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INNER TUBES: ALL PURPOSE?

It used to be that these silly black rubber tire inners were used simply to keep up the air pressure inside tires. Then, some guy came along and invented the tubeless tire, and overnight inner tubes became as obsolete as the hula hoop. People were now forced to find new uses for them or else throw them out.

Several attempts were made to try to convert the tubes into new useful household utensils and outdoor insulation, and some farmers experimented using them as a substitute for hog feed, but all these failed. It wasn't until 1969 that one scientist noticed that they floated.

After several weeks, a new improved inner tube was put on the market. They were announced over radio and television and thousands of new floatable water toys were sold to the paying public. Beaches flocked with people trying out their new purchases.

However, this wasn't quite as much fun as was expected and after a few hours the swimmers were totally bored. There is only so much that can be done in the water with an inner tube. So, scientists went back to the drawing board to see what other uses could be discovered. They could not be recycled and they were not micro-wave safe. The Institute for Inner Tube Usage (better known as T.I.F.I.T.U.) has finally released a series of books which lists thousands of uses for your old inners.

It is called 2001 USES FOR INNER TUBES. So far, Volume One has been released, but 2000 more are planned. Contributions are gladly accepted as the writers are having problems with Volume Two.