I have seen some useless pointless shite on the White Co website in my time but this really takes the prize

[hatwoman]

this has tipped me over the edge. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Whilst I can't deny liking nice things I have become increasingly fed up with it all and I feel I have had it with all this farking aspirational-have-a-perfect-(off-the-shelf)-house-and-you-will-have-a-perfect-life shite. I rang them up and asked them to stop delivering their poisonous catalogue to me. (in my defence, I have no memory of asking them to deliver it in the first place). and I didn;t actually call it poisonous. And I did John Lewis too.

I feel a bit conflicted. I know I'll never totally stop caring about fashion, design, and the like but god I wish I could. And I'm resolved to try. harder.

Exactly, more to wipe, more 'stuff' for hair, dust, toenail clippings to collect under, and it really is not very functional is it? Or is it and am I missing something?

Madness. But not as bad as all the people who move into new houses and pull out the kicthen and put in another kitchen. Thsi country is in the grip of kitchen replacement madness - and all down to those crapulous property shows..

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It strikes me as very OCD to worry about your bottles straying from one another...

rofl hatwoman

(I agree that is vile beyond belief)

Excellent made me LOL. What a load of shite. Do people women really not have another pair of shoes they could buy with the cash they would save??

"This stylish, simple design will suit all bathrooms as well as kitchens. Position the Bottle Arch next to any hand basin."

lol as a copywriter I can tell you that was a struggle

I was wondering what on earth it does too. does it go verticaly, horizontal, attach to something or what? A butler fgs?

If I'd seen the link and not this thread I would seriously be wondering where to stick it

Some people have more money than sense. It's just another thing to get all gunky and need to be cleaned. But then if you can afford to spend £75 on a bit of useless coloured glass you're not likely to be doing the cleaning yourself I guess.

But why not have one for the kitchen which could join all your bottles and jars together (ketchup, caviare, foie gras etc etc) and then none of them would run away? I don't think they have really exploited the possibilities here.
I asked White co to stop sending me their crap when they sent me some email which showed a little girl playing hosuewife and a little boy being a doctor or something similarly 1950s

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lol at this!

I hate wanky aspirational stuff. Aspiring to what, exactly? Being an arse? !

it is to fulfil one's anal tendencies, lennygrrl.

Personally, I wonder how the human race has survived thus far without these items...

Imagine going into Dragon's Den with this idea. They'da been thrown out on their ear...Unless they've already been on?????!!!

God hatwoman, I'm sorry as you sound genuinely aggrieved but this has really made me laugh. I can't believe it. I really can't. People have not noticed that if you stand a bottle of washing gunk next to your basin, it actually does stay there by itself? Some people will buy anything.

Still, it's good to be in the mindset of always asking yourself if you need stuff and avoiding pointless tat and waste. Stuff like this plays an important role in waking us all up.

Enid that line jumped out at me too.

"Position the Bottle Arch next to any hand basin. You moron."

Oh and re your OP, I struggle with this too but I've come to the conclusion there is nothing wrong with really good design. We do need clothes and various other everyday items. So we need to search for and pay for things that we love, that are well-designed, well-made, beautiful and useful. Because that is the stuff we will wear/use for longest, and in the long run that cuts down on waste - especially if you buy second-hand when possible too.

I think it shows people who buy this kind of thing are actually mad as they seem to think bottles have to be contained to stop them marauding round the bathroom at night and messing up the sanitary ware.
The £75 probably covers the first trip to the psychiatrist and is part of the guarantee.

If I had £75 spare and the best thing I could find to spend it on was this I would give said £75 to charity.

yes, but what exactly ARE they. can the bottle not stand up on its own ,

Doesn't matter what they do. People pay £75 for something that probably costs 75p to make = profit for MB.

LOL at Enid. Ditto!

This has really cheered me up.

Can you imagine the poor Chinese peasants packing these into boxes and saying "what the hell IS this?"

I LOVE IT when a glossy mag runs a big bargain section. Red did it once before they got all poncey and had 10 adverts for Lancome, Chanel and Mulberry before you get to the index.

Chic and stylish is what we want not poncey and pointless.

ARE YOU LISTENING CONDE NAST???????

I suppose Primark dont pay that much in advertising do they?

Bannatyne: (furrows brow) "Ye're actually going tae market this?"

Inventor: "Oh, yes."

Bannatyne: "It's a bent piece o'plastic. Ah cud knock that up in mah garage in five minutes."

Inventor: "But it's aspirational. It's lifestyle."

Bannatyne: "Well, it ain't my lifestyle, chum. I'm oot."

Theo: (gimlet stare) "Sebastian, let me tell you where I am. I think this. Is. Rid - ic - u lous. People. Will not. Buy this. What's the retail value?"

Inventor: "Eight pounds."

Theo: "Eight pounds? Eight pounds? Let me tell you, I wouldn't pay eight pence for this. I'm out."

Deborah (patronising smile, hand-chopping motion) "Sebastian, let me tell you where I am. You have seriously over-estimated the market for this. It's just a bent piece of plastic." (Shakes head, leans back.) "I'm out."

Well, there's a customer for this 'butler' in our house. Dd was looking over my shoulder when I clicked on the link. 'Cool!' she exclaims, 'I want one!' 'Why?' I ask, 'It's pointless.' 'That's why I want one,' says she 'It's completely useless!' Am slightly concerned about the dd I'm raising.....

hahahahahahaha
a bottle arch
oh my god

it is the flouncy flamenco-dress wearing loo roll dolly of the noughties

christ alive