Friday, July 25, 2008

Informercials

God do I love infomercials, I really do. They take advantage of my most favorite people out there ... STUPID PEOPLE !!

It slices, it dices, it will save you time, it works by itself, get rich overnight, lose weight while you eat, limited time only. I love it !!!!

We have people out there who sell plastic blocks (see picture) and call it exercise equiptment. Imagine this, a piece of plastic that you step on, then step down, and then repeat. And for a more intense workout, attach a second piece of plastic to the first piece and try again. Holy crap !!!! This is just incredible. The people who "invented" this have to be sitting some where laughing their ass off at the success of this one. I hope I don't need to mention the hundreds of objects you could use around the house to substitute for these $70.00 pieces of plastic. Or possibly just using an actual step (and I believe most homes have them).

How about the George Forman grill and it's many clones. Here's an awesome idea, a piece of metal that heats up to cook food, with a slight angle so the fat drips away. EUREKA !!! You know, long before George came along, I was taking my griddle and cooking fatty things with a potholder under one side of the legs and accomplishing the same results.

And then there's the people who "reinvent" the vacuum every 6 months. This one weighs only 2 pounds, this one swivels, this one sprays and swivels, this one shoots steam and swivels, this one has is cordless and shoots steam and swivels. New and improved, better than ever, money back guaranteed, buy now limited quantities, hurry, in the next 1o minutes we'll double your offer. I always LOVED that one. Hurry, call in the next "?" minutes and we'll double your offer !! Well now I'm no expert, but how the hell do YOU know when I seen this on TV?? What if I recorded this infomercial, does that still count? Oh my God do people fall for some stupid stuff.

I like the sonic blade myself. It's an electric knife, and that's all it is. They claim it has NCSS (Non compression sonic separation). What a load of crap !! It has 2 frickin' blades that move back and forth and cuts stuff, IT CUTS STUFF, THAT'S ALL. It doesn't sonically separate the food, it cuts it !! "Never squish bread again, cut through hard objects with ease", no shit, it's an electric knife. Wait until Christmas time and you can find one for 5 bucks, a 50 dollar savings over our sonic buddy here.

Who would have ever thought you could sell an oversized inflatable ball and charge 30 bucks for it just because it's now "fitness equiptment"? Or how about those strips of oversized rubber bands (excuse me .. I mean "resistance bands") that are now exercise equiptment, oh God I love them. Strips of rubber, about 3 inches by 4 feet long, and you grab both ends and pull. HA HA! Did I mention I love it !!! Or, for a more intense workout, hold closer together. And if that still isn't enough, then switch to the blue rubber bands, hmmmmmm, stronger rubber. I actually feel stupid myself that I have not invented something as idiotic as some of these things to get rich. I mean, it's got to be one of the easiest things to do, "sell something to stupid, gullible people".

I say "keep up the good work people". At least your doing one good thing with your life, taking advantage of something we have an excess here on earth ... stupid people. And if it's not you, then someone down the road is gonna get 'em, so you might as well have the first shot. So my hats go off to anyone who's ever sold a molded piece of crap and gave it a new name and charge 50 bucks if they called in the next 10 minutes. You are my hero of the day.


Todays RBV:

Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him I will also deny before my Father which is in Heaven.


Peter denied Jesus 3 times before man. Peter was one of the 12 disciples. I can only conclude that Peter must be in hell for denying Jesus. I can also conclude if the Bible is really true, I'm screwed, but something logical and rational (my brain) tells me it will be OK.

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