num_pages: 400
description: 1998, hardcover edition, MJF Books, NY. Please this same title has also appeared Joey Green's Encyclopedia of Offbeat Uses for Brand Name Products. 387 pages. Illustrations throughout. An attractively printed title, which includes all kinds of facts / stories about brand name products and how there are 2nd, third and 4th usages for such products. Did you know that it is to clean your typewriter keys with silly putty; use your Mr. Coffee filters to clean your mirrors; remove rust with Coca-Cola; fertilize a lawn with Listerine; and, are you ready for this one, revive your dead car battery with Bayer aspirin. Absolutely fascinating, with some historical bits along the way.
language: English
title: Offbeat Uses for Everyday Things: Hundreds of Amazing and Ridiculous Applications for Brand-Name Products
titlecomplete: Offbeat Uses for Everyday Things: Hundreds of Amazing and Ridiculous Applications for Brand-Name Products
genres: Reference
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Mjf Books