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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those nylon turtlenecks in the 80'sMum would buy them by bunch of five thru a "buy from home catalog"..assorted colours: Brown, Brown but more red, yellowish brown, clear kaki or even "caca d'oie" (goose poo)..no joke there's a color with a name like that (in french) and they made turtlenecks this colour back then.
That guy "Dupont" who invented Nylon should be burnt (well i guess it's a bit late now), those turtlenecks were just Ugly, they gave you static electric discharges when worn with other type of synthetic clothes...just thinking about them make my neck very uncomfortable..
but i quickly resolved the problem as i found out that if i made a tiny hole with a pen, it would soon get bigger and spread in a ladder (like pantyhose)
I noticed that they became fashionnable again a few years ago along with Slim jeans etc..
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olivier8 (euroloon), Mon 7 Jan 2008, 10:31,
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DuPont is a company, not a guyNylon was invented by Wallace Carothers, among others working at DuPont’s Experimental Station laboratory. Carothers committed suicide in 1937.
B3ta -- it's educational.
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reallywittyname veraciously conspues lexiphanicism on, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 11:09,
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thx for the update=)
actually nylon is Ok...on women
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olivier8 (euroloon), Mon 7 Jan 2008, 11:27,
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