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" Here&amp;#039;s how to...  1. Quit blushing when you&amp;#039;re embarrassed.  Slow blood flow to your face and neck caused by a runaway heartbeat with breath control. Inhale over a count of 6 to 8, hold for a moment, the exhale over a count of 10 to 12. Repeat until you feel the hotness dissipate.  2. Act natural when you run into an ex and his new girlfriend. Poise is key, so stand or sit confidently. Next, imagine something that makes you happy. Then be the first to stick out your hand and introduce yourself to her, but keep it brief. Say you&amp;#039;re running late for something, then excuse yourself.  3. Deal with a hangover when you have an early meeting. Forgo dehydrating coffee and drink OJ (its potassium helps settle the shakes) plus copious amounts of water. And eat a breakfast with protein and carbs, like eggs and toast. After you shower, use eyedrops to get bright-eyed, and rub on a fragrant body lotion so you won&amp;#039;t stink as you sweat the liquor out.   4. Find out what&amp;#039;s wrong when your car won&amp;#039;t start.  First, make sure the gas gauge isn&amp;#039;t on empty and the car is in proper gear. If no warning lights appear on the dashboard, open the hood and make sure your battery terminal cables aren&amp;#039;t loose. If they&amp;#039;re tight and you hear a clicking noise when trying to start the engine, use a car-battery starter or ask a neighbor to help you jump-start it. If it starts, drive to your mechanic to have the battery tested. If the attempt fails and you still hear a clicking noise, the problem may be your starter or alternator, which needs a mechanic&amp;#039;s assistance; same goes for engine grinding when you turn the key. And if you smell gas, turn the car off immediately and leave the area; you might have a leak that needs to be inspected ASAP.  5. Spice up your outfit when you realize you&amp;#039;re dressed the same way as somebody else. If your doppelg\u00E4nger&amp;#039;s hair is down, pull yours up, or vice versa. Then, if the outfit involves a skirt, roll up the waistband to emphasize your legs. Last, feign a chill and borrow a wrap from the hostess if you&amp;#039;re at a party at someone&amp;#039;s home.  6. Quickly fix your breath when you don&amp;#039;t have gum or a mint on a date.  Dash off to the bathroom and gargle with water. Then use a paper towel or an upside-down spoon to scrape your tongue as far back as you can reach, removing odor-causing bacteria.  7. Erase deodorant marks on your shirt that you didn&amp;#039;t notice till after you left the house.  Rub the inside of your shirt or a dark (but not darker than the item with deodorant on it) cloth towel against the fabric. Don&amp;#039;t use a paper towel. The white marks will disappear.  8. Dispel a rumor about you that&amp;#039;s going around. Address it right away by having your close friends explicitly deny it to others (&amp;quot;Trust me, she would never do that!&amp;quot;). And be ready with a positively phrased one-liner that contradicts the rumor, like &amp;quot;I had a great time at a ski resort with my mother last weekend&amp;quot; instead of &amp;quot;Hell no, I did not sleep with that guy last Saturday night!&amp;quot;  9. Reclaim your dignity after you drunk-text an ex-boyfriend.  The best damage control is silence. However, if he writes back asking what&amp;#039;s up, text him: &amp;quot;My bad, that message wasn&amp;#039;t meant for you. Got a new phone that I&amp;#039;m still trying to figure out. Hope all is well!&amp;quot;   10. Save a shirt that you just scorched with an iron. Rub a little distilled white vinegar on the fabric, then wipe with a clean cloth. If the marks are light, they should disappear. You may want to hit it with a shot of Febreze to eliminate the vinegary smell.  11. Loosen a stuck zipper. Run a bar of soap or pencil lead over the spot where it won&amp;#039;t budge. This friction should free up the teeth.  12. Stop the bleeding when you pick at a scab on your face.  Squirt an eyedrop on the wound. It contains antihistamines that constrict blood vessels, so the flow will slow like magic.  13. Distract a toxic coworker when she backs you into the pantry area to complain.  Say, &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t mean to interrupt you, but I have to get back to my desk. I&amp;#039;m expecting a call, and unfortunately, I&amp;#039;m not finished preparing for it.&amp;quot;   14. Prevent a romantic advance from a male friend.  Ask him for advice about a dude you have your eye on \u2014 even if he&amp;#039;s imaginary. For example: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m totally into this guy at work, but I&amp;#039;m not sure how to take it to the next level. Any ideas? You&amp;#039;re such a good friend [with an emphasis on friend!], I figured you&amp;#039;d have a great suggestion.&amp;quot;   15. Handle it when you get caught trashing someone.  Apologize stat with something like, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sorry, that was wrong of me,&amp;quot; but don&amp;#039;t sprint off afterward. Follow up with something neutral or positive that changes the subject, like &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been meaning to tell you, I really liked that idea you had in the meeting the other day.