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Common things that are seemingly impossible to find!

Sofiztikated

Howdy.

I had today off, and spent it farting about with the computer, doing Linux stuff, and I swiftly ran out of the CD-r's (writeable CD's for the non tech people about)

So off I went down the town to purchase some more with this cash stuff I had in my pocket.

Firstly, I went into the only computer shop in town. "Should be quick and easy, and back inside away from the environment and people soon," thought I.

Wandered around the shop. Quickly became confused when I couldn't see a spindle of them anywhere.

So off I went (with a trumpetty trump) up to the sales assistant. Helpful enough looking chap, with a shirt and tie. Had a bit of a lost look about him though.

"Em, sorry, where's the CD-r's?"

... (lost look from him)

"Blank cd's?" says I.

"Ooooh, don't have any."

"OOoooooook. DVD-r's?"

... (I'm sensing a trend here.)

"Blank DVD's?"

"Oooh, don't have any."

"Right, no worries. G'lack"

"Odd," though I. No matter, off I went to the local Tesco large supermarket type place.

Wandered around, found the tech section, and lo and behold I spied some spindles.

Off I went over to them, and picked one up. DVD+r. Damn. Not what I'm looking for. (The PC I'm working with is 15 years old. DVD-r yes, +r no.)

Looked about. Asked a comely lass in a uniform about "blank CD's," having learned my lesson the last time.

"Shure, dats dem dere." Pointing at the DVD-r's and looking at me like I was drooling on her foot.

"To hell with this" thinks I. "I'm out"

Right so, as much as it galls me, off I go to Argos a warehouse type shop.

Looking through their catalog, I come across CD-r's. Pricey at €15 for 10, but none the less, "Success," thinks I, until I enter it into their stock check machine.

0 in stock. "Ah what the..!"

"Right, balls to it" thinks I.

Went off to Lidl big german market shop, to grab some snackybites.

Was queuing, and staring off into space, and lo and behold, stacks of spindles. Went over to have a mooch, and there we go, 50 CD-r's for €7. can't argue with that.

TL;DR version

What common or garden items have become really hard to find these days.

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citizen_p

pez refills

used to always buy the heads....eat all the sweets in an hour and no where sold refills

OutlawPete

I saw that Captain

uncle ernie

OutlawPete wrote: »

Spud Guns

got one before xmas in some shop in the swan centre in rathmines

Junco Partner

a method to silence katherine lynch

Fear Uladh

Condoms for the well proportioned gentleman.

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Not sure about impossible but a good heart these days can be pretty hard to find.

Much kudos to you sir

kumate_champ07

aids

Ive never met anyone with aids

3hn2givr7mx1sc

alwaysadub wrote: »

Fizzle Sticks.
Seems to be everyone and their mother are looking for them these days..

Only 'cause Ray Darcy was shíting on about them last week.:rolleyes:

K-9

Tayto smokey bacon.

OutlawPete

K-9 wrote: »

Tayto smokey bacon.

Fcuking weird, only yesterday I searched for a pack :cool:

No where, had to buy Rancheros.

K-9

OutlawPete wrote: »

Fcuking weird, only yesterday I searched for a pack :cool:

No where, had to buy Rancheros.

Same here! Had to settle for Waffles before that. Both are nice but not the same.

None in my local Tesco tonight either.

Sam Spudz ones were nicer though.

McChubbin

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

aids

Ive never met anyone with aids

Years of phone sex have caught up with me....

...I have hearing aids.

Duggy747

Why is it so goddamn hard to find a biro when you need just 1!?! When you don't need one you're tripping over 63,564 of them.

Meeting a girl in a club who's agenda isn't about getting free beer off you and then telling you at the end of the night she has a boyfriend. *SLAP!!*

Irish TV shows that are funny and not embarrasing.

Sellotape, sometimes I think this stuff has been dropped from the production line.

The fùckin' shop down from me never has the food I want to buy but, of course, when I don't need any food they're over-flowed with the stuff!

McChubbin

Need to add:

A size EUR 44/ 11 in women's shoes! I'm lucky if I can find a pair of men's runners in TK Maxx. Thanks to stupid shoemakers cutting off the sizes at 8, I'm reduced to walking around in godawful imitation Ugg boots simply because they're the only thing that fit my monsterous size 44 feet.

Granted, mine are black instead of the signature **** brown but I'm so ashamed of the fact I'm wearing Snugg boots (Penneys ripoff) I've scuffed my way through 3 pairs of jeans trying to hide them.

The shame!

honeymonster

someone who likes their job

Simi

RJ11 DSL filters. Damn english companies with their BS6312 cack!

phelixoflaherty

Old hook shaped can opener

kowloon

Nice soft drinks, they've all mutated into corporate brands or crappy own brand muck. I'm foaming at the mouth for some Tanora.

4zn76tysfajdxp

honeymonster wrote: »

someone who likes their job

Someone who has a job.

WIZE

A really Great Thread Lately

djlinehan

the hazel nut glaxey cholate

they were lovely.

dj

Del2005

McChubbin wrote: »

Need to add:

A size EUR 44/ 11 in women's shoes! I'm lucky if I can find a pair of men's runners in TK Maxx. Thanks to stupid shoemakers cutting off the sizes at 8, I'm reduced to walking around in godawful imitation Ugg boots simply because they're the only thing that fit my monsterous size 44 feet.

Granted, mine are black instead of the signature **** brown but I'm so ashamed of the fact I'm wearing Snugg boots (Penneys ripoff) I've scuffed my way through 3 pairs of jeans trying to hide them.

The shame!

Don't think big shoes where ever common.

FlutterinBantam

KittenSoft two ply shíte paper in 'Petrel peach'

I'm sick of dropping the blue coloured stuff on my nice 'bunch of lumber'. Whole ambience of the pot is out of kilter... as well as non colour co-ordinated.:mad:

Joey the lips

Most Haunted wrote: »

The center of the toilet when pissing while Drunk

ahh the laser guidence system is inversly proportional to the amount of alchol consumed.

Sit down on it... Have the benefit of falling asleep as well.

raptorman

plein de force wrote: »

needles in haystacks

Easily found, Just swiftly stick your hand into the haystack and Murphey's Law dictates that the needle will jammed an inch deep under your nail!

BluesBerry

phelixoflaherty wrote: »

Old hook shaped can opener

Or any can opener that works I have six can openers and none work properly :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

edvedfan

lucky charms cereal!

AnonoBoy

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

aids

Ive never met anyone with aids

Lucky you.

pickarooney

BluesBerry wrote: »

Or any can opener that works I have six can openers and none work properly :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

It must be the various manufacturers' collective faults.

Sofiztikated

Sorry, typo, all they had in Tesco was DVD+d's. Nut that's not the point.

I asked for blank cd's, and she directed me to dvds. Dvds were not what I was after. I mean, surely I'm not so behind the times that these are no longer available?