My dishwasher has ceased to wash dishes to a satisfactory standard. I have therefore ordered a new

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

machine to replace it. The service appears satisfactory, as the device will be delivered tomorrow morning; however, I have had to accept a telephone call from a ghastly Mancunian attempting to sell me some sort of warranty or insurance policy for the blasted thing. The chap wasn't easily dissuaded and I was almost forced to be rude in the end.

Why must everything be so stressful?

[Rich]

opted for?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

This was the most expensive I could find, thus guaranteeing quality.

[Berni]

not be able to sell it to you for some unspecified reason, or that it will definitely blow up and kill your family and it will be all your fault.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

"I'll throw it away and buy a new one. If that's any of your business."

I felt like I had to explain myself.

[Berni]

[Ashberto]

and that the extra few hundred I'm paying is for reliability. Hence, buying an extended warranty is a riskier gamble that not buying it.

[The JBear]

[7evens]

Reminds me when I used to live there and called out the local service engineer to give the Hotpoint a once over.
The chap just gave a rather quizzical look, laughed and told me to junk it and get a proper machine.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Perhaps the Miele will last longer.

[Mc Gooner]

http://www.inbrief.co.uk/consumer-law/warranties.htm

[Berni]

Also, your dishwasher stacking skills are...well...a leeeeetle beeet short. Can I say that?

[The JBear]

[Mack]

http://www.portabday.com/UseInstructions.htm

Wtf!

[The JBear]

[Rich]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

More feral, really.

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

Any gone missing recently?

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

The photographing of one's genitalia seems to me a bad business; furthermore, I have little time for this Botham chap, what with him being a) a cricketer and b) a bearded fat northerner.

There is simply nothing in this story to pique my interest :-(

Will you be playing-along-a-university-challenge later? Last week we got 130 points.

[Berni]

I usually sneer at the young swots for their ignorance of things I know about and then discount the maths and science questions on the grounds that they're silly and no normal person would ever know such things.

Regarding the sending of pics of yourself, I had a friend who spent 9 months in Sydney away from his gf. As a result, he and his lady would send pics of themselves to one another. The problem, he felt, was that whileladies can send you all sorts of pics of them looking sexy, the only response a chap has is to send a picture of his engorged member. It wasn't a very level playing field, he felt. And, of course, there was that nagging awareness that all he was ultimately doing was taking a picture of his cock in a hotel room. :-(

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

and keeping score'.

The whole thing is unsavoury and undignified. I shall have no truck with it.

[Berni]

contestants might give the answer before you?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

After all, it's our ball so we may play with it as we see fit.