Are these the best brainwaves ever? Hilarious images show some VERY creative solutions to annoying problems
- The humble coffee cup holder has all sorts of extra uses, it turns out
- Want to keep your pizza warm in the car? Time to turn on the heated seats
- A jumper can act as a makeshift lock for a toilet door, one traveller shows
A round of applause is due for the sheer resourcefulness demonstrated here.
Some of these pictures show how everyday items can have all sorts of extra uses.
You see a jumper, someone else sees a makeshift door lock.
You see a coffee cup holder, others see a device for propping up their tablet computer.
The images also show some nifty inventions – for instance, a toilet lock that doubles as an accessory tray and a straw for mojitos that doesn’t get clogged up with mint leaves (a first-world issue, admittedly).
Scroll down to behold some truly brilliant brainwaves…
Reddit user Balboafire demonstrates that you don’t need a fancy case to prop a tablet computer up
![Hot idea: During a blistering 120F heatwave in Arizona, one driver used a pair of mismatched oven gloves to keep their hands from being burned by the toasty steering wheel](https://i2.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/13/12/23338868-7881717-image-a-29_1578919802159.jpg?resize=634%2C459&ssl=1)
Hot idea: During a blistering 120F heatwave in Arizona, one driver used a pair of mismatched oven gloves to keep their hands from being burned by the toasty steering wheel
![Reddit user The Tritt Redditer was desperate to use the toilet at the airport, but the door on the cubicle did not have a lock. Cue this brainwave](https://i2.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/13/13/23338724-7881717-image-a-45_1578923376518.jpg?resize=634%2C592&ssl=1)
Reddit user The Tritt Redditer was desperate to use the toilet at the airport, but the door on the cubicle did not have a lock. Cue this brainwave
![Being told to play outside doesn't have to mean curtailing a gaming session...](https://i2.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/13/12/23338702-7881717-image-m-18_1578919586254.jpg?resize=634%2C459&ssl=1)
Being told to play outside doesn’t have to mean curtailing a gaming session…
![Reddit user Notanaijin was blown away by this toilet lock, which doubles as a tray for loose items](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/13/12/23338698-7881717-image-a-38_1578920157570.jpg?resize=634%2C546&ssl=1)
Reddit user Notanaijin was blown away by this toilet lock, which doubles as a tray for loose items
![This phone/binoculars combo is a rather neat idea - despite being a one-way ticket to arm ache](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/13/12/23338710-7881717-image-m-31_1578919820488.jpg?resize=634%2C504&ssl=1)
This phone/binoculars combo is a rather neat idea – despite being a one-way ticket to arm ache
![Keeping Brighton's streets cigarette-butt-free? Make it so, with a sci-fi debate 'ballot bin'](https://i2.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/13/12/23338716-7881717-image-m-35_1578919867459.jpg?resize=634%2C690&ssl=1)
Keeping Brighton’s streets cigarette-butt-free? Make it so, with a sci-fi debate ‘ballot bin’
![Hands-free coffee slurping? Not a problem for mother Sarah Hubler Gutierrez. She posted this picture, taken while parked at Black Rock Coffee Bar in Vancouver, to Facebook with the caption: 'How to obey the law when coffee is life'](https://i2.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/13/13/23338694-7881717-image-a-39_1578920879374.jpg?resize=634%2C837&ssl=1)
Hands-free coffee slurping? Not a problem for mother Sarah Hubler Gutierrez. She posted this picture, taken while parked at Black Rock Coffee Bar in Vancouver, to Facebook with the caption: ‘How to obey the law when coffee is life’
![This ingenious straw allowed Reddit user 'TheOxfordBloke' to drink his mojito cocktail without sucking up the mint leaves. He says these types of straw 'originated as a device for drinking matcha in South America'](https://i2.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/03/02/13/23338700-7881717-This_ingenious_straw_allowed_Reddit_user_TheOxfordBloke_to_drink-a-3_1583156422237.jpg?resize=634%2C750&ssl=1)
This ingenious straw allowed Reddit user ‘TheOxfordBloke’ to drink his mojito cocktail without sucking up the mint leaves. He says these types of straw ‘originated as a device for drinking matcha in South America’
![Want to keep your pizza warm while you drive back from the takeaway? Leave it on your car's heated seats like Reddit user Boethiah555. They wrote: 'Heated seats? You mean pizza warmers?'](https://i1.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/13/13/23338692-7881717-image-a-42_1578923061427.jpg?resize=634%2C476&ssl=1)
Want to keep your pizza warm while you drive back from the takeaway? Leave it on your car’s heated seats like Reddit user Boethiah555. They wrote: ‘Heated seats? You mean pizza warmers?’
![Coffee holder trays have myriad uses, as this sports fan ably demonstrates](https://i1.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/13/13/23338704-7881717-Forgot_your_hat_No_problem_stay_out_of_the_sun_while_at_the_game-m-46_1578923581418.jpg?resize=634%2C520&ssl=1)
Coffee holder trays have myriad uses, as this sports fan ably demonstrates
![Thought you had to pay for a sofa to be delivered? Think again. This pic was snapped in the Netherlands](https://i2.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/03/02/13/23338706-7881717-Thought_you_had_to_pay_for_a_sofa_to_be_delivered_Think_again_Th-a-4_1583156422238.jpg?resize=634%2C371&ssl=1)
Thought you had to pay for a sofa to be delivered? Think again. This pic was snapped in the Netherlands