Comments on: Best unitaskers of 2009

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:39:07 +0000

“On a slightly different note, is there a worse store than Bed Bath and Beyond for % of inventory devoted to dumb unitaskers?”

I’d be willing to bet that Williams-Sonoma is worse.

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:44:33 +0000

I thought of you guys the second I saw this:
http://www.wrapables.com/jsp/P.....ode=A59745

By: Jalal Hameed Bhatti

Jalal Hameed Bhatti — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:12:00 +0000

I liked the meatball grill thing – I had heard of but seen it here for the first time. I’d like to buy it someday

By: Lady in a Smalltown

Lady in a Smalltown — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:14:24 +0000

I still think the wishbones aren’t that bad. They are small, they serve a purpose (what if there are more than 2 people at your Thanksgiving dinner), and they can be thrown away. Now, if they would just make them out of compostable material they would not be so bad.

By: WilliamB

WilliamB — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:59:10 +0000

This is a pretty awesome list of useless cruft. I could see a use for the meatball holder, if I imagine really hard – for grilling, for deep frying, for marinating, for steaming (steaming meatballs is common in Chinese cuisine, it’s really tasty). My imagination on this might be fired up by the fact my meatballs, while tasty,*never* keep their shape. My porcupines (meatballs rolled in raw rice, then cooked) always turn to mush. sob.

But the rest?! Geez.

Most bookcases don’t have enough space between book and shelf for that monstrosity (unless you’re using them very inefficiently), but an old-fashioned dustfuzzy or the doodad used to clean lint from dryer hoses would fit just fine.

My vote for best, though, goes to the garbage bowl.

Thanks for the recap.

By: Richard | RichardShelmerdine.com

Richard | RichardShelmerdine.com — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:01:41 +0000

Haha the spin the bottle game! It’s so much better when you plya out of nowhere with an empty coke bottle. Which creative individual invented the book brush? lol

By: Angela Esnouf

Angela Esnouf — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:43:40 +0000

Thanks for this post. Unitasker Wednesdays are my favourite Unclutterer posts. It always amazes me how many people find the unitaskers useful and argue for their worthiness. Garbage bowl indeed!

By: joss

joss — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:08:37 +0000

Even if you wanted to put your scraps into a bowl (say over the course of cooking a meal) before trotting out to the compost heap, why couldn’t you use any old bowl you already owned? If someone wanted to brush their books, well, does it have to look like that? The silliest thing about it is it’s so huge -not designed to be comfortable in your hand or to fit in the space between the tops of books and the shelf above. You could probably just use the brush attachment on a vacuum cleaner. On a slightly different note, is there a worse store than Bed Bath and Beyond for % of inventory devoted to dumb unitaskers? Just wondering.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:19:57 +0000

The meatball rack and garbage bowl are pretty good ideas. But the rest made me laugh a lot!

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:01:35 +0000

Haha! I love the garbage bowl! Clearly, I’ve been doing it wrong all these years. When I cook, I toss my scraps into the compost as I go! What was I thinking? I obviously need this bowl, so I can put the scraps in it and then later put them into the compost.
LOL

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:32:07 +0000

What a great way to end 2009!
Thanks for the laugh!

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:57:09 +0000

Is it bad that I am anal about my books and can see myself with the book brush???

By: joss

joss — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:40:48 +0000

Wow those are awesome. The spin the bottle “game” reminds me of when they try to sell a deck of cards for every known card games (and one for Go Fish, and one for Old Maid, and one for …)

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:46:01 +0000

oOOOooo that Meatball Basket looks great. I need one.