stupid things you buy

[omega]

now today i went to aldi and everytime i go there i ofton buy something i dont really need [eg tools, household stuff] that i think might be usefull!.but today i have excelled myself and bought a ..............kettle!.now its not a nice shinney new one for the kitchen its a £3.99 whistleing camping kettle
now i dont go camping[as i like my comforts],dont have a camping stove,dont even have a gas cooker at home.
so i have no use for it cant even see me useing it and havnt got a clue where iam going to put it[the mrs did suggest a place]
so anyone else done anything daft like this?

[FarmerPug]

I went into a new hardware shop a few months back i was just having a look around, i ended up leaving with a hook and pick set priced at £5, i used it once to pull wire through a gap and thats been it.

[steve_earwig]

That does sound a bit pointless really What on earth possessed you? My dad calls things like that "U.B.s" - "unresistable bargains" which he got from his mum due to his dad returning home with some useless tat but at bargain prices These days my dad uses it to refer to all the junk he ends up buying at auction because there was something in the lot he wanted.

I have a whistling kettle, then again I like camping and I have a gas cooker

I must admit I'm pretty good at buying stuff that either turns out to be not as useful as I thought, not as good as it looked or just plain white elephants. I always wanted to get a borascope because of all the times I thought to myself that one would be useful. I got it about 6 months back and have so far... taken a picture of my teeth with it

[lozz]

The kettles are are handy if your traveling,
just pull up and make abrew, saves money. at some Motorway places 2 quid plus for a brew and its like cat p*ss

[waue1978]

so anyone else done anything daft like this?

About as close as I get is when I go shopping & spot something that the little man will love (like the giant Pooh & Tigger that were £10 each), but the Mrs does it on a daily basis.

Her excuse is that she doesn't like to leave a shop without buying something as she worries that people will think she's shoplifting.

[omega]

steve
i think the reason i bought it was
1 it looked cute
2 when did you last here a whistleing kettle? i think the last time for me was when my old gran had one which has to be 30 years ago.

[FarmerPug]

another stupid thing i bought recently was a haynes manual for a renault 25 it was only 99p plus £1 for postage and in almost new condition but its for a 25.
About your boroscope would it be any good at looking inside birds nests or them wee holes in the garden where the weasels/moles go, it would be fascinating to see inside.

[steve_earwig]

Possibly, it's not got anything to steer it (they're mega-expensivo), it's just a case of bending the thing & poking it in there. Hey, it was something like 25 quid from ebay

This looks like it: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-Handheld- ... 35b6c9971d but I'm sure I didn't pay that much for it

steve
i think the reason i bought it was
1 it looked cute
2 when did you last here a whistleing kettle? i think the last time for me was when my old gran had one which has to be 30 years ago.

Err, the last time I heard one was the last time I was at my house, there was a power cut & I wanted a cup o coffee

You could always pull the whistle off & blow through it

[Bailes1992]

Went to pets at home yesterday for a browse.
I was planning to go to the reptile store after and buy a Common Musk Turtle... I came out with two Robo Drawf Hamsters

[lozz]

Im banned from pets at home,

[Bailes1992]

Im banned from pets at home,

Did the animals not feel the same way?

[lozz]

Im banned from pets at home,

Did the animals not feel the same way?

ask them wich rabbit runs the fastest,
see if you get shown the door

[FarmerPug]

A few years back i went to the car boot sale to get some hens
I got two different breeds of what i thought to be young hens, a few months later there was no eggs, and they started to crow

[lozz]

bet the neighbours love you.

we had one running loose, noisey fecking thing,
not heard it for a while tho, most probs someones killed it off,.

[scotty73]

Wish i had a whistling kettle this morning while packing my tent up it was a pain in the arse the mrs waiting for the fecking thing to look boilt while i'm holding the fecking tent when the wind suddenly picks up... I almost went on a parachute ride.

Thats a decent price for the kettle want to swap for a gas stove?