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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Don't even get me started!My wife is a complete telly addict. It's so bad she even watches Home & Away on C5! As I work for the people who make most of this dross (I'm currently tapping at their PC, in their building, drinking their tea and they're paying me for it), I can't be too scathing.
Generally the 'soaps' are incredibly popular, due to the population being comprised mostly of nosy, yet socially inept people. They love to watch because it's an 'easy relationship'. You get to see all of the exciting things happening in other peoples 'lives' without giving any input, like a one-way friendship.
Try as I might to engage her in something a little more sociable, she loves that lightbox and it remains part of our life. I actually love television too, if I'm honest. It has the ability to educate and inform, even to provoke intelligent thought when used correctly. Unfortunately most people are happier to emotionally engage in second-rate fiction and be entertained by the TV karaoke that is x-factor.
Yes folks, don't slag off the numpties too much, they are (frighteningly) the majority.
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