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As seen on TV

The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, OmeganautRegistered User, ClubPA regular
edited April 2011 in Social Entropy++
So last night I was going through the storage unit on our deck and it got pretty rainy. I had to dry off a few very wet bins before putting them back in. I went in to get a couple of towels.

Then I remembered that Neville gave me a ShamWow at his going away party, as he was trying to get rid of extra stuff so he didn't have to move it. I hadn't use it yet and figured I'd give it a try.

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Well damn if the thing didn't work like crazy. Completely soaked up all the water without dripping and left everything very dry. I was quite surprised.


What kind of wacky infomercial type products have you tried and have you found them to be rad or junk?

My dad got one of those Citrus Express thingies for cutting up oranges and grapefruit and he says it works great.

citrus-express-instructions.jpg

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  • SpudgeSpudge Witty comments go next to this blue dot thingyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    My neighbor swears by the Magic Bullet

    the-magic-bullet.jpg

    He let me use it when we first moved in to chop up some garlic and it worked, but not nearly as well as I had hoped. It was entirely meh

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I own a slanket and love it dearly. I've spent a few days just swaddled in it for the whole day, watching tv and getting crumbs all over it. I wanna marry it

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    My grandpa owned a dozen of these

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    They were fun to use when playing robot

    Crashmo on
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  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I'll second the magic bullet, it's boss for making margaritas and protein shakes and salsa. Oh and baby formula.

    Peen on
  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    lostwords wrote: »
    I own a slanket and love it dearly. I've spent a few days just swaddled in it for the whole day, watching tv and getting crumbs all over it. I wanna marry it

    My granny-in-law got us a knock off slanket and it has a zipper and metal buttons

    They are always ice cold

    Crashmo on
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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I got my girlfriend a fleece snuggie ripoff and she uses it every single day when on the computer

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  • GRMikeGRMike The Last Best Hope for Humanity The God Pod Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Spudge wrote: »
    My neighbor swears by the Magic Bullet

    the-magic-bullet.jpg

    He let me use it when we first moved in to chop up some garlic and it worked, but not nearly as well as I had hoped. It was entirely meh

    Always thought this was a sex toy.

    GRMike on
  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Crashmo wrote: »
    My grandpa owned a dozen of these

    604055_md.jpg

    They were fun to use when playing robot

    These were fun to use at work. Well, until I had to attend that 'personal space' improvement class.

    Bad-Beat on
  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    lostwords wrote: »
    I own a slanket and love it dearly. I've spent a few days just swaddled in it for the whole day, watching tv and getting crumbs all over it. I wanna marry it

    slanket? you must be one of them liberal communist starbucks latte sipping homos

    sluggie.jpg

    we're a snuggie forum

    always will be

    Brolo on
  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
  • SpudgeSpudge Witty comments go next to this blue dot thingyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Peen wrote: »
    I'll second the magic bullet, it's boss for making margaritas and protein shakes and salsa. Oh and baby formula.

    I could see it being useful for some of those things but when it comes to salsa I hand chop/dice everything

    Come to think of it, I've never met a processor I liked when it comes to vegetables. Not even the slap-chop met my standards

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  • cadmunkycadmunky One hand on the bottle, The other a shaking fist.Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
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    i need the updated version.

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  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Spudge wrote: »
    Peen wrote: »
    I'll second the magic bullet, it's boss for making margaritas and protein shakes and salsa. Oh and baby formula.

    I could see it being useful for some of those things but when it comes to salsa I hand chop/dice everything

    Come to think of it, I've never met a processor I liked when it comes to vegetables. Not even the slap-chop met my standards

    My wife likes to make a really fine green salsa with tomatillos, it's good at that. We wouldn't use it for regular salsa, it makes the bits too small. Oh it's really good at making pesto as well.

    Peen on
  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    We have a traditional cuisinart food processor. It comes in quite handy.

