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Life hacks are shortcuts designed to make your life easier. The show is meant

help you, not hurt you. So hack at your own risk.

Oh, look at all this soapy grit.

Can anything clean soap scum better than this?

Oh. Orange and salt can.

The citrus penetrates soap scum while the coarse salt scrubs it away.

You'll be left with a spotless tub that smells like a Florida orchard.

Oh.

And tastes like the bottom of the ocean.

Orange and salt, the grime -fighting fruit every bathroom should have.

Tonight on Hack of My Life. Cheers, my friend. We've got more than 30 hacks to

make your life better, faster, cheaper, and funner.

And yes, we know that funner isn't a word.

That's amazing!

We'll give you tricks to throw a great party that everyone will be talking

tomorrow. What?

You may never lose your phone again with this clever hack.

And our hack of the week shows how a cinder block can help satisfy your

This is Hack My Life.

You know, dads are great at a lot of stuff.

But when it comes to doing their daughter's hair, dads are pretty

Luckily, we've got a hack that's going to help every papa make the perfect

ponytail each and every time.

The question is, is it more efficient than the old -fashioned method?

So today, we're hacking the norm.

We've got two dads that are going to compete to see who can make three

the fastest.

Dad one, he's all traditional, just his hands. Dad two, got a hack.

I'm going to use my industrial vacuum cleaner.

Round one of the hack -off begins now!

All right, ponytail one is coming along.

Expert form.

On to ponytail two.

Yeah, a little bit thicker here.

Is that the excuse that you're using?

No, no, just an observation.

Are you feeling, Dad, one?

Does it help when I help you with questions during this process?

No, no, it keeps me focused.

And he's done. Wow.

Pretty quick. 40 .8.

Impressive. How do you feel about your pace, Dad?

Yeah, I don't think the other guy can beat that time.

All right. Well, the gauntlet's been dropped.

Dad, two, you're in position.

You're ready? Yes.

We've got the vacuum ready.

Yes. Round two of the hack -off begins now!

I like that confidence.

Ponytail one is done, not even eight seconds in.

Ponytail two is done, 12 seconds.

That can't, that's not real. That's not real.

That's amazing.

Thank you.

Could you do me a solid and maybe shut off the vacuum?

Oh, sorry.

Thank you very much.

Wow, 18 .8 seconds, three ponytails. That's correct.

I don't even have to do basic math. It's not a competition.

Congratulations, Dad 2.

All right. You've done good. Thank you.

There are several hacks for cracking open a beer bottle if you don't have a

traditional opener. We set up hidden cameras, and we offered people free beer

they can hack their way inside using the objects that we provided.

Let's see if these people are able to open their beers in an undercover hack.

Free beer if you can open it with this.

With this?

Beer hack one, a tape dispenser.

Wait, what do I do? Help, I just want to drink beer. How do I get the alcohol?

This could lead to some interesting tactics.

Hey. Is that going to work?

She's not going to get that open.

Okay.

Oh, that's interesting. She's going to reseal the beer with that scotch tape.

We have veered off of the path. Yeah.

She's going to hurt herself. Someone take that tape away from her, please.

It may work.

I'm thinking no free beer for her.

The method behind this hack is that your hand acts as the fulcrum supporting the

tape dispenser, which is your lever. It'll grip the beer, put the dispenser

down, and the top could pop right off.

Beer? Really? Paper?

Our second beer hack involves nothing but a single sheet of paper.

What?

They are guaranteed to get some paper cuts.

They will not be drinking beer.

I'm doing the folding technique.

Now he's folding it into something that could be dense enough and small enough

to get under the cap and pop for some leverage.

Yeah,

there it is.

You can't try too many times because you're going to fray the paper. He did

Free beer!

Fear hack three is a doozy.

Nail polish remover, matches, and string.

Well, it looks like he knows the hack somehow.

Now, this hack is super dangerous.

This involves pyrotechnics.

Okay, so he's going to dip the string into nail polish remover. It's full of

acetone, which is highly flammable. Oh, my God.

This is how you do this.

He's going to light a match, let it burn, and it's supposed to get it so hot

douse it in the cold water that that change in temperature pops the cap right

off.

We have ignition.

Well,

he had the right idea. I just don't think he gave it enough time.

Well,

that wasn't the hack, but he did get into the bottle.

Congratulations to you and your filling.

I wanted to show you a new way to get into a beer bottle using only a wedding

ring. I have a question right off the bat. Where did you get a wedding ring?

does it work? That's a great question.

You want to make sure that your wedding ring is thick and strong enough so that

when you put it under the cap like so, and you clamp down and pull back, you're

not going to do any damage to it.

And voila.

Oh. Beverage is ready. Ring is fine.

Like that.

I never knew you got married. That is just, that is so sweet.

It's the hack that's important.

Sometimes an item is so useful, it ascends into the pantheon of great

tools. Today we celebrate one of those simple household items that truly has

become a hack all -star, the ballpoint pen.

To keep chips from going stale, roll down the top of the bag and clip a pen

to secure it.

Take the spring from a pen and wrap it around your laptop charger cord. That

will prevent the cord from fraying. All Star.

