Items the advertisers try to convince us are essential

FatVonD

rosie383 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I have really been seen coming. I've got about half a dozen of those!!!!!

The kids say thank you for their mountain bikes, we could never have done it without you

rosie383

pigpen wrote: »

"Loo roll I could manage without... puss puss puss... I have 6 .. self-cleaning bum wipes!! "

Okay, i admit it...... I'm lost. You wipe your bum on the cats???????

And Von? You are very welcome. I use your products at least 20 times a day and have recommended them to all my friends:cool:

Beccatje

rosie383 wrote: »

Another brilliant one from the David Walliams programme was a doggy poo bag.
And we are not talking about one you use with a poop scoop. Oh no..... this one was designed to be tied around the dog's bottom so that the poo just fell right into it :eek:. Tie it on before going for walkies, and hey presto... no messy poo to clean up:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

ROTFLMAO!!!!
I don't think my dog would like me very much if I did that to him!!...

AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Can you imagine a huge, proud, blue eyed Husky dog walking around with a poo bag attached to his hiney?....
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

pigpen

rosie383 wrote: »

"Loo roll I could manage without... puss puss puss... I have 6 .. self-cleaning bum wipes!! "

Okay, i admit it...... I'm lost. You wipe your bum on the cats???????

And Von? You are very welcome. I use your products at least 20 times a day and have recommended them to all my friends:cool:

LOL... hey.. softer than Andrex ... lol

LameWolf

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: OMG!!! What a brilliant thread! I always tape anything we want to watch, in order to fast-forward through the ads - I now wonder if I'm missing out on some top-rate entertainment by doing this!:rotfl:

Loving the idea of the tie-on-the-bum doggy poo-bags - I'm a host for a dog-sitting service, and just wonder what some of my canine guests would make of it if I tried to get them to wear one of those.:rotfl:

Introuble28

I always used plug in air freshners and lately my migraine's had been getting worse.
I unplugged all of these and the difference was instant! No more constant migraine!
I suppose when you think about it, they must pump loads of chemicals into your home.

I second all the comments about pricy loo roll too. A good idea is to use a baby wipe before you use the normal loo roll and you use a fraction of the amount! Thats what I do anyway and we get through very little loo roll!

vivw_2

Looking around the house I see so much that is not essential..... a few days in a caravan really highlights how much we have around us that we could do with out. But as someone pointed out that, there so much that is not essential but makes our life easier ... the washing machine, the vaccuum cleaner.
What is essential to one person is a piece of useless 'junk' to another. When we moved in to this house ten years ago my OH persuaded me to get a dishwasher ...I hated it and got rid of it as soon as I could and yet when speaking about this at work, few could understand my hatred of dishwashers and some believed they were essential items of kitchen equipment.
What is the most ridiculous item you have been persuaded to buy? For me not only the dishwasher but also a food dehydrator - it sat in the cupboard for months before being freecycled and now I have a le saucier which just sits there, never used, on the work surface

ceridwen

I'd agree on the dishwasher - never had one/dont want one. I had a microwave - but got rid of it.

I DO like my dehydrator though - and had to swop the cheapie model I bought years ago for THE recommended one and have just been using it again at the weekend.

darwins_mum

ceridwen wrote: »

I'd agree on the dishwasher - never had one/dont want one. I had a microwave - but got rid of it.

I DO like my dehydrator though - and had to swop the cheapie model I bought years ago for THE recommended one and have just been using it again at the weekend.

The dishwasher went years ago, a totally pointless purchase!
What on earth is a food dehydrator?

VJsmum

Chipps wrote: »

I think the advert for a useless product that annoyed me the most was the one with a small child sitting on the loo who complains about the smell - because the air freshener thing isn't working. And I think there was another similar ad where someone's house (theirs or friends? can't remember) was criticised because there was no air freshener in the loo to cover up the reason for having a toilet in the first place.....

The best cure for smells in your loo is a box of matches (out of reach of children obviously). Strike a match and burn off the sulphur.

charlies-aunt wrote: »

Would agree with the posts on air fresheners, quilted loo rool, anti-bacterial washing up liquid, ice cubes.

Have to admit to occasionally buying ice cubes - they are quite cheap and it would take ages to make so many

Sassers wrote: »

I really laughed when I read this - it's so true. I have a £1000 Mulberry handbag that's a ugly as sin, is under the bed and I kick it everytime I go to bed. I hate it and was given it by an ex, who should have known better. All his male friends had brought their girlfriends purses so he thought he'd buy me this huge 'kin ugly, unwearable `thing' to show off and make his mates feel inferior and so their other-halves would give them an earole bashing.
.It's honestly 10 on the fuggly scale - oh, so is the bag.

LOL as others have said - flog it.

I own up to a couple of things - i do buy an expensive face serum. I got a sample of one in the post and liked it so bought the product. Then i used an aldi cheaper version for a while, but then an expensive one was on offer so I bought it and people have commented on how much improved my skin was and what was the secret?

The other confession is that i have given up buying clothes in supermarkets but now buy more expensive but less of (not designer stuff). I still believe in the long run this will save money.