Simple things just work.

Gosub

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.

pajor

Ronseal.

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?

Wabbit Ears

I refuse to google styptic pencil

Gosub

pajor wrote: »

Ronseal.

Yeah, but what exactly does it say on the tin? :P

jack of all

Sunscreen

Gosub

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

I refuse to google styptic pencil

You should, it's fricken great if you ever cut yourself.

enda1

Dishwashers.

Gosub

the groutch wrote: »

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.

RichT

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

I refuse to google styptic pencil

Some people just wanna bleed......

SuperGrover

Toasters

Hande hoche!

Swarfega.

Gosub

SuperGrover wrote: »

Toasters

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

stateofflux

robitussin expectorant

snubbleste

The tongue.

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.

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.

lahalane

Vibrators

bgrizzley

Knots.

Gosub

bgrizzley wrote: »

Knots.

Requires some knowledge to do it right, but yeah, simple and effective.

Gosub

lahalane wrote: »

Vibrators

See the answer to 'knots'.

SuperGrover

Wallets

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?

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.

janja

Spray plaster

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.

Gosub

janja wrote: »

Spray plaster

For walls? :P

Legs.Eleven

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

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?

eamonnq

Pencils

JuliusCaesar

Manual toothbrushes.

Danger781

Condoms

Sofiztikated

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

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

Second to last point is debatable. Electric kettles are a hoor on electricity.

General rule of thumb is "If there's an element, it's expensive."

SV

Doors. Want to get past that solid object but be able to put that object between you and everything else yet again?
Doors are what you want.

Sofiztikated

SV wrote: »

Doors. Want to get past that solid object but be able to put that object between you and everything else yet again?
Doors are what you want.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

There was me using a big fúck off boulder. SV, my hero.

manonboard

Gaviscon..

I had heart burn on and off for years before I found out I could do something about it... Never in my whole life has a Remedy for anything worked so quickly.

It's exactly like the adverts say. One sip and seconds later you are ok again. It's like the future of all medicine

Paddy Dangerfield

Plates. Round or square, with a slight raised edge to keep the food from falling onto the table. Simple, elegant design.

But fancy eatin' houses now insist on serving food on slates (no raised edges), boards (no raised edges, too narrow) and even on large pebbles (no edges at all).

This annoys me.

Dravokivich

An iMac*. Just plug it in and go.

*because 3 wires are too complicated for designers.

razorblunt

A bowl. Food too slidey for conventional plates? Have a million cornflakes and a gallon of milk? Lump there into the trough here pal and away you go ....

Gummy Panda

Battle axes

Gosub

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Battle axes

Jeez... my battleaxe is anything but simple.

pajor

Gosub wrote: »

Yeah, but what exactly does it say on the tin? :P

That it will do it! :P

madness98

Wooden stick.
Need to beat some sense into an eejit? Directly apply wooden stick to eejits cranium. Need a game to play with your dog? Simply throw wooden stick, dog will love this. Need portable fire? Set stick on fire.

kneemos

Nuclear power plants.
just fancy steam engines.

Eight Ball

Shaving with the light on OP.

Prodgey

Dravokivich wrote: »

An iMac*. Just plug it in and go.

*because 3 wires are too complicated for designers.

Power for desktop, power for monitor, VGA, mouse, keyboard. That's 5. Then you have speakers, printer, Modem, etc.

Sleepy

The iMac had the motherboard and monitor inside the same housing so it was only a matter of power, keyboard and mouse.

IM0

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Swarfega.

unfortunately. the side side effect of having womanly hands after it isn't great

Legs.Eleven

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Second to last point is debatable. Electric kettles are a hoor on electricity.

General rule of thumb is "If there's an element, it's expensive."

Oh :-/

Cheaper than boiling it on a stove though, no?


Microwaves can't heat water properly and are dangerous!

Wacker The Attacker

Carrots in your sphinc while **** work like a charm.

Hermy

The flush toilet.