It reminded me of a time years ago, when I lived on Barcom Avenue, and my flatmate and I found a dryer on the street. We were so excited, we dragged it up the stairs and into our unit. We plugged it in, only to find out that, no, it did not work. So we dragged it back out onto the street.

I wished someone had just attached a note to the appliance, like they did to this TV I spotted today on Kings Cross Road.

“OUT OF ORDER.”