Tanner - who provided the photo at the top (thanks) - says red rubber bands are a must-have collector's item for schoolchildren.
"In playgrounds across the land, you will find scooters with handlebars festooned with red rubber bands. My little boy scans the pavement wherever he walk. May posties everywhere go on discarding them!"
We also heard from Miss Merry at the sales department of a Vietnamese rubber company.
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Are people not appalled that 'posties' are littering streets and throwing away post office property which costs us all eventually.
I judge them on the same level as those whom cast aside bottles, tins, plastic bags and any other litter. Ideally the culprits would be shot.
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I use one to keep my puncture repair kit case closed.
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Last evenings iPM was good value.
The soldiers mothers were well worth listening to.
A GP friend, who also undertakes duties in a local hospice, found the suggested uses for red rubber bands report particularly inspiring and, already this morning, has started using the bands within the hospice to benefit both patients and the medical staff.
So, "well done" iPM
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My survey question
If you suddenly got an illness that affected your mobility, such as a stroke, would you have to move house or would you be able to continue living in your current home?
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I've just repaired my crocs with one...
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