!Friday, July 28, 2006
Sooner Or Later We Have To Stop Inventing Retarded Things Like These
These I'm-trying-to-look-like-a-barren-two-leafed-plant thingies called Eco Flip Flap Minis cost a remarkably amazing $19.95 each for 8 cm of plastic (and please don't make me repeat how many boxes of chicken rice you can buy with that amount).
You can't really see from the picture, but here's what the ad says:
Liven up your surroundings with cool, moving toy plants from TOMY! They will sway in the light and sooth you into a magical holiday mood. Best of all, these eco-friendly plants are solar-powered and do not require batteries or water. They're ideal as Xmas gifts for friends, family, and make a great treat for yourself too. Pick up an irresistably cute Eco Flip Flap Mini today!
So you're paying $19.95 for a solar-powered piece of plastic that 'sways in the light'? Wow, this is so remarkably ridiculous it blinds me in amazement. And hold on a moment, how can plastic toys be eco-friendly? Just because they don't use electricity? Helloooo, plastic is the most un-biodegradable material in the world, you burn it and burn it and burn it and it still doesn't decompose, and it releases toxic fumes.
Please tell me I was foolish enough not to flip over to the other side and discover that these plants could cure cancer or had amazing psychic properties, because I can't believe anybody can sell a piece of 8cm long plastic that can't do anything but sway and still earn money.
And they 'put you into a relaxing mood'? Please, if I was ever to have one of these swaying up and down on my desk I would be so annoyed and distracted I would instinctively fling it out of the window and then realise half-a-second later that I have just thrown $19.95 down the trash bin.
With $19.95 you could:
1. Buy any paperback bestseller from Popular.
2. Eat steak at Swensens.
3. Have 5 serves of double-flavour ice-cream at Island Cremery.
4. Buy a year's supply of toilet paper.
5. Buy two pairs of Forever 21 sunglasses.
6. Buy 7.98 packs of chicken rice.
7. Go for two rounds of nice nice neoprints
8. Watch Pirates of The Carribean with a friend.
9. Take 44.3333333333333 bus rides.
Or...
10. Buy a Flip Flap Mini.
It's your choice.
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Sooner Or Later We Have To Stop Inventing Retarded Things Like These
These I'm-trying-to-look-like-a-barren-two-leafed-plant thingies called Eco Flip Flap Minis cost a remarkably amazing $19.95 each for 8 cm of plastic (and please don't make me repeat how many boxes of chicken rice you can buy with that amount).
You can't really see from the picture, but here's what the ad says:
Liven up your surroundings with cool, moving toy plants from TOMY! They will sway in the light and sooth you into a magical holiday mood. Best of all, these eco-friendly plants are solar-powered and do not require batteries or water. They're ideal as Xmas gifts for friends, family, and make a great treat for yourself too. Pick up an irresistably cute Eco Flip Flap Mini today!
So you're paying $19.95 for a solar-powered piece of plastic that 'sways in the light'? Wow, this is so remarkably ridiculous it blinds me in amazement. And hold on a moment, how can plastic toys be eco-friendly? Just because they don't use electricity? Helloooo, plastic is the most un-biodegradable material in the world, you burn it and burn it and burn it and it still doesn't decompose, and it releases toxic fumes.
Please tell me I was foolish enough not to flip over to the other side and discover that these plants could cure cancer or had amazing psychic properties, because I can't believe anybody can sell a piece of 8cm long plastic that can't do anything but sway and still earn money.
And they 'put you into a relaxing mood'? Please, if I was ever to have one of these swaying up and down on my desk I would be so annoyed and distracted I would instinctively fling it out of the window and then realise half-a-second later that I have just thrown $19.95 down the trash bin.
With $19.95 you could:
1. Buy any paperback bestseller from Popular.
2. Eat steak at Swensens.
3. Have 5 serves of double-flavour ice-cream at Island Cremery.
4. Buy a year's supply of toilet paper.
5. Buy two pairs of Forever 21 sunglasses.
6. Buy 7.98 packs of chicken rice.
7. Go for two rounds of nice nice neoprints
8. Watch Pirates of The Carribean with a friend.
9. Take 44.3333333333333 bus rides.
Or...
10. Buy a Flip Flap Mini.
It's your choice.