Here's today's dual use item.

Is it a trowel



Or is it a guard for the downtube?



It's on and off in a second or two, plenty secure enough as a mudguard and plenty strong enough as a trowel. It comes in at 70g but I reckon you could knock 20g off that but doing so would make it less viable as a guard and trowel

That's actually pretty neat

Add another hole and it'll have a third use as a ground anchor in soft conditions

shoe-horn....

frying pan for one sausage....

That's the second of those I've seen but the other can also be used as one of those wee saddle mudguards.

https://www.merlincycles.com/woho-shove ... 48506.html

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:54 pm frying pan for one sausage....

....before or after you've used it as a poo trowel?

MuddyPete wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:42 pm

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:54 pm frying pan for one sausage....

....before or after you've used it as a poo trowel?

OK, two sausages then

MuddyPete wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:42 pm

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:54 pm frying pan for one sausage....

....before or after you've used it as a poo trowel?

AFAIK you are not meant to poo on the trowel.

I really must get round to reading the instructions on mine....

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:54 pm
frying pan for one sausage....

Nooooo, that image is going to stay with me

Borderer wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:42 pm

MuddyPete wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:42 pm

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:54 pm frying pan for one sausage....

....before or after you've used it as a poo trowel?

AFAIK you are not meant to poo on the trowel.

How're you supposed to lob it over the fence, then?

Ive taken to picking mine up in a plastic bag and tying it to branches along the path. I like to be helpful.

TheBrownDog wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:44 pm Ive taken to picking mine up in a plastic bag and tying it to branches along the path. I like to be helpful.

Why DO people do that though? Expecting the Poo Fairy? LNT. Hah.

Frying a sausage on a poo trowel - what a good idea. Wonder how many burns of a meths stove you'd need. Can you do a teflon coated one Stu?

Uhm, non-stick poo trowel.

Well, it appears I now need to produce a poo trowel, mudguard, frying pan hybrid

Sigh. Poor Stu. Yet another perfectly sound and sensible thread sacrificed on the Altar Of Absurdity. This lockdown is getting to us .

Calling Mr Sean to compound the mayhem...

Some other ideas here...

https://youtu.be/yS0a5FrK1WI

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:27 pm Some other ideas here...

https://youtu.be/yS0a5FrK1WI

Nice. Just the job for my next dog encounter.

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:27 pm Some other ideas here...

https://youtu.be/yS0a5FrK1WI

What a ridiculous tool - no bottle opener or corkscrew. What were they thinking?

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:22 pm Calling Mr Sean to compound the mayhem...

And quickly: we need a Ralph-sized one, pronto .

Verena wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:55 pm

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:54 pm
frying pan for one sausage....

Nooooo, that image is going to stay with me

He said "frying pan for one sausage", not "frying pan for one's sausage" .

MuddyPete wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:29 pm

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:22 pm Calling Mr Sean to compound the mayhem...

And quickly: we need a Ralph-sized one, pronto .

I've seen Madagascar so I believe I am an expert on simian behaviour. Monkeys throw their poo, usually to create a distraction. This is in fact the origin of the expression 'when the sub standard hits the fan' Thusly, no trowel will be required for Ralph

Borderer wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:39 pm ...no trowel will be required for Ralph.

Boo!

Borderer wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:39 pm Monkeys throw their poo, usually to create a distraction

Knowing This Place as I now do, I can predict with some accuracy EXACTLY what is coming next on this thread.

Borderer wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:39 pm
I've seen Madagascar so I believe I am an expert on simian behaviour. Monkeys throw their poo, usually to create a distraction. This is in fact the origin of the expression 'when the sub standard hits the fan' Thusly, no trowel will be required for Ralph

If monkeys have fans, where do they plug them in?