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The very WORST design fails (and you'll wonder how they made it through quality control)
Daily Mail ^ | 14 December 2017 | Kerry Mcdermott

Posted on 12/14/2017 3:30:13 PM PST by mairdie

At first glance, the compass point cushions seen in this photo seem entirely inoffensive.

But look closer, and you'll notice a glaring mistake; the designer has gotten his south and east muddled up.

And the fact they made it to the shop floor suggests the quality control department at the homeware store responsible leaves a lot to be desired.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: design; mistakes
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1 posted on 12/14/2017 3:30:13 PM PST by mairdie
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The bathroom seems to be in a hospital or nursing home. Maybe the roll we can see is intended for nose-blowing, and there’s another roll, that we can’t see, near the toilet.


2 posted on 12/14/2017 3:32:38 PM PST by Tax-chick ("It's not like a productive member of society would have been lost." ~ PAR35)
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3 posted on 12/14/2017 3:32:56 PM PST by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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Lol.


4 posted on 12/14/2017 3:33:16 PM PST by dhs12345
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5 posted on 12/14/2017 3:36:00 PM PST by Slyfox (Are you tired of winning yet?)
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The “S” for south is smaller too, I think I detect another level of ignorance above and beyond not understanding compass directions while designing pillows with a compass rose on them.


6 posted on 12/14/2017 3:36:28 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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7 posted on 12/14/2017 3:36:44 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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Bkmrk. Funny!


8 posted on 12/14/2017 3:37:30 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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9 posted on 12/14/2017 3:37:52 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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I like the story of the Algor-inspired outhouses in the national parks with solar-powered lights and vent fans.

They built/placed them under trees.

10 posted on 12/14/2017 3:39:09 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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11 posted on 12/14/2017 3:41:42 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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Installed by someone unclear on the concept of poka-yoke.


12 posted on 12/14/2017 3:42:17 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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13 posted on 12/14/2017 3:44:17 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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I like the drinking fountain, almost a booby trap.

The bench installation shows genius.


14 posted on 12/14/2017 3:45:11 PM PST by doorgunner69 (No video seems to happen a lot when they shoot somebody..........)
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John Moses Schumer design fail.

15 posted on 12/14/2017 3:46:00 PM PST by Bonemaker (White Southerners have been under attack since 1860.)
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During the late ‘70’s I was working at an auto parts store.

A guy comes in madder than a hornet and shoves a brand new Champion spark plug in my face that has no threads on it. His story was he was out in the Gulf of Mexico and when fishing slowed down to nothing he decided to change the plugs on his boat. He took the old plugs out and dropped them in the ocean and the last one he took out of the box was the threadless one. He claimed he had to be towed in by the Coast Guard because the engine would not run with one open hole.


16 posted on 12/14/2017 3:46:11 PM PST by Clay Moore (MAGA)
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The com;pass pillows have to be made in China, same place they make all the clocks with the non-existent Roman numeral IIII because they do not know IV exists.


17 posted on 12/14/2017 3:47:55 PM PST by doorgunner69 (No video seems to happen a lot when they shoot somebody..........)
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It’s not as if they’re just churning out crap for export to the US on their own over there. There’s someone in the US approving them, and someone in the US buying them.


18 posted on 12/14/2017 3:53:19 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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These all must have been approved by the Office of Government Commerce...


19 posted on 12/14/2017 3:53:41 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: doorgunner69

Yeah, the number system of the Romans kinda put a crimp in their advancement of mathematics.


20 posted on 12/14/2017 3:54:25 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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