The Stupidest Thing I've Ever Seen

[Gertch]

I can't find it online, but there was an ad for an item that Jay Leno showed on his Headlines segment. The item in question basically turned your pet into luggage by giving it a handle you could pick up like luggage. However, it was basically a clamp that went in... uh... both ends.

Leave it to someone here to have your answer.


Edit: Darn, 452 milliseconds too slow.

 

[Aragorn]

The Snuggie commercial really works if you put it to Enigma's "Sadness."

 

[Trekker4747]

I can't find it online, but there was an ad for an item that Jay Leno showed on his Headlines segment. The item in question basically turned your pet into luggage by giving it a handle you could pick up like luggage. However, it was basically a clamp that went in... uh... both ends.

Leave it to someone here to have your answer.


Edit: Darn, 452 milliseconds too slow.

There's no way that is real.

 

[Aragorn]

Okay, I guess I was wrong. It only goes in one end!

And yeah, it does look like a joke.

 

[Trekker4747]

Okay, I guess I was wrong. It only goes in one end!

And yeah, it does look like a joke.

It's impossible for it to be real.

Fully impossible.

It's more than impossible. It's beyond it. It's the very exact opposite of possible.

It's impossible on a Schrodinger's level.

 

[Rÿcher]

They'll sell anyone anything.

case in point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB9ZcZRrMgc

as for the snuggie, wear a goddamn sweater!

 

[Trekker4747]

They'll sell anyone anything.

case in point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB9ZcZRrMgc

 

[MIB]

^I know. My favorite part is the Futurama-esque segment where they make a serious comparison between humans and a common tree in an effort to prove Kinoki footpads work.

 

[John Picard]

They'll sell anyone anything.

case in point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB9ZcZRrMgc

as for the snuggie, wear a goddamn sweater!

I hate sweaters.

 

[Rÿcher]

will you wear a snuggie?

 

[Trekker4747]

^I know. My favorite part is the Futurama-esque segment where they make a serious comparison between humans and a common tree in an effort to prove Kinoki footpads work.

Yeah, that got me too.

I also loved the "call outs" of the various "toxins" that were collected on the used pad. Who knew the various toxins and poisons in our body were so loclalized?

 

[Mallory]

I got one of these for christmas, and while yes, it's the dumbest thing ever to look at it, it's pretty damned comfortable.

My wife swears by hers. I've tried it and I can understand why. It is pretty damned comfortable.

 

[CheapTrick]

The snuggies look like the mutant's robes in Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

 

[Brian]

You can get a fleece blanket a lot cheaper at Target or Walmart.

The sleeves are ridiculous. If you can't manage to keep a blanket on you while sitting on the couch, you've got bigger problems than cold arms.

 

[NCC1701]

Or you could climb into a sleeping bag, mine has the bottom that unzips separately so you can even walk while wearing it

 

[trekkerguy]

It looks pretty cool to me. It's like a blanket you wear.
Definitely seems like it would be more comfortable than
wearing a coat or using a blanket around the house.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

Or you could climb into a sleeping bag, mine has the bottom that unzips separately so you can even walk while wearing it

OMG, I can just see me lying down on the couch, sleeping bag all zipped up. Then when Beverly tries to sneak under the covers she won't be able to get in the sleeping bag.

Talk about deep doo doo for me.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I don't think one of those would do me. I need something to cover me when I am sitting on my computer chair as I rarely sit on the sofa (with my bad knees it is too hard to get up off the sofa). A sleeping bag that unzips at the bottom would be perfect.

 

[RJDiogenes]

They look comfortable to me, even if they do look like monk's robes. But I don't think anyone would be foolish enough to wear it outside the house like the "sporting event" suggestion in the commercial.

Hell, no. The half-naked men who paint themselves green and carry big foam hands would probably laugh at them.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Well, last night I saw something that takes the cake in the realm of stupidity.

Oh, c'mon. In the grand collection of infomercial products, this one actually falls well on the fairly reasonable side in both practicality and price.

Plus, it's great for scaring off those pesky Sandpeople.