Who doesn't use tea towels?!

Quote from: njee20 on June 06, 2017, 11:52:55 AM
Who doesn't use tea towels?!

Me

People who don't drink tea.... 

George Foreman grill,
Both my sisters and daughters in law bought them at what I guess was the peak of the "craze/hype".
Far as I know, they are now loft ballast.

Apparently, and I have this on good authority, tea towels are NOT to be used for the following tasks:

Cleaning down work surfaces in the kitchen

Wiping dead fly squash from windows

Drying hands after supposedly washing them after tinkering with "oily things"

Cleaning car windscreens

Wiping dip sticks clean

Wiping sweat from brows - and other places - after mowing the lawn, digging the garden, DIY tasks, etc....

They are not handkerchiefs.

And, quite oddly, not for wiping up spilt tea.


That last one confuses me, for apparently it's not "all in the name" as I suggested.

No, seemingly, and heretofore unknown by yours truly, it's why the Supreme Being invented Kitchen Towel (which is in itself a can of worms cos it's not a towel, it's a sheet of paper.) for ALL the above mentioned tasks, and more besides no doubt.

You live and learn.

I had the following which I've never used

Pasta maker
Strawberry growing pot
Fondue set
Chinese warming plate - (2 candle power - Wow..)
corn on the cob forks
Fish knives - why are fish so special??

Mostly unwanted Xmas presents. I tell my family not to buy me Xmas presents, just send a card - its the thought that counts. Do they take any notice? Noooo.

Quote from: RailGooner on June 06, 2017, 10:59:57 AM
Yes, we use tea-towels - because we can't afford a Bosch dishwasher - and we misuse them as oven-gloves. And we have a dustpan & brush in addition to 2 Dsyons, a Henry, and a Bosch. Downstairs we have wooden floors throughout, so I'd like one day to replace the mop & bucket with a robot mop.

Tea towels rule chez moi. I traded in my Kirby for a Dyson when I moved here as I have laminate flooring throughout (there is no upstairs) and the Kirby was virtually sucking the laminate flooring off the floor Mind you, it was an unmanageable bugger owing to its weight and I find the Dyson ball vacuum (note please - not to be used on any sort of ball) not much better as the flexible hose is not really long enough so the whole thing needs lifting to get the cobwebs off the ceiling.
I have a basic 800W microwave but am still convinced it is affecting my brain cell in ways I shouldn't like My Dad always stood well back as he thought microwaves affected gentlemens' nether regions but since my ex forced me at gunpoint to have a certain operation it wouldn't bother me if they did have that affect.
I have a mobile that makes calls/texts/alarms and that's it. Everything else about mobiles I intensely dislike and am actually quite glad there is no reception on any network where I live.
Dishwashers and tumble dryers are the devils work and probably belong in the same category as Zafiras. Heck, what does a single old fart lad want with such things anyway?
The thought of washing snotty handkerchieves(?) makes me cringe so I have never used them in my life and cart travel packs of tissues around instead.

Can't get on with tissues for snotty nose, one good blow and you get slimy fingers. Always carry 3 handkerchiefs, 2 for the nose, ((in case one gets overloaded) 1 for wiping eyes, mouth etc

Quote from: austinbob on June 06, 2017, 12:17:02 PM
Fish knives - why are fish so special??

Have you ever tried to cut your food with a normal knife when all you have for moveable appendages are fins?

Quote from: Tom U on June 06, 2017, 12:07:15 PM
George Foreman grill,
Both my sisters and daughters in law bought them at what I guess was the peak of the "craze/hype".
Far as I know, they are now loft ballast.

I used to associate those with a manically grinning banjo player.

Quote from: railsquid on June 06, 2017, 03:44:57 PM

Quote from: austinbob on June 06, 2017, 12:17:02 PM
Fish knives - why are fish so special??

Have you ever tried to cut your food with a normal knife when all you have for moveable appendages are fins?

Never thought of that Guv....

Quote from: railsquid on June 06, 2017, 03:47:52 PM

Quote from: Tom U on June 06, 2017, 12:07:15 PM
George Foreman grill,
Both my sisters and daughters in law bought them at what I guess was the peak of the "craze/hype".
Far as I know, they are now loft ballast.

I used to associate those with a manically grinning banjo player.

Is that the same bloke what had a sideline leaning on lampposts and cleaning wind-ers?

Turned out nice again!

Dave G

Nah that were George Formby




Or if you're real desperate for a Formby fix there's about 80 tracks here (free downloads)

https://archive.org/details/GeorgeFormbyTommyHandleyHappyDays/George+Formby+-+A+Lancashire+Romeo+1939.mp3

Oh, they're gonna love me at work tomorrow.

In memory of all those electrical and other devices we poor punters bought in moments of madness and then binned, put in the back of a cupboard, or just gave away:

From a CNBC website, re that George Foreman Grill:

QuoteAdd that to what he made before, and what he made after — Salton subsequently paid him at least $11 million more to make TV appearances — and Foreman might have pulled in close to $200 million from a deal he wasn't that interested in to begin with. In the end, over 100 million grills were sold.