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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* In ''[[Discworld]]'', Bloody Stupid Johnson's attempt at a housing complex turned into a four-dimensions nightmare, and his mail-sorting machine was some sort of black-hole-matter-shredder thing, mainly because he thought it would be less trouble to try and include a wheel with pi of exactly three... [[Achievements in Ignorance|and succeeded]]. |
* In ''[[Discworld]]'', Bloody Stupid Johnson's attempt at a housing complex turned into a four-dimensions nightmare, and his mail-sorting machine was some sort of black-hole-matter-shredder thing, mainly because he thought it would be less trouble to try and include a wheel with pi of exactly three... [[Achievements in Ignorance|and succeeded]]. |
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* Jack Prelutsky's poem "I Wish My Father Wouldn't Try to Fix Things". The poem describes a long list of ill-fated home repair projects, then ends with the stanza: |
* Jack Prelutsky's poem "I Wish My Father Wouldn't Try to Fix Things". The poem describes a long list of ill-fated home repair projects, then ends with the stanza: |
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{{quote|I wish my father wouldn't try to fix things anymore, |
{{quote|I wish my father wouldn't try to fix things anymore, |
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** "Why do we even HAVE that lever?" |
** "Why do we even HAVE that lever?" |
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* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' does this with ''voice activation''. "Go Go Gadget balloon! No, not pontoon, balloon!" |
* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' does this with ''voice activation''. "Go Go Gadget balloon! No, not pontoon, balloon!" |
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* In one episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Bill's kitchen is one of these. Flipping the light switch, for example, causes the microwave to start. This inspires Hank to do something similar with his own kitchen to discourage a pair of [[Hipster|Hipsters]] from buying his house, which Peggy had accidentally sold. |
* In one episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Bill's kitchen is one of these. Flipping the light switch, for example, causes the microwave to start. This inspires Hank to do something similar with his own kitchen to discourage a pair of [[Hipster|Hipsters]] from buying his house, which Peggy had accidentally sold. |
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== [[Real Life]] == |
== [[Real Life]] == |
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[[Category:Index Failure]] |
[[Category:Index Failure]] |
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[[Category:DIY Disaster]] |
[[Category:DIY Disaster]] |
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