Pointlessly specific everyday items.

Peep O'Day · 07-10-2011 01:21PM

pfft yeah and don't get me started on cars, i mean what's happened to just using the old pony and trap? ludicrous invention

punk77 · 07-10-2011 01:23PM

Pyramid-shaped tea-bags. Essential. Tea never tasted so good. LOL.

foxyboxer · 07-10-2011 01:24PM

Cufflinks. Rosary Beads. Mechanical watches. Jewellery in general.

4leto · 07-10-2011 01:24PM

And what are airplanes about what was wrong with boats and do we really need phones what was wrong with a letter.

Peep O'Day · 07-10-2011 01:24PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

Cufflinks. Mechanical watches. Jewellry in general.

exactly! such a waste of money when a simple sun-dial will do the trick

Peep O'Day · 07-10-2011 01:26PM

Peep O'Day wrote: »

exactly! such a waste of money when a simple sun-dial will do the trick

and while im at it, there's another one: Money! Such a waste of ehhh... time, when you can just use barter for whatever you need

punk77 · 07-10-2011 01:28PM

Electricity! Surely tis the Devil's invention.

4leto · 07-10-2011 01:28PM

Adhamh wrote: »

This has been bothering me for a while. There's just too much stuff which everone uses without seeming to realise how pointless it is. Stuff that has a clear use, but the necessity for which didn't exist until the item itself was invented. I mean...

1. Kettles. Why not just boil the water on the hob? Do you really need a whole appliance just to boil water? A Spanish chick once told me that when Spaniards visit here and the UK, they buy each other kettles as gifts and souvenirs, because apparently they don't use them back home.

2. Toasters. Why would you require a specific appliance to do a sh!ttier job than the grill does, especially when most people would eat toast perhaps every other day? I have never gotten a well done, evenly toasted slice from a toaster and it's only when I stopped using it that I realised how daft it is. Understandable if it's in a restaurant or somewhere that needs to churn out toast lots but in a domestic situation, this is plain wierd.

3. Eggcups. Eggcups.

4. Those stick things that dog walkers use to pick up tennis balls with and then use them throw for the dog to fetch. Fair enough for old people who're frail and can't bend over, but I've only ever seen young people use them. You already have one, it's called your arm.

Is there anything else to add to the list?

Stupid threads do we really need them, I mean why not just start a good thread.

kylith · 07-10-2011 01:35PM

phasers wrote: »

Those stick things let you throw further without wrenching your shoulder and save you from bending over umpteen times.

Seriously...

Not to mention how horrible a tennis ball is when coverd with mud and slobber. Plus you can throw further with the ball launcher.

Standard Toaster · 07-10-2011 01:41PM

iPads

lazygal · 07-10-2011 01:45PM

I can sail through life without a candwich: http://markonefoods.com/

Ghandee · 07-10-2011 01:45PM

Toilet roll!

God above gave us shovel-like hands for a reason!

Ghandee · 07-10-2011 01:46PM

Standard Toaster wrote: »

iPads

Ladies use these on Japanese flag week though

foxyboxer · 07-10-2011 01:46PM

"...and here I am using my lungs like a sucker :mad:"

MistyCheese · 07-10-2011 01:54PM

This new-fangled Boards.ie thingy. I can't get my head around it at all. Why was it even changed? What was wrong with the Boards.ie of yore?

There's probably a poster or two knocking around now who weren't even born yet back in those days.

*leans back in rocking chair and turns up Classic FM

stupidusername · 07-10-2011 01:57PM

MistyCheese wrote: »

This new-fangled Boards.ie thingy. I can't get my head around it at all. Why was it even changed? What was wrong with the Boards.ie of yore?

There's probably a poster or two knocking around now who weren't even born yet back in those days.

*leans back in rocking chair and turns up Classic FM

wow that looks way better than this version! can we go back to that!?

MistyCheese · 07-10-2011 02:07PM

stupidusername wrote: »

wow that looks way better than this version! can we go back to that!?

It even takes a while to load. Just like in the old days. For added realism you can play the old dial-up sound while you wait.

mikemac · 07-10-2011 02:14PM

Colonic irrigation

Inventing something we managed perfectly well without for centuries

Honey-ec · 07-10-2011 02:24PM

This is turning into a Viz Top Tips thread.

"Don't waste money buying expensive binoculars. Simply stand closer to the object you wish to view."

