Products that inexplicably dominate the market

1. Dishmatic sponges.

 

These feckless wasters had literally one engineering task: to produce interchangeable heads which stay on the end of the handle.

Could they manage it? Could they fvck.

And yet they are the housewife's choice.

My parents in law use these and they are shit on many levels. Use far more washing up liquid than a standard sponge with liquid in the bowl, head comes off, wastes water as people tend to leave the tap running and plug out when they use one. See also "magic mop" type things. 

I prefer a hand held sponge but I’ve also never had the problem you describe.

Are you sure you bought the right heads and weren’t trying to use it as a chisel?

A sponge on a stick was also how the Romans wiped their arses.

Oh that's interesting.  No wonder the crucifixion guards had one handy.  They keep that part quiet in church!