Goal:
To start a fire in a fire place.
Answer:
Reach in with a lighter with a long reach.

Goal:
Make plastic book ends.
Answer:
Use old corded phone and place on one end of bookshelf.

Goal:
To determine if someone has romantic feelings for you,
Answer:
observe if their body language seems really open and excited to you.

Goal:
how do you tell a bus when you want to get off?
Answer:
press the stop buttons on the sides of the windows.