£20? I'll have it!
I've discovered a peculiar flaw in my neural programming. I find it near impossible to not buy something (that isn't, say, a bag of actual poo...) that's between £5 and £20 pounds.

Things in that price range which I have bought include:

A fez
A royal python
11 Star Wars Action Fleet models
A scale model of Minas Tirith
An Ikea table (a fiver!)
A candle lantern
An orange cube beanbag
A chile rose tarantula
Any sort of canvas 'art'
All the Adrian Mole books
A catapult
A printer that I've never even plugged in
Half Life 2 for the Xbox (never been played)
Three blunt as hell samurai swords (£10 the lot!)
Three different RC helicopters of consistent shitness
Carbon fibre blades for one of the aforementioned helicopters
Laser pens
Four different sets of earphones
A fake leopard skull
An iPod Shuffle
A set of multicoloured kitchen knives
A coffee maker
A Neon Genesis Evangelion Unit 01 figure
A rubber plant
A giant black furry rug
A die cast model of the only British B-17 from WWII in RAF livery
A smoothie maker
A 4"x1" print of the Battle of Trafalgar
A hip flask
A box set of Sharpe DVDs
Handheld whisk
And, most recently, this little chap...

I named him Chuck Norris.


(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 22:04, 17 replies)

I wish I could find cool shit like that for under 20
Lucky bastard, not a waste at all imo.
(CactusZack Shaved his coin purse on, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 22:24, closed)

You just have to go to the right sort of insect shows.
And dodge the weirdos...
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 22:30, closed)

Where the hell
did you find a fake leopard skull?
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 22:48, closed)

A pet shop. It's meant to be a tank ornament.
I, er, put important bits of paper in it's teeth...
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 22:55, closed)

An insect in a seed tray.
Stamp on it.
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 23:31, closed)

Seed tray?
That's an upside down faunarium lid, my good sir.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 23:32, closed)

Oh I do apologise
*eats humble pie**

*discovers is out of humble pie so eats own spunk instead
*nom nom*
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 23:44, closed)

Thanks
The factories of China and purveyors of car boot sale tat salute you for your generosity. Long may your wallet gape open at the sight of junk! (Not man's junk obviously).
(Classic Ray, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 23:43, closed)

Could be worse, I buy random stuff, I've not started taking free things...
My dad once brought home a ghastly 8ft tall faux-bronze hatstand that he found in a skip. It was horrific. All plastic and paint and shit metal.

After a month he realised he hated it and wanted to bury it in the garden* 'to confuse people in the future'. I love my dad.

*Unfortunately my mum and sister took it to the dump before we could do this. Bah.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 23:47, closed)

What i want to know is
How big the catapult was?

Im itching to build one.
( jakedamusss I understand, and dont care., Tue 5 Oct 2010, 4:34, closed)

Aw,
Look at him cuddle the little girly. Now THAT'S true love. (Or a Chuck move)
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 11:29, closed)

!!!
There is not a single item you have listed that I would rate less than 8/10 in terms of desirability.
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 13:54, closed)

Really?
Even the whisk and tacky Trafalgar print?

Though the art did give me much joy. A lady friend saw it and said 'ooh, what's that?'

The battle of Trafalgar! One of our nation's greatest naval battles, it happened in 1805 around the time of the Penninsula Wars. It's a fascinating period in European history.

'Ohh. I didn't realise it was underwater in those days!'

Sorry, what was?

'Trafalgar Square!'

Dear lord.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 15:26, closed)

Money making scheme...
I will give you £1 more than what you paid for your Praying Mantis. I'm calling it gary Wilmot though
(Dr Fishfinger Want's to see a fat man give a tit wank, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 15:50, closed)

He/She isn't for sale
I've now entered the fascinating/disturbing world of 'sitting quietly in the house looking for insects to feed to it. And spiders. Also worms.'
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 16:15, closed)

nice mantis
Watch out with spiders, they're not averse to biting insects and making them dedded. Which insect show did you get it from?
(mersault, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 17:23, closed)

AES at Kempton Park
I only went because it's under a mile away from my new house. Now I have a wee alien for a pet.

And yep spiders fight back but little Chuck Norris can hold his own!
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 17:25, closed)

WHAT A KICK ASS MANTIS.

i've also bought about half of that crap too... well besides the mantis
(TheEnergySuckingTimeGoblin ate your cat on---->, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 2:55, closed)