Humor: How-To Versus DIY Online Websites
Is How-To and DIY Information Synonymous?
Granted there are times when I may need the help and assistance of a How-To website if I require serious information on how to replace leaky heater faucet or DIY open heart surgery. To clarify I've listed a few examples that may be considered dual category questions.
Change a Poopy Diaper: This is a definite need to know skill and even more so how to do it as quickly as possible! I'm sure you can find the extended version of this question, "How to Change a Poopy Diaper without Gagging" on How-To websites. However, I've watched kids snatch off their own poopy diaper and put another one on quicker than I ever could. Or are these my elderly Bingo buddies?
Extract Breast Milk: For my husband it was a How-To and a DIY prelude to sex!
Masturbation: This could also be a cross over dual category article because it's an autoerotic onanism activity, i.e. "How to Do it to Yourself."
Cleaning Jock Straps: Hands down a How-To and DIY especially for the losing team at the Super Bowl.
Wipe yourself after a Bowel Movement: Most definitely a DIY but for some may be a How-To. I also categorize this as a massive TMI on a strictly need to know basis.
I'm sure websites like eHow and DIY Network are good informative sources both of which I've used when I need quick and semi-reliable answers to the less obvious How-To and DIY questions. However, if you need seriously answers to extremely obvious and everyday question there's no need to search How-To websites. Just write me and I'll be happy to share my vast knowledge of inconsequential information with you free of charge!
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How-To Write a How-To Article on How-To Websites
How -To Find How-To Topics on How-To Subjects on How-To
DIY resource Guide for DIY Projects for Novice Do-It Yourselfers
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Originally from Pennsylvania, author/artist Deb Martin-Webster and her British husband Pete, currently live on a small farm near the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. They enjoy the simplicity of their... View profile
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11 Comments
Post a Commenthahaha that is hilarious!! Sometimes I wonder how many pvs these kinds of articles are getting though.
Just like the series - "for dummies". just too many for mundane activities! humorous read - siva
Mayor Lund, I'm sure Ginger would be willing to lend you a hand! ;)
All the material you never read on the DIY websites is more for filling up space than DIYing. Love your writing!
very interesting!
You are too cute. I like the stream ol consciousness way you wrote this and concur there are too many ridiculous "how to's". Good job.
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LOL thanks all for your comments! Happy to know that my merry band of madcaps appreciated this one!
Now how do I comment on a humor article? This was a fun read! Extracting breast milk is just a means to get the breasts exposed; the rest comes naturally! LOL! You could also write about how the steps for changing a diaper might be dependent upon the gender of the baby! Uncover and replace in one motion, if diapering a boy! My wife wondered about the signs of an indoor "rain shower" when she returned to finish diapering our son after leaving him briefly!
VERY nice job on this one, Deb! Clever and fun to read--and certainly informative!