The most difficult things to assemble? Children’s toys on Christmas. Even if I had had a degree in engineering, I would have had difficulty following the directions, especially because the thing was frequently manufactured incorrectly.
Oh yeah! Trying to assemble three bicycles after the kids were asleep Christmas eve. Only back then, the manufacturers wrote in Japenglish. Good thing I was a rocket engineer!
Mine was a doll carriage on Christmas Eve missing some screws. Luckily there was a store open till midnight that sold toys and some hardware. The screws weren’t and exact match but they did the trick.
I don’t have trouble following directions for assembling things. The only direction I ignored was: needs two people to assemble. Since I live alone, I did not have anyone to help me and managed to do it by myself. No leftover parts. Those items turned out just fine.
Actually – sometimes it does. Even if it doesn’t make complete sense in that language either, often the bits of sense it doesn’t make, are different ones. And sometimes all you need is a hint.
The metric system is very simple and easy to use, it’s the conversion back and forth that is ridiculous. If we had just converted over we would get used to it. Yes I understand about the machine tools, I’m an engineer.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Been there, done that.
RWill almost 6 years ago
Sadly, no.
Little Caesar almost 6 years ago
Get yer electron microscope out so you can read the tiny print.
jarvisloop almost 6 years ago
The most difficult things to assemble? Children’s toys on Christmas. Even if I had had a degree in engineering, I would have had difficulty following the directions, especially because the thing was frequently manufactured incorrectly.
Tyge Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Oh yeah! Trying to assemble three bicycles after the kids were asleep Christmas eve. Only back then, the manufacturers wrote in Japenglish. Good thing I was a rocket engineer!
shawnc1959 almost 6 years ago
Perhaps he’d do better with the no-words-at-all instructions you get with furniture from IKEA.
derdave969 almost 6 years ago
This is why I watch soccer on the Spanish language station; a game I don’t understand in a language I don’t understand.
joedon2007 almost 6 years ago
Mine was a doll carriage on Christmas Eve missing some screws. Luckily there was a store open till midnight that sold toys and some hardware. The screws weren’t and exact match but they did the trick.
assrdood almost 6 years ago
Instructions- Ha! – we don’t need no stinkin’ instructions!
micromos almost 6 years ago
I love it when you need to replace a metric screw. Why do we think metric is sooo good? Make in USA,
James Wolfenstein almost 6 years ago
Forget it! After reading thousands of those, I’m sure the original Chinese versions didn’t make sense either…
Kalkkuna almost 6 years ago
“The other languages” are usually hilarious translations…
Fred almost 6 years ago
instructions like these are the illustration of life…
Da'Dad almost 6 years ago
Directions are for people without imagination
sfreader1 almost 6 years ago
I don’t have trouble following directions for assembling things. The only direction I ignored was: needs two people to assemble. Since I live alone, I did not have anyone to help me and managed to do it by myself. No leftover parts. Those items turned out just fine.
ChessPirate almost 6 years ago
And some of them make it even more garbled because the instructions are for several different models…
Meg: All Seriousness Aside almost 6 years ago
It looks like a gas grill. I assembled one once. It was a horror, and I liked the charcoal-cooked food better.
William Bednar Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I usually find the Sanskrit version enlightening.
Tyge Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Looks like a new grill is in Arlo’s future.
Mema Jean almost 6 years ago
Don’t forget to count the pieces before you start.
fredd13 almost 6 years ago
Actually – sometimes it does. Even if it doesn’t make complete sense in that language either, often the bits of sense it doesn’t make, are different ones. And sometimes all you need is a hint.
57BelAir almost 6 years ago
The metric system is very simple and easy to use, it’s the conversion back and forth that is ridiculous. If we had just converted over we would get used to it. Yes I understand about the machine tools, I’m an engineer.