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Stupid Products People Buy

All that Crappy shit the late Billy Mayes pitches.

This.

I mean, I have nothing against Mays himself, and I mean no disrespect by this, but generally anything that needs a crappy late night infomercial to advertise it, is probably not worth owning.
While I don't own it, I do like the idea of that Slider maker and have considered buying it everytime I see the commercial.

Go nuts and get one of these bad boys. You'll be making awesome cheeseburgers in no time.
 
grated cheese. :wtf: It costs nearly half as much again, just buy cheese and grate it you lazy sod.

Not always true, actually, not around here anyway. So it becomes the opposite, if you wanted grated cheese, why buy blocks of cheese when it you can get it pre-grated?

Now, for some reason, though...pre-sliced cheese always costs more than blocks or grated. Which is just absurd. Are we supposeds to believe slicing is a more expensive process than grating?

Yes...
 
So I'm watching Voyager on Spike and they just showed a commercial for a new type of Snuggie (those blankets with sleeves): a Snuggie for your dog. My question is: why waste your money? Think about it Fido has a natural snuggie called fur! :klingon:

So what are some other stupid products that you know people will buy?

My dogs have sweaters, and those are a necessity for them at times, because a lot of smaller dogs are extremely sensitive to the cold. I couldn't see getting one for say, a German Shepherd or a Husky.
 
This.

I mean, I have nothing against Mays himself, and I mean no disrespect by this, but generally anything that needs a crappy late night infomercial to advertise it, is probably not worth owning.
While I don't own it, I do like the idea of that Slider maker and have considered buying it everytime I see the commercial.

Go nuts and get one of these bad boys. You'll be making awesome cheeseburgers in no time.
Due to limited storage space in my previous apartment, I never bought a griddle. I do, however, have something very similiar that fits over the burners on my stove. And I have indeed used it to cook burgers before.

But the slider thing just looks neat, especially when he makes the egg sandwiches! :p
 
Fair enough. Be forewarned, though, that the non-stick surface used in the contraption is of very cheap nature, and is prone to start flaking off during use -- getting into the meat.

Mmm, toxicity.
 
I live over a cafe with wi-fi, I eat there all the time. I understand stupid people pay for internet.


So, since I don't live anywhere near anything broadcasting a WIFI signal so I can steal internet, and have to pay for my own, I'm stupid?
 
A kitchen without a mandoline is not a kitchen.

How else am I supposed to get proper (and uniform) julienne cuts in a reasonable timespan?

Eh?!?


A mandoline:

mandoline.jpg


(Plus some potatoes about to meet their maker.)
 
Voyager on DVD. Why anyone would pay good money and willingly subject themselves to that drivel is beyond me.

I live over a cafe with wi-fi, I eat there all the time. I understand stupid people pay for internet.


So, since I don't live anywhere near anything broadcasting a WIFI signal so I can steal internet, and have to pay for my own, I'm stupid?

Yeah I was wondering how the fuck that logic worked. People are stupid if they don't have the opportunity/dubious morality to leech off someone's wifi signal? I have a pipe coming into my house that isn't shared with anyone else, hen.

I understand everyone in London lives right next to a river but they STILL pay for water. Madness!
 
All that Crappy shit the late Billy Mayes pitches.

This.

I mean, I have nothing against Mays himself, and I mean no disrespect by this, but generally anything that needs a crappy late night infomercial to advertise it, is probably not worth owning.

I don't know, we own several things from the Billy Mays infomercials (we bought on Amazon instead of over the infomercial hotline), and they've worked very well. That said, I generally do not like infomercials because lots of the products never worked right.

J.
 
A mandoline:

mandoline.jpg


(Plus some potatoes about to meet their maker.)

*sniff* It's so pretty... and it is built so you can't get your fingers caught in it.

(I had one but one of my ex's absconded with it in the break-up. He is also stole a set of my good wine glasses.)
 
All that Crappy shit the late Billy Mayes pitches.

This.

I mean, I have nothing against Mays himself, and I mean no disrespect by this, but generally anything that needs a crappy late night infomercial to advertise it, is probably not worth owning.

Well I'm guilty of buying this GT Xpress 101
But nor from an infomercial, I picked it up at Canadian Tire for $40 (no S/H). It works great for breakfasts etc.
 
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