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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Words of wisdomI was once told, "Never be afraid to spend money on a pair of shoes and a bed, because if you're not in one, you're in the other".
Wise words indeed. (Although I do spend a fair amount of time wearing slippers, or in bare feet, so it's not quite true.)
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 9:08,
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andapparently you should always try to put yourself in someone else's shoes. God knows, I always try to put myself in someone else's bed.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 12:38,
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Similar, but...I had it as "never scrimp on anything that goes between you and the ground:
o Sofa
o Bed
o Tyres
o Shoes"
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shadyron, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 14:16,
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