Pick an end, any end: Lost that critical Christmas cable? We know how you feel

'You are fettered,' said Scrooge, trembling. 'Tell me why?'

12BoC It's that Christmas feeling: scrabbling around for the correct cable to attach a poppet's new toy to the family TV. Getting into the swing of things, today's bork, the ninth in our Twelve Borks of Christmas (12BoC) series*, sees something similar on a screen outside Waitrose....