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Old 29-06-2016, 11:32
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Just like a kitchen gadget we bought but rarely used, for entertainment or intrigue, housemate Alex shows about as much promise as a spent SodaStream gas canister.

So … he should be re-purposed, recycled, re-imagined … as a useful domestic appliance.

How would you upcycle Alex Cannon?

As a door stop?

Perhaps as a draught excluder?

Maybe as a vocal “Bring your washing in” rain alert system?

Or would you re-purpose Alex as a modest, but functional, ecliptic sun tracking solar clock?

How could such an inert, non-demonstrative object of inertia be transformed into a useful or worthwhile piece of domestic hardware?

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Old 29-06-2016, 12:21
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a silent intruder alarm?
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Old 29-06-2016, 12:29
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A silent film.
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Old 29-06-2016, 21:12
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A washing line?
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Old 29-06-2016, 21:17
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He could stand in a stately home kitchen, naked, and be a bespoke sort of mangle.

Both use and ornament.
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Old 29-06-2016, 21:21
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I suppose he could be one of those whirly ones.

He could stand in the garden, naked, with his arms out, draped with washing items and spin around in an amusing way.
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Old 29-06-2016, 21:29
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He could be a sort of food processor.

He could stand in a kitchen, naked, with a big cocktail shaker, and be there to shake things.

That would be useful and again, amusing, especially when he's doing his thing.
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Old 29-06-2016, 22:23
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Ha ha. Great ideas.
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Old 29-06-2016, 22:23
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Garden gnome??
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Old 30-06-2016, 00:22
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He could stand in a stately home kitchen, naked,
He could stand in the garden, naked
He could stand in a kitchen, naked
I see a pattern here
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Old 30-06-2016, 00:24
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I see a pattern here
It's because it is FUNNIER to imagine him doing these things all naked and jiggly.
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Old 30-06-2016, 00:26
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A silent fart.
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Old 30-06-2016, 00:26
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Naked, in different amusing positions: fishing, looking surprised, smoking a pipe, foot on a shovel etc.
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Old 30-06-2016, 00:26
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Post bloody APPEAR
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Old 30-06-2016, 00:27
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He could do that in interpretative dance.
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Old 30-06-2016, 00:34
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I'm not sure he is that useful. Probably best left in an old attic to gather dust.
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Old 30-06-2016, 00:37
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A under the radar detector.
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Old 30-06-2016, 00:37
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I'm not sure he is that useful. Probably best left in an old attic to gather dust.
You could always shove him in a specially adapted suit of armour and use him as a multipurpose tin/bottle/jar opener.
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Old 30-06-2016, 00:37
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When I read the thread title I thought "domestic hardware" was a euphemism for a sex toy.
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Old 30-06-2016, 00:38
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When I read the thread title I thought "domestic hardware" was a euphemism for a sex toy.
How very dare you
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Old 30-06-2016, 09:08
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Whatever appliance he was, I'm sure I'd end up returning him to Argos because he didn't work properly.
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Old 30-06-2016, 09:12
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A drip tray for those pesky hot fat splashes.
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Old 30-06-2016, 09:40
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I would use him as a bed warmer
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Old 30-06-2016, 12:10
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I would use him as a bed warmer
Filth!
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