Wacky use for tennis balls

WACKY USES FOR TENNIS BALLS

• Store valuables. Make a two-inch slit along one seam of a Tennis Ball, then place valuables inside. If you hide the doctored tennis ball among your other sports equipment, remember not to use it.

• Fluff your down jacket in the dryer and reduce static cling. Throw in a handful of Tennis Balls to fluff the down while the jacket is tumbling in the dryer.

• Childproof the sharp corners of furniture. Cut old Tennis Balls in half or quarters and use Scotch Packaging Tape to tape the sections over sharp corners of coffee tables, end tables, cabinets, dining room tables, and other pieces of furniture that might be dangerous to a small child.

• Make parking cars in your garage easier. Hang a Tennis Ball on a string from the garage ceiling so it will hit the windshield at the spot where you should stop your car.

• Prevent a chrome trailer hitch from getting scratched. Slit a Tennis Ball and put it over the trailer hitch as a protective cover.

• Make a walker glide more easily. Cut a hole in two Tennis Balls and fit them on the back feet of the walker.

• Give yourself a foot massage. Roll your foot over a Tennis Ball.

• Make a back massager. Put several Tennis Balls inside a sock and tie at the end. This is frequently used by the labor coach to massage the back of a woman in labor.

• Remove cobwebs from unreachable places. Wrap a Tennis Ball inside a dust cloth secured with a few rubber bands, then toss at the distant cobweb.

• Play "basket tennis." Remove the bottom from an empty coffee can, and nail the can above the garage door. Use a Tennis Ball to play basketball.

• Strengthen your grip. Squeeze a Tennis Ball in each hand.

• Prevent snoring. Sew a Tennis Ball inside a pocket on the back of your pajama top to prevent you from sleeping on your back.

• Prevent a deck chair from slipping through the cracks of a dock. Slit four Tennis Balls and fit them on the feet of the deck chair.

• Keep your car door open without wasting the battery. Wedge a Tennis Ball into the door jamb to depress the interior light switch.