Worst British inventions

[AtW]

Two water taps - one is too hot and one is too cold.

[DimPrawn]

Two water taps - one is too hot and one is too cold.

I have monobloc mixer taps in all eight of my bathrooms and toilets.

HTH

[Old Greg]

I have monobloc mixer taps in all eight of my bathrooms and toilets.

HTH

But you do get raped in the showers by the other inmates, so it's swings and roundabouts.

[DimPrawn]

But you do get raped in the showers by the other inmates, so it's swings and roundabouts.

[Pondlife]

One of the good things about owning your own home is that you get to choose the taps.

[MrMark]

Two water taps - one is too hot and one is too cold.

Ah - luckily we invented a sink, to mix the water!

[sasguru]

Two water taps - one is too hot and one is too cold.

Fooking ungrateful Russkie.
Comes from the Soviet Union where there was one sink between 10 families and a single cold water tap that worked for one hour per day with a thin dribble if you were lucky.
And still he moans.

[Old Greg]

Fooking ungrateful Russkie.
Comes from the Soviet Union where there was one sink between 10 families and a single cold water tap that worked for one hour per day with a thin dribble if you were lucky.
And still he moans.

I expect there were communal hot water systems, each day providing 75% more hot water than production quotas, due to the Stakhanovite efforts of the proletarian heating engineers.

[AtW]

Hot water in Soviet union did not work on summers (maintenance apparently), but other part of the year it had to work because otherwise there will be no central heating (meaning CENTRAL, not boiling water inside your own house).

HTH

[DimPrawn]

For a small fee you can upgrade your taps.

2 bedroom apartment for sale in Harborne Central, Harborne, Birmingham, B17, B17

If you can't afford that, well, suffer two taps you pauper!

PS a bit of negotiating would get that down to £150K I'm sure. Better than renting. Property only ever goes up etc etc.