[Q]: Objective: shoe
[A]: holds a socket

[Q]: Objective: Polish wood chair.
[A]: Rub wood with inside of orange peel.

[Q]: Objective: How to get a kid to stop sucking his thumbs.
[A]: Wrap a bandage around each of his thumbs.

[Q]: Objective: To fix a DVD that is skipping and not playing properly,
[A]:
take it out and blow on it, then rub it clean of any scuffs and try using it again.