According to Jonathan Creek, “Potpourri was one of the biggest cons of the 20th Century”. What do you think the other big cons were?

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1. When my brother convinced me that the controller was plugged in and I was player 2, but I was just mashing buttons on an unconnected controller

2. Leopold II set up a ‘charity’ to start his Belgian Congo and rich people gave him a lot of money to modernise the place. We all know what he actually did.

3. An old mate. He used to live down the road from me. Bloody tall lad he was – one of the biggest Cons for sure. Haven’t seen him in years.

4. Pet rocks.

5. I can’t believe the world didn’t end in year 2000 due to the so called Mellenium Bug.

   What a con.

6. Sun-dried tomatoes

7. Cous cous

8. Pet rock

9. Shower gel

10. Pretty much every diet fad

11. The millennium bug.

    Nowt happened. After my grandma passed away, I found she’d kept an official government leaflet warning of the dangers and how society might go into meltdown.

12. Anything my parents bought from Price Drop TV.

13. Beanie Babies

14. Anything with the word “organic” in the title or description.
    Permaculture foundation not an original idea from them ever.
    Vegans saving the world

15. You’ll never carry a calculator in your pocket… FU miss Townsend …I did