make do and bobble off...

In the spirit of making do and mending, I decided to buy one of those Bobble Off gadgets that promises to remove all the bobbles from your sweaters and cardigans so that they become like new.

"It really works!" screams the advertisement, and to reinforce this message a heavily made-up blonde on the packaging hugs her good-as-new cashmere snugly around herself.

It works, yes. But it works very, very, very, very slowly. Think about the sort of speed that caused the Dee Estuary to silt up, or Hadrian's Wall to start crumbling, and you'll be somewhere near.

Guess what I have been doing today?


"This website does not endorse Bobble Off".

2 comments:

Gigibird said...

Ha ha ha.....

That can be my new insult - Bobble off!

Gilly said...

I've got one that works on biggish bobbles, but never like the ads. Its a different one, not advertised by blondes - with or without cashmere!