Life Hacks with Grant Thompson

-You call yourself the King of Random.
That´s how you find it on YouTube.
The King of Random. Why?
-The King of Random, that´s correct,
but that was actually a name that was given to me, Jimmy,
by some friends of mine. -Oh, really?
-Yeah, I kind of went through a phase
where I was really obsessed about random projects,
experiments, and life hacks.
Kind of like following my childhood dream
to become like MacGyver.
So that´s what coined the phrase the King of Random.
-We´re going to show some cool things tonight,
very MacGyver-ish. -That´s right.
-There are a few life hacks here.
Let´s see the first one. What is this?
-All right, so what we´ve got down here,
this is, like, to set the stage for you,
if you´re at a party, a picnic,
or just hanging out with some friends.
You got the chips out on the table,
people are reaching in there,
you´re getting all that zesty, cheesy stuff all over your arm.
-That´s half the fun of it, yeah.
-You know, I´ve also seen other people, they take bowls --
they lay out the bowls,
they dump all the chips in the bowls.
The problem is you don´t know what chips are which.
You don´t know what you´re getting.
It´s kind of like the lottery. Right?
So here´s how we´re going to solve that problem.
[ Laughter ]
-Is it very dark or something? You can´t --
[ Laughter ] Can´t see the chips?
-Is it regular, is it salt and vinegar,
you don´t -- they´re not labeled is what I´m saying,
all right, work with me, everybody.
-Tricky friends you have there, yeah.
-So here´s what we´re going to do,
before you open it up.
-Okay, don´t open that. -Turn your chip bag upside down.
-Already it´s a hack. -Boom.
Everything falls to the bottom, we push in the corners in
like this. -Uh-huh.
-And now when you place it down on the table,
the chip bag is going to keep itself upright like that.
Cool? -Uh-huh, yeah.
And we´re going to open this all the way,
like you normally would.
We´re going to roll down the edges.
This is just going to give it some decoration.
And prevent your hand from having to dive
all the way down that bag. -Okay.
-It´s also going to give it a nice little silver lining,
a little decorative trim.
-I went the other way, but okay, yeah, I got it.
[ Laughter ]
I wanted more of an orange lining. Yeah.
-All right, well, either way works.
-Yeah. -So just like that,
you now have a -- basically you have a bowl
that´s going to -- [ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Now that´s a party right there!
This is going to put the chip bowl industry out of business.
Now I got to admit, that´s pretty genius,
but speaking of genius, I have a hack, as well, right.
Because we´re eating these chips like --
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
What are these chips? What are these?
Then you go --
-You got that cheese sauce.
-You got the cheese all over yourself.
So what you do is --
[ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-This is called Wet-Nap chaps.
-Oh, yeah. [ Laughter ]
-So while you´re eating all these things,
you´re like, "Ah, dude, I got stuff to do."
You´re like, "No, no biggie. No biggie."
[ Laughter and applause ]
Just wipe it right off right there.
Clean it right off.
And then go back to the rodeo and you have --
[ Cheers and applause ]
♫♫
All right, what else we got? What else we got here?
Well, I -- -No, you can´t do it.
No, you can´t. -That´s good.
My mind is blown, Jimmy, and I´m taking notes.
-Thank you, buddy. -All right, next one.
Do you like tacos, Jimmy? -I enjoy tacos, yes.
-All right, so -- -I have parties
sometimes it´s so dark I don´t know if they´re tacos.
I don´t know what I´m eating.
-When you see your tacos, you know one problem you have
is when you´re loading these things up.
It´s really hard to do with one hand,
especially if you´re using a salsa
or you´re dropping some guac in there. One-handed.
You´re flinging it all over the place.
-Grab a fork. -Uh-huh.
-Next time, Jimmy, and all we´re going to do
is take that fork here, and take the tine
and you´re just going to push it right into the bottom there.
-Okay. -And set that on the plate.
There we go. Boom! All right.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Then you do it.
Then you can just load it right up both hands.
-You can double-fist it. -I love that.
