Things that DON'T do what they say on the Tin

AlexC

Neill said:

AlexC said:

Neill said:

At the risk of stating the bleedin' obvious, Boris Johnson should be top of this list.

Eh? He's a complete 'what you see is what you get' thing. A misogynistic, egotistical Etonian who promised to railroad Brexit along come hell or high water. And that's what he's done and who is. That's what the majority of people voted for.

A few examples of why he is most definitely the opposite of wysiwyg.

He promised to get Brexit done "do or die" by the 31st of October - he didn't.

He promised not to prorogue parliament, he did.

He promised to build 40 new hospitals during the life of this government - he won't.

He promised to "lie down in front of the bulldozers" to stop the Heathrow airport expansion - you get the general idea with this....

I could, sadly, go on, and on.  The man is a liar, a charlatan, a fraud.  He conned the British public to vote to leave Europe, there's no doubt about that.  How many of those coastal fishing towns would have voted for Brexit if they had known what an insipid deal they were going to get?  After being told that they would be "taking back control" of our fishing grounds.

Yes - but do you think he's doing a good job?

equalsql

Cilite Bang. Firstly it doesn't bang and as a cleaner it's bloody useless.

alalalkasar

Teetonetal said:

Those high frequency emitting cat scarers. Our neighbors cats would just ignore it. I am sure they managed to find a test cat somewhere where it works.

My cat seems to really like the one my neighbors got, she likes to sit next to it on a sunny afternoon.

HAL9000

The Chuckle Brothers
Any country with the word ‘Democratic’ in its name
Military Intelligence 

Neill

AlexC said:

Neill said:

AlexC said:

Neill said:

At the risk of stating the bleedin' obvious, Boris Johnson should be top of this list.

Eh? He's a complete 'what you see is what you get' thing. A misogynistic, egotistical Etonian who promised to railroad Brexit along come hell or high water. And that's what he's done and who is. That's what the majority of people voted for.

A few examples of why he is most definitely the opposite of wysiwyg.

He promised to get Brexit done "do or die" by the 31st of October - he didn't.

He promised not to prorogue parliament, he did.

He promised to build 40 new hospitals during the life of this government - he won't.

He promised to "lie down in front of the bulldozers" to stop the Heathrow airport expansion - you get the general idea with this....

I could, sadly, go on, and on.  The man is a liar, a charlatan, a fraud.  He conned the British public to vote to leave Europe, there's no doubt about that.  How many of those coastal fishing towns would have voted for Brexit if they had known what an insipid deal they were going to get?  After being told that they would be "taking back control" of our fishing grounds.

Yes - but do you think he's doing a good job?

Ha ha, according to his personal approval ratings, bizarrely, an awful lot of folk think so.  

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Dominic

We can safely take it that you don't like Boris Johnson then.........

Teyeplayer

Neill said:

He promised to get Brexit done "do or die" by the 31st of October - he didn't.

Just to clarify, was it the not getting Brexit ‘done’ or the fact that he didn’t ‘die’ that bothered you most?

Kittyfrisk

Meanwhile, back on topic 
Swedish delicacy  'Surströmming'.

Fermented rotten herring...

Axe_meister

A telecaster. It's been sitting next to the TV for years not once has it tries to cast the TV across the room

AlexC

Non stick rice.
Most non stick pans.
Non stick rice cooked in a non stick pan. 

It’s usually all sticky.

Tannin

80/20 "bronze" acoustic strings. They are 80% copper and 20% zinc. Any alloy of copper and zinc is brass. Every time. All day long. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin, not zinc. See any chemistry textbook.

(Phosphor bronze stings, however, are exactly what it says on the tin.)

guitargeek62

Winny_Pooh said:

Finding a decent can opener

Magican. Thank me later

mart

LastMantra said:

... outdoor wood preserver, ...

This. I painted it on but I went droopy the minute I stepped outside. The girlfriend was not impressed.

DiscoStu

Nitromors paint stripper. As effective as a wet wipe.

Dominic

^ because all the Euro legislation caused the ferocious elements to be removed HOWEVER ......run a hair dryer over the Nitromors area for a bit.........some heat activates it and gives it back some balls 

breakstuff

Clumping cat litter. IF you're lucky, every tenth bag you buy will do something vaguely associated with the word clumping, but the other nine, not a chance.

Headphones

Fender.

Doesn't keep my ships from bumping the docks...

DB1

Anything that says ‘easy to assemble’. Well, not for me, it won’t be. Maybe a 2 piece jigsaw, but I wouldn’t be confident.

Kilgore

"serves one" - Not a chance little more than a starter.

"serves two" - Nope, serves one and I'm still peckish.

"family size" - Nope, serves two at a stretch. 

Dominic

DB1 said:

Anything that says ‘easy to assemble’. Well, not for me, it won’t be. Maybe a 2 piece jigsaw, but I wouldn’t be confident.

In the days when MFI Furniture was a thing they had a slogan ...."So simple a 10 year old could assemble it "
After struggling with a simple wardrobe in my first flat I phoned them and asked if they could send a 10 year old around please !