# What Inanimate Object Could You Go Full Basil Fawlty On? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 24, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-could-you-go-full-basil-fawlty-on/835997 "2019-06-24T21:53:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-could-you-go-full-basil-fawlty-on/835997/21 "2019-06-25T22:06:15Z")
Window screen pushed aside. Window also pushed open wide. Yep, that lets in the mosquito and fly. Someone seriously needs to die. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-could-you-go-full-basil-fawlty-on/835997/22 "2019-06-25T22:42:19Z")
John Cleese explaining the scene and getting the correct branch that made it work. [https://youtu.be/jeEHQzyUdC0](https://youtu.be/jeEHQzyUdC0) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-could-you-go-full-basil-fawlty-on/835997/23 "2019-06-25T22:49:11Z")
The current location: [Link](https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=71eb0d84-9bef-40af-ad98-0fbf473ecb01&cp=51.581084~-0.30896&lvl=19&dir=2.977368&pi=-10.21953&style=x&mo=z.0&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-could-you-go-full-basil-fawlty-on/835997/24 "2019-06-27T05:38:09Z")
Last Sunday I was spraying a grass tennis court with nematodes to get of leatherjackets, and the bloody sprayer’s pump handle got jammed, immediately rendering the brand new piece of crapola perfectly useless. The temptation to go sorta [bonkers](https://youtu.be/tKrGHQA5qhM?t=246) on it was excruciating, but managed somehow to keep my cool to return it for a refund. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-could-you-go-full-basil-fawlty-on/835997/25 "2019-06-27T13:18:44Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > I have a meditation app. I use one specific guided meditation daily. That’s it. They have a “favorites” place to store it. > > Every god damn week they have to redo the entire layout so I’ve got to go searching for favorites again. Sometimes it’s on the opening screen. Other times it’s hidden three deep in menus. > > I have been so tempted to chuck my whole phone out the window because of that one stupid app. They’re just trying to see to it that you NEVER stop NEEDING a guided meditation… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-could-you-go-full-basil-fawlty-on/835997/26 "2019-06-27T13:21:04Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I knew _exactly_ which “Fawlty Towers” scene you linked to! That entire episode made me pee with laughter the first time I saw it. That one and “Basil the Rat” are my favs. > > I’m an amazon seller because I have a ton (well, several tons, probably) of books, and I can’t keep them all. Periodically, I cull and check which are worth more money to sell than donate. Amazon recently changed their method of buying shipping on the sellers site, and it doesn’t freaking work!!! First, you have to download the application, which I did, and it _says_ it’s working. But it doesn’t. Argh! Fortunately, it did save a hardcopy that I could open and print from. It was so much more straight forward before. I’m tempted to just skip amazon’s shipping completely and just use my usps application. Yes, I think I’ll do that. On behalf of the USPS, thank you for the revenue… ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-could-you-go-full-basil-fawlty-on/835997/27 "2019-06-27T23:30:27Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > They’re just trying to see to it that you NEVER stop NEEDING a guided meditation… Just guide me to my favorites already, dammit! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-object-could-you-go-full-basil-fawlty-on/835997.md?page=1)