4leto · 07-10-2011 02:27PM

Anyway I want a cup of tea, so I am going out my back, to chop some kindling, then I will rub 2 sticks together to get the fire started. Then I will go down to the local stream fill a pot with water, then I will boil it, and throw a teabag in the pot.

Like cups who needs them.

Wibbs · 07-10-2011 02:29PM

phasers wrote: »

Are you from the 19th Century or something?

True though funny enough the Victorians were as bad if not worse than us for gadgets and utterly daft things. They had special brushes to mop up crumbs from a table cloth. Special cups and soup spoons for moustaches etc. And a host of daft electrical devices when that became popular.

Same deal with toasters and bread.

Yea though I personally prefer toast that's been grilled.

Those stick things let you throw further without wrenching your shoulder and save you from bending over umpteen times.

Unless you're arthritic or elderly and looking around at some flabby folks walking dogs maybe a bit of exercise and bending is a good thing. Plus if you wrench your shoulder throwing a ball for a dog you're likely too delicate to live.

Seachmall · 07-10-2011 02:36PM

MistyCheese wrote: »

It even takes a while to load. Just like in the old days. For added realism you can play the old dial-up sound while you wait.

Holy **** that brought back memories :eek:

Snakeblood · 07-10-2011 02:40PM

Honey-ec wrote: »

This is turning into a Viz Top Tips thread.

"Don't waste money buying expensive binoculars. Simply stand closer to the object you wish to view."

I got a Top Tip published once.

'MAKE men who piss in a toilet stall feel uncomfortable by ****ting in the urinal opposite them and staring at them as they exit.'

It's all downhill from here.

ballsymchugh · 07-10-2011 02:40PM

4leto wrote: »

Anyway I want a cup of tea, so I am going out my back, to chop some kindling, then I will rub 2 sticks together to get the fire started. Then I will go down to the local stream fill a pot with water, then I will boil it, and throw a teabag in the pot.

Like cups who needs them.

tea bags??

get your own tea plant and nuture it til you can harvest the leaves, dry them out and treat them in such a manner that you'll be able to brew a pot of scald in a few years!

07-10-2011 02:44PM

Electric air freshners are completely useless! just fart to change the air....

4leto · 07-10-2011 02:47PM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

tea bags??

get your own tea plant and nuture it til you can harvest the leaves, dry them out and treat them in such a manner that you'll be able to brew a pot of scald in a few years!

LOL
Yeah and while I am waiting for the tea plant to grow I will shape a rock into a vessel like pots

Who needs them???

Keith186 · 07-10-2011 02:53PM

Adhamh wrote: »

This has been bothering me for a while. There's just too much stuff which everone uses without seeming to realise how pointless it is. Stuff that has a clear use, but the necessity for which didn't exist until the item itself was invented. I mean...

1. Kettles. Why not just boil the water on the hob? Do you really need a whole appliance just to boil water? A Spanish chick once told me that when Spaniards visit here and the UK, they buy each other kettles as gifts and souvenirs, because apparently they don't use them back home.

2. Toasters. Why would you require a specific appliance to do a sh!ttier job than the grill does, especially when most people would eat toast perhaps every other day? I have never gotten a well done, evenly toasted slice from a toaster and it's only when I stopped using it that I realised how daft it is. Understandable if it's in a restaurant or somewhere that needs to churn out toast lots but in a domestic situation, this is plain wierd.

3. Eggcups. Eggcups.

4. Those stick things that dog walkers use to pick up tennis balls with and then use them throw for the dog to fetch. Fair enough for old people who're frail and can't bend over, but I've only ever seen young people use them. You already have one, it's called your arm.

Is there anything else to add to the list?

This thread would be one. All the above items have a use so I would have to say definitely this thread!

phasers · 07-10-2011 02:59PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Unless you're arthritic or elderly and looking around at some flabby folks walking dogs maybe a bit of exercise and bending is a good thing. Plus if you wrench your shoulder throwing a ball for a dog you're likely too delicate to live.

Fine, then I don't want to touch a ball covered in drool. That reason enough for you?

Although I do have a fcuked up shoulder, mild arthritis and a bad back

Logical Fallacy · 07-10-2011 03:01PM

The only thing i can take from the OP is that they can't use a toaster.

Laces must be a massive issue.

joshrogan · 07-10-2011 03:14PM

Why waste money on a phone when smoke signals are cheaper and a lot less hassle free to send a message.

Pointlessly specific everyday items.

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