奇葩DIY：塑料瓶喷头 扫把雨刮器[1]

Sometimes things break down and you just don't have the time, patience or money to get in the professionals.

有时候东西坏掉了，你却没有时间、耐心或者钱去请专业人士。

And while sometimes our DIY adventures can come out a success, more often than not they are either precarious or even utterly disastrous.

尽管有时我们的DIY创意很成功，但更多的时候它们很危险，甚至完全是场灾难。

But lucky for everyone, now that social media exists, we all can marvel in each other's hilarious quick-fixes online - and compare and contrast.

幸运的是，现在有社交媒体了，我们可以在网上看到别人脑洞大开的DIY，进行对比。

Busted shower head? Just poke some holes in a soda bottle.

淋浴喷头坏掉了？在碳酸饮料瓶上戳几个洞。

Have a habit of dropping books in the bath? All you need is a retractable dog's leash.

总是在厕所里掉书？你需要的只是一根可以自由伸缩的狗绳。

'Roommate punched a hole in his door. I fixed it,' wrote the poster.

“室友在门上打了个洞，我把它堵上了。”

This duct tape fan decided to take the term 'ceiling fan' a bit too literally

这位胶带爱好者告诉大家啥是真正的“吊扇”。

In absence of cash to repair a dent, this vehicle owner decided to get creative instead.

不想花钱修理凹痕，这位车主想了这么个点子。

Water wisdom: Who needs a plumber when you can heat your own water or fashion your own taps?

自己烧热水，做龙头，何须水管工？

One social media user shared this unsettling scene he spotted unfolding outside of his EasyJet plane.

飞机这样修，是不是心惊肉跳？

In one particularly concerning instance, a Twitter user was boarding a flight when he noticed something unsettling happening outside: a man wrapping duct tape around one of the engines. '

拍摄这张让人惊恐的照片时，这位推特用户正在登机，忽然看到惊人的一幕：有人正往引擎上缠胶带。

Having a seat on a bike is important, even if it's made out of a branch and duct tape.

树枝和胶带就可以做车座，再也不怕偷座贼了！

One creative cyclist also knew the value of duct tape, wrapping it around a branch of a tree and fixing it to a bike in place of a seat.

这位自行车创意车主也懂得胶带的妙用：用胶带缠出一个自行车座。

Admiring the view: Any window will do for this industrious car owner.

这样的车窗怎么样？

Plenty of household items also make surprisingly effective replacements for missing car parts - including one person who glued a real house window into his car as a replacement window, and another who, in absence of a rear window wiper, tied a broom head to the attachment instead.

车上丢了部件？家居用品也能用。有人在车上粘了个真窗户。还有人后雨刮器没了，绑了个扫把~

Drilling their way to dinner: Cooking is always easier with a bit of DIY assistance

钻钻就能吃：厨房小创意，让做饭变得超简单。

Who knew plastic wrap would be good enough to help hold up a damaged brick pillar?

用塑料裹坏掉的砖柱？你确定可以？

Instead of replacing this broken timepiece, a clever person decided to draw the missing numbers on paper and stick them to the wall

钟表坏掉不想换，聪明的网友用纸画好坏掉的半边，粘上去……

Next time - if there is a next time for this gentleman - he might buy a taller ladder

下次：如果这哥们儿还有下次的话，他肯定会买个更高的梯子。

A chair can fit quite comfortably into a damaged sofa.

沙发坏了？椅子顶上。