Make a capo for your guitar by placing a pen on the fret and securing it with a

rubber band.

All Star.

A pen can become a money clip in a pinch.

All Star.

Make a bun and stick a pen through it for an easy updo.

All Star.

Use two pens as emergency chopsticks.

Just make sure you wash them first.

All Star.

Finally, use the pen as a gardening tool.

Poke a hole in soil and drop in your seed.

All -star.

Way to bring it, ballpoint pen.

You're a true all -star.

Coming up, we'll show you an easy way to open a can without using a can opener.

Success! Plus, a surprising food you can eat to help prevent hangovers.

You're just trying to have a fun night out with the boys.

But there's always someone who pushes it too far.

To protect yourself, you need a hack line of defense against The Bachelor.

Cheers, my friend.

This is The Bachelor.

He can go through two packs of cigarettes and three cigars in a single

But you and your outfit have to suffer the stinky consequences.

To get the smoky smell out of your clothes... Toss them in the freezer as

as you get home. The sub -zero temperatures will kill much of the odor

bacteria. The bachelor always takes you to a gentleman's club against your will.

Kiss him! Come on, kiss him!

Because your collar isn't lipstick -proof, use a piece of bread to avoid a

stain.

Just remove the crust, roll the bread into a ball, and blot up the lipstick.

The bread will soak up the oils in the lipstick, and your washer will do the

rest.

Ah, the bachelor won't stop buying you shot after shot.

Whoa, come on. But since you're not immune to hangovers, protect yourself by

eating asparagus beforehand.

Asparagus has been found to boost the enzymes in your body that break down

alcohol.

Finally, the bachelor is so eager to rush to the next bar that you forget

cell phone.

Health guarantee its safe return by changing your lock screen to an image of

your email address and emergency phone number. Now the person who finds it can

contact you.

Hey, dude, thanks so much.

Happy Valentine's Day.

So now the dreaded bachelor won't ruin your night because you have a hack line

of defense.

Last week it was my turn to do laundry, and it turns out that I may have shrunk

when I'm catching shirts.

Look at it. I look like a boy band reject. I researched some hacks so that

get your shirt back to normal size. You can unshrink a shirt?

Yeah. I'm going to show you in this hack experiment.

Now, this is just regular conditioner.

But is this going to leave my shirt silky and smooth?

Well, that's kind of the idea. The conditioner is going to relax the fibers

the cotton so that we can stretch it back out. Now, drop in the T -shirt.

Power soak.

Yep, and we can go do something that makes us happy for the next 30 minutes.

I'm going to go fire up the TV.

Now, bring out all the excess water.

Now is the step where we stretch it.

We're just going to tug on it? Yeah, we're going to reshape it. Okay, so we

give it a good tug. So this is already looking bigger, much bigger than what

were wearing earlier. Yeah.

So then our final step, hang it to let it drip dry into the new shape that we

really stretched out to have.

Moment of truth?

It totally worked.

Let me see.

Look at it. All right. Now it's roomy again.

A totally viable hack. It worked.

Two hacks to solve one very simple problem.

How do you open a can without a can opener?

Today we're going to find out if spoon beats cinder blocks in this Hack vs.

Hack.

To my left, John and his trusty cinder blocks. The hack here is that the seal

this can is apparently so weak that if you just kind of scrape it aggressively

for a minute or two, you should be able to squeeze it and pop it open or hit it

against the cinder block. To the right of me, Jared, you have...

A very versatile weapon here. It's a spoon.

You should be able to weaken the groove around the rim of the can and with some

resistance, pry it open.

Do you think this is going to work? I believe so.

You think so? I'm determined, yeah. In three, two, na, let's go.

Woo!

Let's take some of your protective glove off. That is some hardcore scraping.

Don't lose any fingertips.

Oh, but I see some juice.

Yes.

You're making serious headway.

Liquid's coming out. If you squeeze, do you see any juice coming out at all?

Ah!

That was the sound of success.

A minute and 29 seconds. That was no effort at all. You can see some shavings

here, like along the sides. There are a handful of flakes, but I don't know that

you got a whole bunch in the tuna.

Yeah, and you know, all I need to get it out is a spoon.

Oh, man.

All right, I feel like you're making some progress over here. There it is.

we're breaking on through.

Don't get tuna on your pants. Be careful.

Oh, now we're just brute forcing that tuna. Beating that tuna up.

Oh, he's already chowing down over there. That's got to make you jealous.

It's all about working the outside.

Oh, there we go.

At this point, I'm pretty sure I can eat all the tuna. You know, got to dig deep

in. I think we can call it 12 and a half minutes.

With a spoon to get into that tuna can. The takeaway here is that both hacks

absolutely work, but in a pinch, zombie apocalypse, wherever you are without a

can opener, a cinder block, or just plain old concrete, it's the easiest way

get to your tuna.

Parties are a lot of fun to go to, but hosting them, oh, can be real champagne

in the glass.

You know what I mean?

Threaten us!

We've got hacks that will help. Here is how to hack your house party.

Use that carabiner you bought for the rock climbing class you never took to

carry all of your party groceries in a single trip.

