I'm easily amused, but even so...

Categories: silly-things

Date: 02 December 2008 19:45:41

I bought a bird feeder - one of those ones that sticks to a window using suckers.

The blurb on the website proclaims:

Features:
# Three-sided open access: - easier and safer for birds
# Two special perches - give additional space and accessibility
# Bird perching strip - to help birds land and feed
# Clear overhanging roof with visibility strip - gives weather protection and view of predator
# Large oval opening - for clearest views of birds
# Feeding area detachable - for simpler fixing, cleaning and filling
# Safety system - to restrain the feeder should the suckers ever fail

It arrived today, and I ripped open the box, all agog.

The much-vaunted "safety system" is a bit of string that you thread through some holes and tie round the window latch.