The wheelbarrow: classic or dud?

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This fine implement is a wonder of simple design: it's useful around the garden, at building sites too. I say classic!

― Dude The Obscure, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Dud Dud Dud

― omg, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't understand how anyone can think a wheelbarrow is dud. It's a functional object. It's like going round going "Chairs! Ohmigod total dud!"

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Chairs are dud too. And houses. And forks. And whisks.
And beardtrimmers. And towels. And space stations.
And quad bikes. And stone dogs. And baskets.

― omg, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a lightbulb in my house which is currently dud

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

arrgh, i just mentioned lightbulbs, sorry.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

The pub round the corner from me is called the Wheelbarrow. It's shite.

― robster (robster), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

back to the question though - they're quite useful indeed! but do they always have just the one wheel? It makes them quite hard to navigate when used on an uneven surface.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

the ones with a ball instead of a wheel are very good in soft ground (iirc they are a Dyson invention)

― chris (chris), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Classic as means of transporting passed-out drunk people around at barbeques.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

The wheelbarrow position is naughty and therefore classic.

― Bela Lugosi's Dad, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)

it's telling that i figured this thread was about that and not the handy rubble transportation device

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, I thought that aS WEll (NB it is a rubbish position & not worth the effort)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Going around corners can be a little tricky.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Also: overtipping is a problem.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Are we talking about sex or gardening now?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

or bars?

― chris (chris), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Face it, it's only so you can tick it off your handy list...

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Inherently unstable due to design fault of only having one wheel, therefore dud.

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)

At a restaurant recently, the after-dinner chocolates depicted positions from the Kama Sutra, one of which was the Wheelbarrow. Mmmm mini chocolate buttocks. Left over from Valentine's day naughtiness, I assume.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:04 (twenty-one years ago)

certainly the wheelbarrow can make uphill gardening tricky

― omg, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

It's still much much easier than carrying 50 gallons of mulch in your arms.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Wheelbarrow extreme sports...

http://www.wheelbarrowfreestyle.com/

― Bela Lugosi's Dad, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

When it develops an old rusty bottom it's time to think about replacing it. Although new ones are so lively it's easy to spill your load just seconds after getting a good grip on its shafts.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

(gnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha come on, SHAFTS!! If you can't appreciate two-penised love partners, Pashmina, I don't know what to think anymore.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

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