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Simple things just work.

  • 09-09-2013 10:05AM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭


    Mornin'all,
    I nicked my ear while wet shaving this morning. No problem, out with the styptic pencil and a quick dab later, no more bleeding.

    That got me thinking. What other things do we have that just do what they're supposed to, brilliantly?

    Not necessarily one for the Luddites, tech gadgets can fit the bill.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭pajor


    Ronseal.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    Gosub wrote: »
    Mornin'all,
    I nicked my ear while wet shaving this morning. No problem, out with the styptic pencil and a quick dab later, no more bleeding.

    never heard of bog roll?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Wabbit Ears


    I refuse to google styptic pencil


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Gosub


    pajor wrote: »
    Ronseal.
    Yeah, but what exactly does it say on the tin? :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭jack of all


    Sunscreen


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Gosub


    I refuse to google styptic pencil
    You should, it's fricken great if you ever cut yourself.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,165 ✭✭✭enda1


    Dishwashers.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Gosub


    never heard of bog roll?
    Going around with a bit of bog roll stuck to my face isn't my idea of a perfect solution.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭RichT


    I refuse to google styptic pencil

    Some people just wanna bleed......


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 991 ✭✭✭SuperGrover


    Toasters


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,949 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Swarfega.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Gosub


    Toasters
    Good example! Simple and just does what you want it to do.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭stateofflux


    robitussin expectorant


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    The tongue.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,776 ✭✭✭Jhcx


    Gosub wrote: »
    Good example! Simple and just does what you want it to do.

    Not always. Sometimes it decides to burn the crap out of it just so up can eat charcoal.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Wabbit Ears


    RichT wrote: »
    Some people just wanna bleed......

    I'm a bearded manly man. On the rare occasions I do shave I cut my face like I'm in a pit fight with a feral cat. I wear those streams of blood as a mark of my beard removing shame.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭lahalane


    Vibrators


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭bgrizzley


    Knots.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Gosub


    bgrizzley wrote: »
    Knots.
    Requires some knowledge to do it right, but yeah, simple and effective.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Gosub


    lahalane wrote: »
    Vibrators
    See the answer to 'knots'. :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 991 ✭✭✭SuperGrover


    Wallets


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,359 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Gosub wrote: »
    Mornin'all,
    I nicked my ear while wet shaving this morning. No problem, out with the styptic pencil and a quick dab later, no more bleeding.

    That got me thinking. What other things do we have that just do what they're supposed to, brilliantly?

    Not necessarily one for the Luddites, tech gadgets can fit the bill.

    Why were you shaving your ear?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Gosub


    kneemos wrote: »
    Why were you shaving your ear?
    I'm old... hair grows out of my ears, my nose and loads of places you don't want to know about. Anywhere but my head, basically. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 412 ✭✭janja


    Spray plaster


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,642 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    What other things do we have that just do what they're supposed to, brilliantly?
    Whipped cream. Feckin' brilliant at doing what you need it to do. When you have a strawberry and you need something to lift it into the realms of super-delicious, get yer whipped cream and let it do it's job. Got a pear lightly poached in a nice Merlot that just needs a hint of extra decadence. Whip out the whipped cream.
    You can even get it in cans these days. It can add extra texture to your graffitied tag when you go vandalising at night.
    Magic stuff.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Gosub


    janja wrote: »
    Spray plaster
    For walls? :P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    Electric kettle. Put the water in, press the button, bing bang BOOM! You have boiling water. Safe, economical and fast.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,612 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Cigarette lighter. Allows us to carry the means to instantly make fire safely in our pockets. Can you imagine the power you'd wield with such were you to go back more than 2000 years or so?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,014 ✭✭✭eamonnq


    Pencils


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,887 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Manual toothbrushes.


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