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Inventions that may be utter bollocks...

60 replies

Arlanymor · 19/10/2025 18:49

... Salad spinners - I mean, why? Wash your leaves, blot them. Why the need to take them on a 60-second merry-go-round?

Am I missing something? Are there other examples?

OP posts:
Cornflakegirl7 · 19/10/2025 19:23

Talltreesbythelake · 19/10/2025 18:57

That spiky contraption for sticking 4 jacket spuds on. Only useful for impaling a finger when rummaging in the drawer and usually forgotten.

And there's always a hard, uncooked bit of spud where the spike has stuck in it.

AlloaintheMiddle · 19/10/2025 19:10

I love my salad spinner! No more watery vinaigrette.

My most useless tool is an egg à la coque top cutter. Never used it, never eat à la coque eggs, but at the time it sounded like a great purchase.

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 19/10/2025 19:08

I remember the Innovations Catalogue was a thing for a while and as interesting to me to flick through, as the Ikea and Argos catalogues 😁

Wonderknicks · 19/10/2025 19:07

Love my salad spinner. I don't have a toast rack but they do stop the toast getting soggy. I prop mine up to let the steam out.

Garamousalata · 19/10/2025 19:05

Rice cooker. Utterly pointless as you can cook rice perfectly well in a pan on the hob. I’ll get my coat…..

MargaretThursday · 19/10/2025 19:03

You can use salad spinner to help dry small items like tea towels too. My granny did - no tumble driers back then.

autienotnaughty · 19/10/2025 19:03

Toast rack - put it on the plate!

PevenseygirlQQ · 19/10/2025 19:02

Recorders, especially when children (mine) can’t play them and won’t stop playing them, usually leaving an adult (me) with a massive headache

Talltreesbythelake · 19/10/2025 18:57

That spiky contraption for sticking 4 jacket spuds on. Only useful for impaling a finger when rummaging in the drawer and usually forgotten.

squashyhat · 19/10/2025 18:53

I can never get lettuce dry enough with the swinging-a-teatowel-round-your-head method. My trusty salad spinner is an essential piece of kitchen equipment.

A mandolin might qualify (I'm terrified of mine).