&amp;quot;   16. Improvise when you unexpectedly get your period and no tampons are in sight.  Take 15 squares of TP, and fold them in half (from top to bottom) three times until 5 inches long. Then form a tube by rolling the paper inward from the sides. Pinch the middle so it makes a shallow V. Place this part in your vagina, only about an inch deep. The other two ends go flat against your lips and underwear, and they can fan out a bit to prevent leakage.  17. Claim your space if the person next to you on an airplane is taking up too much room. Approach the flight attendant and say, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m very claustrophobic, and my seatmate and I aren&amp;#039;t fitting in the space. Any chance I could get a new spot?&amp;quot; If that&amp;#039;s not possible, stake your territory by putting down the armrest and placing your bag on the floor line that separates your space. Then put your arm on the shared armrest and your head in that hand, so it will be hard for him to invade your body zone. Also, stand up a magazine or folder between the seat cushions to accentuate the divide between you.  18. Play it off after burping on a first date. Say a quick &amp;quot;Pardon me,&amp;quot; then keep talking as if nothing happened. Yeah, you&amp;#039;re human, but most guys don&amp;#039;t need to know you can belch the ABCs until at least date three.   19. Get chewing gum out of your hair. Oily substances will help loosen the gum&amp;#039;s grip, so slather on olive or canola oil or even peanut butter, then gently tug out the wad after a few minutes.  20. Save your ass when you answer your work phone in a rude way and a VIP is on the line.  Don&amp;#039;t lie and say you were expecting someone else. Just say: &amp;quot;Please excuse me and accept my apologies. I&amp;#039;m having one of those days. What can I do to help you?&amp;quot;  21. Sweet-talk your way onto a plane when you arrive past the check-in cutoff.  The airline gate agent may claim she can&amp;#039;t violate TSA policy, but it&amp;#039;s at the employee&amp;#039;s discretion to make exceptions for late boarders. Appeal to her authority with this spiel: &amp;quot;I wouldn&amp;#039;t ask you to break the rules, but I&amp;#039;d be so grateful if you&amp;#039;d do anything in your power to get me on. This is the last flight out before [insert huge event you can&amp;#039;t miss]. Is there anything I can do to help you get me on the plane?&amp;quot;  22. Cover up when a button pops off your blouse.  If you can&amp;#039;t pin it, pop some gum in your mouth and chew. Then place it underneath the hole where the button fell off, and press together. Reattach the button on top with a small portion of the gum.   23. Debloat your stomach when you&amp;#039;re feeling gassy.  Have a cup of tea with peppermint oil. The menthol has an antispasmodic effect on your digestive tract, letting the air out smoothly.   24. Bounce back after you overhear a rude remark about yourself.  First, stop fuming and recognize it&amp;#039;s this person&amp;#039;s problem, not yours. Then, if you&amp;#039;re in a bathroom, calmly walk out of the stall and up to the offender and say: &amp;quot;Ouch. Do we need to talk? I&amp;#039;d really prefer you tell me about any issue you have with me to my face.&amp;quot;  25. Salvage a cell phone that was dropped in water. Open the back and remove the battery right away. If your cell has a SIM card, take that out, and open up any rubber covers that protect charging slots. Then use towels (or ideally, a wet-dry vacuum but not a hair dryer) to remove moisture from every crevice of the phone. Don&amp;#039;t charge the battery until it&amp;#039;s fully dried, internally and externally.  26. Avoid looking like a drowned rat when you&amp;#039;re caught in the rain without an umbrella. Clean your face by using a little hand lotion or eyedrops on a tissue to wipe away runny makeup. Comb your hair back into a braid, a look that seems more intentional than a ponytail. Then take off excess layers of clothing, like undershirts and underwear. Plant yourself in front of a hand dryer or use towels to press out excess water on both sides of fabric.  27. Salvage your tights when you rip a hole in them. A dab of clear nail polish on each end of the tear should stop the run. If it&amp;#039;s in the front, take them off and put them on backward. And if you can find a marker the same color as your tights, mark through the hole to stain your skin.   28. Pretend that you love a bad gift.  An unconvincing &amp;quot;I love it!&amp;quot; is too transparent. Deflect attention by saying, &amp;quot;Wow, where did you get this?&amp;quot; If she asks if you like it, say &amp;quot;You know me so well \u2014 this is such a thoughtful gift!&amp;quot;  29. Retrieve info when you delete an important e- mail. Call your IT department to see if there is a backup folder where messages are stored before they&amp;#039;re purged from your e-mail system. And if you can remember part of the sender&amp;#039;s name, type it in the &amp;quot;To&amp;quot; field in a message and the entire address could come up.  30. Erase red-wine stains from your teeth.  Grab a wedge of lemon and head for the bathroom. Remove all the pulp, and rub the slice over your teeth.  31. Extract a stubborn splinter.  