If the party food in your fridge needs no room for beverages, just toss ice in

your washing machine for a makeshift cooler.

Your guests are going to need somewhere to put their coats. So pop the top on a

can and slide it over a hanger and then just attach another hanger. You just

doubled your closet space.

You can hack your booze by pouring cheap alcohol through a water filter. The

charcoal in the filter will remove impurities, making it taste like some

-shelf booze.

And if the champagne's gone flat, just drop in a couple of raisins to bring

the bubble.

Pringles aren't just a delicious snack food. You can hack the can into a

speaker. What?

Remove the bottom of the can with a can opener and cut a smartphone -sized slit

on the side.

Using the lid as a template to trace the correct size, cut holes in the sides of

two cups so they slide over each end. Put your phone in the slit and turn up

volume. Hey, ain't no party like a hacked house party.

Congratulations.

You just hacked your house party.

Coming up. These strips of bacon.

Pack your morning with a delicious breakfast trick from the lazy cook.

Time to flip them.

And we'll show you how to turn a plunger and a bucket into a washing machine.

I think that's about it.

Let's make some bacon and pancakes in just two easy steps.

What you're going to need are several strips of bacon and some pancake batter,

preferably made by someone else.

Thank you.

So your first step is you're going to want to take a few strips of bacon and

place them on the griddle. So your next step is going to be to take just a small

spoonful of the pancake batter, kind of like a Snuggie for your tasty pig

treat. Great, and then we're going to let them cook all the way through.

Okay, time to flip them. Let them cook on this side as well.

You're going to want to plate them up like so.

And then you want to shovel them into your face as fast as possible.

I used to think that I used to spend all this time eating my bacon and pancakes

separately.

Idiot.

Maybe you like to go camping.

Maybe your wife took everything in the divorce.

I don't know.

Point is, you need a washing machine and you don't have one.

But if you have a plunger, a bucket, a drill, maybe a knife, you got a washing

machine, my friend.

Let me show you.

I'm going to take a knife and cut a hole into the top of our bucket.

Oh, look at that.

Now we take our plunger. This is going to be used to stir or agitate our

clothing once it is within this bucket. So take our drill. We're going to put

some holes into the plunger.

And that is going to allow the water to circulate through.

Good to have maybe a friend help you out here and hold on to this so it doesn't

jiggle around. But if you're building one of these, it's pretty clear you're

alone.

Again, we got our bucket with the hole.

I've got some water inside.

All right, that's pretty important when it comes to washing things.

Go ahead and put a nice little load in there.

Clothing is in. Plunder is in. We're going to add just a hint of the old

detergent.

And just churn and butter, my friends.

As you splotch it around, those holes, those make a difference.

So does the lid.

You can sit there and just stir some clothing around and think about all the

mistakes you've made in your life that led you to this point.

There are many of them.

But you're going to have clean clothes when you're done.

So I'm throwing a party, but I keep my economy -sized trash can in the

I can't move it or ask guests to go up and down the stairs, so now what?

Turn a dryer hose into a garbage chute.

Problem solved.

Okay, well, someone spilled beer all over my chute, and my dryer's down

I ingeniously removed the hose.

Now what?

Settle down.

Crumble newspaper into your chute to make it dry much faster.

All right, well, I want to get a fire going, but I used the newspaper to dry

shoes, so now what?

I got it. Use a few dollops of hand sanitizer to get a fire going without

kindling. Okay, but now my hands are dirty, and I'm out of hand sanitizer,

Genia. Now what?

Relax. Lemon juice removes the bacteria just as well.

I want to make lemonade, but I don't have any lemons because I just sanitized

hands. Now what?

Okay, make lemonade for free by using the freebies.

You know, lemon slices, sugar, and water, all from your local coffee shop.

No, seriously.

Yeah, that was kind of a stretch, wasn't it?

Sorry about that.

Coming up,

which hack could save you hundreds of dollars and countless trips to the mall?

But never go hungry.

Thanks to our Hack of the Week.

We've shown you a lot of hacks today.

But before we send you on your way, let's delve a little deeper into four of

best to help you become a true hacker.

Best time -saving hack. The vacuum ponytail.

The clock doesn't lie.

Say the average ponytail takes 12 seconds to style by hand, but just three

seconds by vacuum.

And nine seconds can be the difference between catching the bus to school and

having to walk.

Biggest money -saving hack, unshrinking your T -shirt. Just think of all this

shopping you won't have to do. If you shrink four shirts a year at an average

$35 a shirt, that's $140 saved.

And fewer ruined T -shirts means less garbage. Americans throw away more than

million tons of clothing a year.

Least likely to succeed, opening a beer with string, acetone, and fire.

Only attempt this hack if you want singed eyebrows and glassy beer.

Finally, our hack of the week, using a cinder block to open a can.

Maybe you lost your can opener, or maybe you broke it. It doesn't matter,

because with this hack, you can open a can anywhere.

Grab a cinder block, or just go outside and use the sidewalk.

And the best part?

It takes less than two minutes.

And it's totally free.

Bon appetit.

Thank you, Tuna Bros. No problem.