I bought new kettle from Argos a couple of months ago, one of those transparent ones that glow blue all the time, then go red when its boiling.

At first, it only took a few minutes to boil the watta but now it seems to be... lagging...




Things I did this morning while I waited for my Kettle to boil:

1/ Stood and stared bleary eyed at it.

2/ Drummed my fingers on the work surface as I stared bleary eyed at it.

3/ Went for a wee-wee.

4/ Shook my fist at it as it hissed and bubbled. (The kettle, not my willy)

5/ Washed the dishes.

6/ Dried the dishes.

7/ Fed the cat.

8/ Read War and Peace.

9/ Built a working, fully functional model of the Mallard out of eye lashes.

10/ Yelled at the kettle.

11/ Created life from a promordial soup, watched it evolve from a single celled organism through all the stages of evolution, gazed in awe as it discovered space flight then left Earth forever, ready to evolve into a god- like entity that we can only dream of.

12/ Yelled at the kettle.

13/ Cried a bit.

14/ Yelled triumphantly as the kettle FINALLY decided to bring the water to the boil.

15/ Discovered that we were out of milk.

16/ Had a complete and total mental breakdown and bit the cat.

17/ Accused the neighbours of being Spanish.

18/ Went to buy milk and got home just in time for the kettle to turn red and stop boiling the water.



Every time I want a coffee, I have to go through this. We descaled the damn thing, we offered it gifts and presents of sweet meats and young virgins, we even offered to KILL it if it didnt work faster but the sodding thing seems to be getting slower each day.

Buy a new one :thumbsup:

a couple of months? thats rubbish!

theres nothing for it, apologise to the cat and the neighbours and take then the kettle back to the shop and complain.


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I feel your pain Jabbers! Ours has gone bad too. We've only had it a few months and it's slowed right down already.

I'd be as well just using a saucepan!

Buy a new one :thumbsup:

Yes, that is really good advice.

Buy a new one :thumbsup:

As much as I enjoy going into Argos I dont really want to pay 30 nicker out every six weeks for a new kettle, just because the kettle we have is a spoiled brat :D

Then take it back :D

Then take it back :D

I darent.

The lady might tell me off, its got teethmarks in it.

I think that teethmarks void the warranty or something.

Tell her its limited edition :D

I know where you went wrong with your new kettle. You didnt sing to it as it started to boil, they like that :D, it helps them on there way, give it a try

we had one of those electric coffee pots that went on a hotplate that started playing up so i took it to the sparkies at work the fixed it .the hot plate melted the through the plastic housing:o

Well Im thinking about getting one of those old whistling kettles for the cooker, at least they only took an hour or two to boil.

Have you not kept the receipt ? Take it back !

Have you not kept the receipt ? Take it back !

The reciept is the first thing I bin.... after the instruction booklet.

The reciept is the first thing I bin.... after the instruction booklet.

Jabbers I cant beleive that !!!:gag:

I got one of those 'boiling water in 3 second' water filter thingy kettle efforts .. which is brilliant for cold water (it filters it) or coffee, but crap for tea because the water isnt properly boiled ...... so i took it back to argos and got my £70 back ..... glad i did too, they've just reduced them to £50 now

Argos are very good at changing them.

Get a russell hobs and quit moaning :rolleyes::P

slightly off topic do people still use tea pots

slightly off topic do people still use tea pots

No ...... I mash in the cup

slightly off topic do people still use tea pots

why were they all the rage back in your day? :P

yes but how i hated tea leaves

I had an aunt who could read tea leaves.

Aparrantly...

Are you taking the kettle back then ?

Are you taking the kettle back then ?

I dont want to... Remember the manageress who I had a go at last year when I was raving from the Champix?
Well its her and she keeps giving me funny looks whenever I go in there.

I had an aunt who could read tea leaves.

Aparrantly...

Did you have an uncle that wrote on them?

when i was a nipper my pal used to eat the tea leaves out of the tea pot

Did you have an uncle that wrote on them?

No, she could tell the past from reading tea leaves... not the future, the past...
She just HAD to be awkward :D

No, she could tell the past from reading tea leaves... not the future, the past...
She just HAD to be awkward :D

That's women for you:rolleyes:

That's women for you:rolleyes:

Shut up and drink your tea...... :):)

Shut up and drink your tea...... :):)

:hihi: . Had about 7 today- not going to be able to drink at all tonight gonna be too full!