| RavenBlog |
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| Comments on Friday 2 May 2003: |
| I just saw an advertisement for the most stupid product I've seen in a while; the unnecessarily large Black and Decker® 'Lids Off'TM Jar Opener. A $50 product that occupies a large chunk of counter space, for the sole purpose of getting the lid off a jar. I wouldn't mind if it was marketed to arthritics and people with broken wrists, but it was marketed to ordinary people. Use a fucking pair of rubber gloves, people! They fold up, and don't cost $50!
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| Halley |
| Oh, good. I thought I was the only one who thought that it was pathetically stupid :) |
| Nameless |
| It just goes to show that not everyone is a macho creep who is strong enough to open jars. Small hands and lack of strength are a reality. And I am no wimp. Rubber gloves don't cut it, nor do those rubber discs or anything else. Black and Decker have a good thing going. |
| RavenBlack |
| So, Nameless, you're no wimp and yet you can't open a jar, and yet I *am* a wimp, and can open a jar with ease, given rubber gloves. How would you explain this discrepancy? |
| Bill |
| Gee, I was thinking of getting one for parents, Dad is 83 & Mom is 77. I don't want anybody to think my parents are wimps. It takes both of them to open some jars even with those plier thingies. I guess it's their fault for getting old. |
| RavenBlack |
| Tsk, don't bother reading implications at all, will you? That would be far too difficult. People weakened through age are pretty obviously in the same category as arthritics and such. |