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OneEyedMonster 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?
( , Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
OneEyedMonster 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?
( , Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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Morrisons wine
One of my proudest moments as a penniless student was finding a bottle of 'white' in the reduced to clear section at Morrisions. It was marked at the princely sum of 56p.
All I can say is that it was at least 55p overpriced. Indeed they would have made more by just repackaging it as vinegar.
It was virtually undrinkable sober and was therefore banished to the back of the fridge until one fateful night when on returning from a night out we discovered there was no more beer in the house. My housemate made the sensible to choice to stick to vodka but I, after days of pisstaking, had a point to prove. Needless to say I proceeded to polish off the whole bottle.
The next morning my throat felt like I'd been drinking razor blades, my stomach's condition could only be described as bilious, someone had been banging nails into my skull, and my wee stung worse than a plague of wasps (didn't smell too fresh either).
There's probably a lesson in that somewhere but I still get excited if I find a bottle for less than a quid so buggered if I know what it is.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2008, 11:43, 2 replies)
One of my proudest moments as a penniless student was finding a bottle of 'white' in the reduced to clear section at Morrisions. It was marked at the princely sum of 56p.
All I can say is that it was at least 55p overpriced. Indeed they would have made more by just repackaging it as vinegar.
It was virtually undrinkable sober and was therefore banished to the back of the fridge until one fateful night when on returning from a night out we discovered there was no more beer in the house. My housemate made the sensible to choice to stick to vodka but I, after days of pisstaking, had a point to prove. Needless to say I proceeded to polish off the whole bottle.
The next morning my throat felt like I'd been drinking razor blades, my stomach's condition could only be described as bilious, someone had been banging nails into my skull, and my wee stung worse than a plague of wasps (didn't smell too fresh either).
There's probably a lesson in that somewhere but I still get excited if I find a bottle for less than a quid so buggered if I know what it is.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2008, 11:43, 2 replies)
I once went on a £3 morrisons wine binge.
I figured that I didn't want to buy 2 bottles of the same stuff incase it was shit. I ended up buying 2 different shit bottles. Which only made my hangover worse in the morning.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2008, 18:39, closed)
I figured that I didn't want to buy 2 bottles of the same stuff incase it was shit. I ended up buying 2 different shit bottles. Which only made my hangover worse in the morning.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2008, 18:39, closed)
While at uni
I drank Tesco Sweet White Wine
It was basically the wine variant of Alcopops for about £1.76 a bottle. Not a bad start for a night out... But I'd never drink it again.
( , Sat 5 Jan 2008, 1:00, closed)
I drank Tesco Sweet White Wine
It was basically the wine variant of Alcopops for about £1.76 a bottle. Not a bad start for a night out... But I'd never drink it again.
( , Sat 5 Jan 2008, 1:00, closed)
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