Sanitary towels are also great at absorbing moisture from upholstery. Spilled some ketchup on your sofa? Wash it thoroughly and then use some STs to dry it out. You'll have a clean sofa and avoid the moldy smell that you would get otherwise.
After all these years, it's only just struck me that James specifically says "Lil-let on the end of a screwdriver...". They'd be the ones to use for 'other' purposes - non-applicator, just remove the wrapper and a Lil-let is ready to go. Now a Tampax, once out of the wrapper, there's still the applicator to remove & dispose - slows you right down. James knows his tamons!
Yeah, I had a really bad nosebleed two weeks ago and had to shove a tampon up my nose after realizing my usual "fold-a-sheet-of-toilet-paper-into-a-plug" tactic wouldn't work
Let's be honest guys, we've all done stuff like this, kinda weird stuff, kinda funny, a smart use of an item it wasn't intended for, kinda embarrassing. James May just has the balls to tell the world about it