Cheap TatOneEyedMonster remindes us about the crap you can buy in pound shops: "Batteries that lasted about an hour and then died. A screwdriver with a loose handle so I couldn't turn the damn screw, and a tape measure which wasn't at all accurate."
Similarly, my neighbour bought a lawnmower from Argos that was so cheap the wheels didn't go round, it sort of skidded over the grass whilst gently back-combing it.
What's the cheapest, most useless crap you've bought?
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chthonic, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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Christmas tatIt cannot be Christmas without the annual "What have Sandra and Mike given us this year?" competition.
I thought I had won this year's top prize with a second-hand book called "A Teenager's Guide to Surviving the Millenium Bug". It still had the charity shop price tag on the back.
I am 41-years-old, the Millenium Bug didn't happen eight years ago and I am eternally thankful that they spent a whole 15 pence on me.
However: The boy Scaryduck Jr got a pink bracelet, clearly out of last year's Christmas cracker at a total outlay of £0.00.
The clear winner, we made sure he sent them a thank you letter, which will, as eggs are eggs, have the stamp steamed off and re-used.
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On the "Cheap tat I've bought" front, I'd like the jury to take a Renault 4, an Austin Allegro and a Fiat Strada into consideration.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 10:20,
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Austin AllegroI bought my Mrs.Tinypod an Allegro for her birthday a year and a bit ago off ebay because she'd always loved them and they are "so naff they're appealing". I just remember unions, strikes and other nonsense. They're not appealing. They don't work. They didn't then. They don't now.
May be expensive tat so slightly off topic. Meh.
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In my defence......the All Aggro was the 1750cc racing version.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 13:35,
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2My first 2 cars were Allegros. Great fun was had...but Im glad I dont drive one now :-)
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tackyWho knew that my aunt and uncle had been cloned? Why is the question, though.
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WowI thought I was alone on the really REALLY bad present front. This year from a distant relative not worth mentioning, I received a dead plant.
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re: Christmas tatWow, that's worse than what I got. My dad hates trying to figure out what I want, so when I don't write a list, he improvises. So he gets me a value pack of extra-large MEN'S socks. I am neither extra-large (though I have a bit more padding than I'd like) nor am I a man. Though he did also get me two books by authors I love, so I can't blame him that much.
Oh, and the socks are actually quite comfortable, if a bit baggy.
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