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to not know

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StatelyPoshBeartrothal · 03/05/2011 22:54

what a widget is?

Is it something they put in cans of beer?
To my mind it should be any small thing which doesn't really have a purpose - wind up false teeth on legs, newton's cradles, etc etc.

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deemented · 03/05/2011 22:57

A widget is indeed in a can of beer, and does have a purpose - it regulates the flows so a good head develops.

Apparently.

RockStockandTwoOpenBottles · 03/05/2011 22:57

I think it's the thing in beers like Guinness and Boddingtons to give it the appearance of 'proper pulled pint' sort of stuff. However, I think your ideas are better. So I guess YANBU!

strandedbear · 03/05/2011 22:58

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StatelyPoshBeartrothal · 03/05/2011 22:58

I only knew that from the John Smith's (??) adverts

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StatelyPoshBeartrothal · 03/05/2011 22:58

ahhh thank you strandedbear
that might explain why I keep hearing it

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RockStockandTwoOpenBottles · 03/05/2011 22:59

and a good head! I was trying to be all demure like....

deemented · 03/05/2011 23:03

Oh now you've got me...

'It's got a widget. A widget it has got. It's got a widget. A widget it has got'

Thanks.

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StatelyPoshBeartrothal · 03/05/2011 23:04

that was Jack Dee, wasn;t it dee? Very apt
Wonder what happened to him - not seen him for decades

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WidowWadman · 03/05/2011 23:21

Isn't it just a name for a manufactured device in case study examples about fictional companies?

TastesLikePanda · 03/05/2011 23:24

Have I made this up or was Jack Dee dressed like a ladybird in one of those adverts?

wotnochocs · 03/05/2011 23:53

A willy!

TastesLikePanda · 03/05/2011 23:59
startail · 04/05/2011 00:06

Widget, small technical thinger-me-bob which DH will buy off EBay, put somewhere safe and blame long suffering DW for loosing Grin

lettinggo · 04/05/2011 00:08

I did some sort of a project, in some way business related, when I was in college about widgets. Still don't know what they are though, sorry!

startail · 04/05/2011 00:12

Widget a definition

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