What are the items you refuse to own on principle?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[gurnemanz]

Anything electrical branded ‘Dyson’

I even boycott him in public washrooms.

[Serial_Apologist]

No imp pediment!

[Serial_Apologist]

I even boycott him in public washrooms.

My bathroom hand basin and toilet are both dedicated to John Coltrane - each having the word "Impressions" imprinted thereon. Out of respect, I always take great care when aiming...

[cloughie]

I even boycott him in public washrooms.

Don’t want to be Dyson with anything like that!

[MrGongGong]

My bathroom hand basin and toilet are both dedicated to John Coltrane - each having the word "Impressions" imprinted thereon. Out of respect, I always take great care when aiming...

or?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Anything electrical branded ‘Dyson’

Indeed!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

My bathroom hand basin and toilet are both dedicated to John Coltrane

I call mine "Dion" - each time I use them it's pour Celine.

[pastoralguy]

or?

Fantastic!

[Serial_Apologist]

or?

[Old Grumpy]

The grates in some of the urinals at SageGateshead bear an uncanny resemblance to the old British Leyland symbol.



Coincidence - I think not

[Richard Barrett]

or?

Where there's muck there's brass, as I believe some folks say.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Where there's muck there's brass, as I believe some folks say.

Cornet a piston.

[MrGongGong]

Cornet a piston.

Or a "pea shooter" as some horn players might remember?

[ardcarp]

Yacht.

I wouldn't want a yacht.

Those of us who like sailing (my own boat is an elderly and worth-not-a-lot sloop) find it a bit galling when the possession of a 'yacht' is used to suggest someone has unbounded wealth. The word can mean anything from a ship (of the sort the very late Robert Maxwell owned) to a small elderly boat like mine. In case anyone's interested, mine's worth less than the average family car.

Going back to the thread subject, I hate with a passion huge Chelsea Tractoes, SUVs.....call them what you will...gas-guzzling 4-wheel-drive monsters. They appear to turn their drivers (apologies to Forumistas who have one!) into monsters too.