I think that´s genius. All right, what else you got?
-Perfect, all right, so in August, it gets really hot.
-Yes, that´s true. Oh, I love this hack!
-Yes, it´s going to be a way to keep your water chilled.
Because, you know, some people I´ve seen
put their water bottles in the freezer
to freeze them completely solid.
That way they go out jogging and it freezes,
they got cold water, but then you got that big piece of ice.
-Yeah. -Clunking around inside.
-You know, and if you don´t freeze your water,
you got warm water and who likes that?
-No. -So here´s what you do.
Take your water bottle,
turn it on the side, and fill it up
so there´s just enough water that it doesn´t spill out
the neck of the bottle. -Uh-huh.
-You´re going to stick that in your freezer
for a couple of hours. -This is brilliant.
-And after it freezes, you´re going to have
a solid chunk of ice right down the side of the bottle.
Now check this out, Jimmy. -This is great.
-This is for you. -Yeah.
-So now, if you did it right,
when you take the top off your bottle,
you look down inside and it´s unobstructed.
You go ahead and pour your water
and you got more surface area from the ice.
So, you´ve got -- -I mean, this is a --
-Instantly chilled water, ready to go.
Just give it a little swirl.
Two seconds and it is ice cold.
-I mean how cool -- [ Cheers and applause ]
-That is a life --
You got hacked! You just got hacked!
[ Laughter ]
Now I got another good one here.
Because it´s August, everyone´s out,
everyone´s taking selfies.
They´re bringing their selfie sticks.
How can you make your selfies more exciting, Jimmy,
how do you do it? I´ll tell you.
[ Laughter ]
I invented this thing called the Mick/Nick selfie stick.
Now what you do is you grab a selfie stick, right?
You glue your favorite pictures of Mick Jagger
and Nick Jonas to it.
[ Laughter ]
And then you get in there -- [ Applause ]
And you´re like --
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
You want to get in it with me?
-That´s good.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
-Then you always have fun hanging out
with Mick Jagger and Nick Jonas. The Mick/Nick selfie stick.
-You make yourself look famous. -Yeah, exactly.
It´s fantastic. I´m taking it to "Shark Tank."
All right. Now we have time for one more
and, please, do not try this at home.
But this is the coolest hack ever.
-One of my favorites.
-This is why you´re the King of Random.
Here we go. -We´re going to show you
how to turn --
well, how to make a survival fire
using nothing but a gum wrapper and a battery.
-A gum wrapper to make a flame.
If say you´re, like, surviving --
you´re out in the woods
and you got to make a fire to survive,
you need those gum wrapper -- the metal gum wrappers.
-That´s right. Now this is one of those things
you shouldn´t try at home. -Yep.
-It´s inspired by prisoners, actually,
who couldn´t get access to matches
and needed to light up their cigarettes.
So -- [ Laughter ]
Ingenuity!
We have these metal gum wrappers here.
When you unwrap the gum, basically when you lay it down,
if you cut it gingerly,
you can cut it into three or four different strips.
And if you cut the sides, you can make
these little hour-glass shapes here.
Basically make yourself an improvised lighter.
Now take your double-A battery,
which most appliances will have.
You know, your nose trimmer. Whatever the case may be.
[ Laughter ] -What´s wrong with you, man?
-You stick the metal end -- -Nose trimmer.
-All right, we´re going to stick the metal end
of the battery on one side, we´re going to stick
the metal end on the other side.
And if you hold it -- -Look at this.
No, this is real. Guys, he just did that!
[ Cheers and applause ] Light this. Light this.
Can you light that on fire? -All right.
-This is so cool! How did you even know to do this?
I love this. -You´re out in the woods,
your plane just crashed,
you gather up a little bit of straw --
-Hey, let´s think more positive.
When you´re camping. How about you´re camping?
-So we´re going to get some straw together and get a flame.
-Oh! [ Cheers and applause ]
-Boom! -That´s what I´m talking about!
That is what I´m talking about! Grant Thompson, everybody!

Life Hacks with Grant Thompson

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