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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I hopeyou made him feel VERY guilty for having ruined your day at the beach. Intentionally shitting himself is worthy of a Dope Slap.
I once took my sons to an amusement park with water rides on a day that was bright and clear but rather cool. I told them in no uncertain terms not to get wet from the spray of the log flume- and within an hour they were giggling and soaked to the skin. Twenty minutes after that they were cold and shivering and whining.
Did I stop in a shop to get them dry shirts? FUCK NO. I made them stay wet as we made our way back to the car, lecturing them the entire time on why sometimes Dad is right. I let them know that I was NOT happy about having paid to get in for only one hour because they were being boneheads. And I drove the entire hour home in silence broken only to tell them that no, I was not going to stop to get food, and if they were cold, it was their own damn fault.
The lesson was learned. Never had that problem again. If Dad tells them not to get wet, they listen. That way they get to stay for a good long time at the amusement park.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 4 Jan 2008, 20:29,
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