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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"all they're really producing is litter"I'm not a yoghurt-knitting eco-warrior by any means, but over the holidays I found myself starting to get irritated by the whole concept of Christmas crackers.
There's this paper/card/ribbon/tinsel thing that you tear up and throw away; a piece of printed paper that you read, groan at, then throw away; a 'hat' that you wear for half an hour and then throw away; and a 'surprise' that is generally of such appalling quality that it, too, is immediately thrown away. Even my kids -- who are both under five and generally allergic to throwing anything away -- couldn't be arsed to hang onto the crummy plastic shite on offer this year.
Even if you spend a bunch of cash and get the 'posh' ones, chances are you'll get yet another keyring bottle opener, nail clippers or magnifying glass -- which you either already had, or didn't need in the first place. So they'll just get stuck in a drawer and forgotten about.
What a fucking waste of money, energy and resources...Christmas in a nutshell.
Bah, humbug.
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reallywittyname veraciously conspues lexiphanicism on, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 13:34,
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