My can-opener, which I bought at Countdown around six years ago, no longer works, as I discovered this evening while attempting to open a can of tomatoes.
I’m sorry that I took it for granted all this time. It did a good job until tonight.
My can-opener, which I bought at Countdown around six years ago, no longer works, as I discovered this evening while attempting to open a can of tomatoes.
I’m sorry that I took it for granted all this time. It did a good job until tonight.
February 9, 2008 at 1:56 pm
More details please!
Is it too blunt to make the puncture? Does it not grip and turn the can? In what way does it not work? Was this a gradual decline into nonworkingness or a sudden catastrophe?
February 9, 2008 at 6:12 pm
The blade has moved out away from the necessary angle, revealing rust behind it. As a result, it neither grips nor turns the can, and is seemingly too blunt to do so. This gives the appearance of being as a result of a gradual decline, but occurred as a sudden catastrophe. I blame the ontological changes that sometimes occur as a result of being washed in the dishwasher.
When I stocked my house full of kitchen devices upon first occupation, they all came from Countdown or the Warehouse. This can opener was perhaps the last of these to cease operation. Therein lies the completion of my journey from post-student economising to middle-class consumerism (not to mention three years approaching then the same passing over the bump of thirty).
February 10, 2008 at 1:15 am
This probably sounds self serving but I still get a buzz from typing http://www.harvestbird.com , rather than the error page I am used to ( for a variety of reasons I am reluctant to bookmark sites I go to often)
February 10, 2008 at 1:19 am
also this post has inspired me towards possibly the worst valentines present ever ( the original reason for the above post but got distracted by shiny) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_opener, unless http://www.nood.co.nz/ do something nice
February 10, 2008 at 8:23 am
… you are going to give me the gift of starting the Wikipedia page on can openers? As for nood, who knows? The greatest risk for a can opener from them would be that I would simply sit and contemplate it, and various puddings would remain trapped forever.
February 10, 2008 at 8:43 am
As for the domain name—I also have been typing it in, despite having the wordpress site bookmarked, which is a different kind of self service
February 10, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Someone (else – of course!) should probably tell nood (no frigg’n captials!!!) that the title of the front page of their site is ‘Untitled’ (Wohoo! Capitals!) which means that is what comes up when you bookmark them (speaking of bookmarking).
February 10, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Really? A shame to spend money on all that fancification and then drop the ball with their HTML.
Something should be done [by someone else? Of course!]
Still, it won’t stop me pressing my face against the glass of their beautiful shop.