As I peruse the local flyers (or used to since we no longer have a carrier and so don't get them - a blessing in many ways), plopped down across the table from my hubby, I continually note these odd items that scream of being on sale...you know, things like:
a "starfrit garlic genius" that peels and cuts garlic [would even a Sanguivoriphobic - yes, a true phobia of vampires - need one of these "easy to clean, dishwasher-safe" puppies???]
or a T-fal Actifry which, believe it or not is "recognized by the Canadian Diabetes Association as a method to encourage healthy eating". It's a deep fryer folks...how is deep fried food EVER healthier? And, wait, the best is yet to be announced: it would only take a minimum wage worker 29 hours to save for this alien-spaceship-looking article (the tax alone is 3 hours wages...yikes...)!
I constantly marvel at how these items would make my life better? Where would they fit in our cupboards, I wonder? And how long would it take to clean them? And are they truly efficient if I only use them once a year?
And yet someone, somewhere is probably lining their pockets with cash from these handy dandy inventions...
Check out "10 Weird Inventions That Made Millions" from HowStuffWorks.com
Doggles because our poochie's eyeballs need protection from those nasty sun rays...
Snuggies, the Koosh Ball, and recall that good ole Magic 8 ball? Billy Bob Teeth...(sadly, we have a set or two around here - remnants leftover from our redneck party a few years ago that the kids still occasionally shove in their mouths and half-gaggingly chortle as they parade in front of the mirror), the furby, tamagotchie, and whose great uncle doesn't have a singing fish stored somewhere amongst his boasting rights trophies in the panelled-wall basement????
Yep, we're obsessed with Our Stuff, us North Americans...handy stuff, gadget-y stuff, expensive stuff, kitschy stuff...Stuff stuff stuff...
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