Beer/wine cooler
On sale at the end of summer, was this interesting looking device. You apparently put a bottle of wine or can of beer inside, switched it on and hey presto, almost instantly chilled drinkies!

Now even though it was remaindered and therefore cheap, I still must have been drunk, because simple physics should have warned me that it was extremely unlikely to live up to the description.

It turned out to contain a motorised bottle/can holder, which rotated said container, in a chamber which you had to fill with ice. So, not only was it useless, since 20 seconds rotating in ice is no better than 20 seconds standing still in ice, but actually doubly useless as it was sold for use at festivals or when camping -- where a supply of ice was extremely unlikely. Arsebiscuits.

After I'd facepalmed, it got shoved onto a shelf in the garage. The motor & gears were eventually canabalised for another project some years later.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:44, Reply)