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Popsicle Sticks

MACDRIVE

MACDRIVE

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Feb 17, 2006
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Clovis, California
I'm one of those people that hate to throw something away if serves some king of purpose. For the last month, I've been on a popsicle kick accumulating a healthy collection.

So far I've just been rinsing them off and then throwing them on top of the refrigerator. Can these be useful for something?
 
:p If you run on a track and you frequently lose count of how many laps you've run (and you don't have a Nano + Nike thingie) you could use the sticks to help ya.

Or you could get super creative.

FYI: I think it's spelled, "popsicle." :eek:
 
Stack and glue them up together like this...
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Keep going until it's about 15-20cm high, stick some more across the bottom to make a proper base and you now have a box for pens, pencils etc to sit on your desk.
 
Don't you just hate that horrible feeling you get in your mouth when you've finished the thing thats on the stick and end up sucking the stick (Don't... :rolleyes: ) Bah, it's horrible *Shivers*
 
Markleshark said:
Don't you just hate that horrible feeling you get in your mouth when you've finished the thing thats on the stick and end up sucking the stick (Don't... :rolleyes: ) Bah, it's horrible *Shivers*
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I won't eat stick ice cream any more for just that reason.

On the topic of what to do with them when we were little we filed them down to points on the sidewalk and shivved each other.
 
MACDRIVE said:
With the price of lumber these days, I'm surprised they don't make them out of plastic.
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only a guess, but i think the porous nature of wood keeps the popsicle from sliding off, as a wooden stick holds it so long as its frozen...only when there is a melty liquid between the stick and the frozen treat, does it slide off.

with plastic, I would think only the deepest cold would hold the treat for very long.
 
Sdashiki said:
only a guess, but i think the porous nature of wood keeps the popsicle from sliding off...
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No need to guess if you've had personal experience. :p

Mm... I <3 Itzakadoozies! :D Their plasticky sticks are hallowed out, like straws, and have some more popsicle goodness inside of 'em. Hee.


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It's not worth saving them...you can get a huge box of thousands of clean ones for a couple bucks...
 
Once dry they make good kindling.

Also, I recall as a child making some popsicle stick throwing stars that would "explode" upon impact when thrown.
 
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