If you can&amp;#039;t get it to budge by tweezing or soaking in hot water, slather the spot in cream or petroleum jelly before bed. By morning, the splinter should have worked its way closer to the surface. 32. Sober up when you realize your drink was much stronger than you thought.  Scarf a handful of nuts and a piece of bread \u2014 the carb/fat combo helps the alcohol metabolize more slowly. Then drink a few glasses of water or fruit juice, followed by coffee. Keep noshing on salty snacks to spur you to sip more H20.  33. Assuage the situation when you acted like someone was pregnant when she wasn&amp;#039;t.  Be direct and give an apology like, &amp;quot;Please excuse me, I need to start paying better attention&amp;quot; and then leave it at that.  34. Locate lost keys in a hurry.  Think back to what you were doing when you got home, then retrace your steps, checking the pockets of clothing you wore. If that fails, grab the largest magnet from your fridge and hunt with it under desks and beds \u2014 you may feel a tiny pull when they&amp;#039;re nearby.  35. Figure out someone&amp;#039;s name you forgot.  Grab a friend she doesn&amp;#039;t know, and say, &amp;quot;I want you to meet [insert friend&amp;#039;s name].&amp;quot; If she doesn&amp;#039;t say hers, offer, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sorry, I keep wanting to call you [insert random girl&amp;#039;s name], but I know that&amp;#039;s not right....&amp;quot; When she says it, fake knowing a look-alike with the made-up name.  36. Politely decline food you hate or don&amp;#039;t eat.  Avoid proselytizing your beliefs (&amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t eat anything that used to be a cuddly animal!&amp;quot;) if you&amp;#039;re a guest in someone else&amp;#039;s home. Just say, &amp;quot;It looks so good, but I&amp;#039;ve found out the hard way that it doesn&amp;#039;t agree with my body.&amp;quot; Food allergies are so common today that it&amp;#039;s unlikely they&amp;#039;ll press you.    37. Get an embarrassing photo of you online taken down.  Plead potential career ruin. Say, &amp;quot;My company is cracking down on photos of employees online. I&amp;#039;m not trying to be a pain, but I&amp;#039;m sure you understand why this shot of me doing a keg stand eight years ago could look bad for me.&amp;quot; 38. Bail out of a terrible first date.  Slyly glance at your phone and say: &amp;quot;Whoa, I have a bunch of missed calls. Excuse me, I should check on this.&amp;quot; Then go to the bathroom or to the ATM to grab cash for your portion of the bill. When you come back, say, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sorry to do this, but there&amp;#039;s been an emergency, and I have to go. It was nice meeting you.&amp;quot; Then drop your half of the check in cash on the table as you walk out.  39. Remove a lipstick stain from a shirt you try on at a store.  Apply a bit of petroleum jelly or clear lip balm or gloss to the spot, then carefully wipe it clean with a towel or baby wipe. Remember, most stores have cameras, so if it doesn&amp;#039;t come clean, you may have to.  40. Save face when your credit card is declined at dinner.  Say, &amp;quot;Would you excuse me? I&amp;#039;d like to call my credit-card company to see what&amp;#039;s going on.&amp;quot; Feign a conversation on your cell phone, then return to the table and say: &amp;quot;I just started online bill paying, and somehow, my bank missed a cycle. May I borrow some cash, and then we can swing by my place so I can write you a check? Or if you&amp;#039;d prefer, the next dinner is on me.&amp;quot;  41. Backtrack when you click on the online-dating profile of someone you know.  Preempt his seeing your profile on the &amp;quot;Who&amp;#039;s viewing you&amp;quot; page. Send a platonic message like this: &amp;quot;Funny meeting you here.... When I clicked on your profile, I thought, This guy reminds me of someone, but I had no idea it was you. Hope you find someone great on this site!&amp;quot;  42. Freshen up when you realize your pits reek of BO.  If you&amp;#039;re at a restaurant, discreetly ask a server on the way to the bathroom for a little baking soda \u2014 or, as a backup, cornstarch \u2014 from the kitchen. Rub either one into your clothing. In a pinch, rub a magazine perfume strip inside the fabric.  43. Desmellify a bathroom.  Try lighting a match or candle or spraying air freshener. If none are available, run the hot water in the sink, plug the drain, pour a little of the most fragrant bath soap the host has into the basin, and let it permeate for a minute.  44. Remove a blood stain from fabric when you cut yourself while making dinner.  Stick a clean finger in your mouth and moisten it with your saliva, then put it on the stain. It should vanish quickly. If that doesn&amp;#039;t work, rinse it in cold water for a minute, and apply a few drops of hydrogen peroxide directly on the fabric.  45. RSVP when you&amp;#039;re asked to a wedding without a guest reply for your boyfriend.  Don&amp;#039;t call and put the couple on the spot. Instead, enclose a nice note with your RSVP saying that you would love to attend but you wondered if your boyfriend could accompany you. Say that if that&amp;#039;s not possible, you totally understand. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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