40+ Times People Thought of Silly Solutions That Ended Up Being Genius

If it Works, it Works

If you get a sizable hole in your shoe, one of the best things to do would be to patch it up. But, if you can’t afford to do that or don’t have the time to get a new pair, you can always rely on good old waterproof tape.

Sure — it would do any favors for your fashion sense, but if you’re at the point where you are considering something like this, chances are you are more than willing to sacrifice your look for functionality.

To the Maximum Degree

Have you ever felt like your reclining office chair didn’t quite have the right stuff to hold your weight when you really needed to lay back and relax? This silly solution solves that quite easily. It may look like some failed steampunk chair, but we bet it can hold anyone up.

That said, we have to wonder who would go out of their way to do this. It seems like a lot of work. Then again, it probably saves a lot of money when you can make your own builds like this.

The Welder’s Wrench

Welding is all about putting odd pieces of metal together in ways that serve some valuable purpose. But, if you’re lacking the right size or shape when it comes to a piece of metal, you may be lost as to what to do. This silly solution simply made do with the wrenches on hand.

Admittedly, this seems kind of like a waste of a good wrench. Still, at the same time, it definitely looks like these wrenches are getting the job done — even if they were never intended to be used in this manner.

No Other Option

Admittedly, we’re lacking the context to know why this poor person has a garage situated in this terrible way. But, regardless of the reason, we can definitely say that this silly solution — while clever — is probably a bad idea in and of itself.

Naturally, all it would take is for you to slightly misalign one of your tires while pulling in or out, and you have a tragic accident on your hands. A full ramp or bridge at the least would be far more preferable.

If You Don’t Mind the Germs

When you’re hungry, you’re hungry. We get that. But, of the many surfaces you could use to cook steaks on, the back of your trailer is probably a contender for the worst option. Maybe you keep your trailer very clean, but we bet that most people do not.

Still, if you were just dying to have steak and you had no other option available, we suppose this is technically a clever way to get the job done, though it is the height of “silly” ingenuity.