Last night, my daughter’s mobile phone fell out of her pocket and into the toilet. Splash! Screech!

No worries, she wiped it and put it straight into a bowl of rice for a while and now the phone is fine.

I had never heard of doing that before. Had you?

Oh aye,rice is very versatile..when the arthritis in My hip gets painful I have a sock filled with it which I put in the microwave for a min' or 2 then apply until pain goes

Bratti, l just tried it and produced a weird grunt instead! It hurt my throat too!

Rice does have some good properties. Boiled rice can be drained and eaten. Great for stopping feelings of hunger.

Here's another use for rice that you might not have head of. You can do this for your grandchildren. YOung kids love these and we used to make them at school all the time. It's called a rain box. Grab one of those quite strong cardboard cylinders you end up with when the tin foil or greaseproof paper is finished. Stick lots and lots (and lots) of pins through the out side surface so the sharp ends are inside the cylinder and the head is flush with the outside surface of the cylinder. YOu need to use hundreds of pins and it takes a while but persist going round and round from end to end so they stick into the cylinder in all directions. Seal end of the pipe with strong cardboard or a plastic end plug then fill the pipe about a quarter with short grain rice. Then seal the other end. When you up end the closed pipe, the rice falls through and hits the pins making a sound like rain. YOu can decorate the pipe with anything you want. Little kids love them. The rice inside will last for years before it has to be replaced. Here's a picture of one I made for my son Peter when he was little.

Last night, my daughter’s mobile phone fell out of her pocket and into the toilet. Splash! Screech!

No worries, she wiped it and put it straight into a bowl of rice for a while and now the phone is fine.

I had never heard of doing that before. Had you?

Or maybe you can tell me some more examples of ........
‘l didn’t know that’.

Oh aye,rice is very versatile..when the arthritis in My hip gets painful I have a sock filled with it which I put in the microwave for a min' or 2 then apply until pain goes

May, That’s another.. l didn’t know that!
I wonder who dreams all these remedies up?

Here's another use for rice that you might not have head of. You can do this for your grandchildren. YOung kids love these and we used to make them at school all the time. It's called a rain box. Grab one of those quite strong cardboard cylinders you end up with when the tin foil or greaseproof paper is finished. Stick lots and lots (and lots) of pins through the out side surface so the sharp ends are inside the cylinder and the head is flush with the outside surface of the cylinder. YOu need to use hundreds of pins and it takes a while but persist going round and round from end to end so they stick into the cylinder in all directions. Seal end of the pipe with strong cardboard or a plastic end plug then fill the pipe about a quarter with short grain rice. Then seal the other end. When you up end the closed pipe, the rice falls through and hits the pins making a sound like rain. YOu can decorate the pipe with anything you want. Little kids love them. The rice inside will last for years before it has to be replaced. Here's a picture of one I made for my son Peter when he was little.