Things that are not all they're cracked up to be

[Barbirollians]

The operas of Handel.

[MrGongGong]

Almost any "-ism"?...

almost

[greenilex]

Re the "Donau so blau" thing, Viennese gemutlichkeit is eminently mock worthy and they enjoy laughing at themselves...like another sad nation I could mention.

[Flay]

Public loos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36405414

(Except in Rothesay )

[mangerton]

Public loos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36405414

(Except in Rothesay )

I think for Rothesay you might mean this.

[MrGongGong]

I think for Rothesay you might mean this.

Or these?

[jean]

Those aren't in Rothesay!

[Flay]

I think for Rothesay you might mean this.

Indeed

Clearly my copying and pasting isn't all it's cracked up to be...

[greenilex]

(Still banging on about rivers)
Sweet Thames was fairly ironical in Spenser's time and since.

[MrGongGong]

Those aren't in Rothesay!

Indeed not, but they are what the are cracked up to be

[ahinton]

Indeed not, but they are what the are cracked up to be

Can't see any cracks in them meself (should've gone to Specsavers?)...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Tumble Driers
Dishwashers
Electric Shavers

[Nick Armstrong]

Barbecues

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Barbecues

[ahinton]

Tumble Driers
Dishwashers
Electric Shavers

Why? What's wrong with any of these? (provided that they all function very well and the first two use as little energy as possible - and there are quite a few today that are reasonably economical to run).