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I didn't think the i-renew bracelet was real... but they sell them at walmart.

    And some were clearly missing from the display...

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  • ThrackThrack Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
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  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Rolo wrote: »
    lostwords wrote: »
    I own a slanket and love it dearly. I've spent a few days just swaddled in it for the whole day, watching tv and getting crumbs all over it. I wanna marry it

    slanket? you must be one of them liberal communist starbucks latte sipping homos

    sluggie.jpg

    we're a snuggie forum

    always will be

    please

    the slanket was around long before the snuggie

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  • GRMikeGRMike The Last Best Hope for Humanity The God Pod Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    We have this:
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    For opening cans.

    It is pretty fantastic.

    (Also reminds me of a sex toy...)

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    the wook wrote: »
    Rolo wrote: »
    lostwords wrote: »
    I own a slanket and love it dearly. I've spent a few days just swaddled in it for the whole day, watching tv and getting crumbs all over it. I wanna marry it

    slanket? you must be one of them liberal communist starbucks latte sipping homos

    sluggie.jpg

    we're a snuggie forum

    always will be

    please

    the slanket was around long before the snuggie

    and the natives were around before Real Americans

    that didn't stop us from nuking those bastards back to the stone age

    Brolo on
  • AphostileAphostile San Francisco, CARegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    the wook wrote: »
    please

    the slanket was around long before the snuggie

    And it's not made out of billiards felt either. The slanket is infinitely better.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Spudge wrote: »
    Peen wrote: »
    I'll second the magic bullet, it's boss for making margaritas and protein shakes and salsa. Oh and baby formula.

    I could see it being useful for some of those things but when it comes to salsa I hand chop/dice everything

    Come to think of it, I've never met a processor I liked when it comes to vegetables. Not even the slap-chop met my standards

    Normal food processors are pretty good for slicing or grating a lot of vegetables quickly, but as far as mincing or dicing I haven't found anythign that does a good job.

    KalTorak on
  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Rolo wrote: »
    the wook wrote: »
    Rolo wrote: »
    lostwords wrote: »
    I own a slanket and love it dearly. I've spent a few days just swaddled in it for the whole day, watching tv and getting crumbs all over it. I wanna marry it

    slanket? you must be one of them liberal communist starbucks latte sipping homos

    sluggie.jpg

    we're a snuggie forum

    always will be

    please

    the slanket was around long before the snuggie

    and the natives were around before Real Americans

    that didn't stop us from nuking those bastards back to the stone age

    as a general rule, if two competing companies offer the same product, i will choose the one whose marketing strategy doesn't involve bastardizing awful disco music

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2011
    My girlfriend has a snuggie thing. I have no idea if it's a name brand or some knock off.

    They should include a draw string so you can flip it around and use it as a robe.

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    the wook wrote: »
    Rolo wrote: »
    the wook wrote: »
    Rolo wrote: »
    lostwords wrote: »
    I own a slanket and love it dearly. I've spent a few days just swaddled in it for the whole day, watching tv and getting crumbs all over it. I wanna marry it

    slanket? you must be one of them liberal communist starbucks latte sipping homos

    sluggie.jpg

    we're a snuggie forum

    always will be

    please

    the slanket was around long before the snuggie

    and the natives were around before Real Americans

    that didn't stop us from nuking those bastards back to the stone age

    as a general rule, if two competing companies offer the same product, i will choose the one whose marketing strategy doesn't involve bastardizing awful disco music

    betrayed

    America is betrayed at every turn

    this is an obamanation

    the death of freedom

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    gary knows what's what

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I bought some Egg Cubers, even though I never actually saw them on TV
    They kinda worked

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLttXEKZbCo

    we've moved far beyond bastardizing awful disco music

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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Spudge wrote: »
    My neighbor swears by the Magic Bullet

    the-magic-bullet.jpg

    He let me use it when we first moved in to chop up some garlic and it worked, but not nearly as well as I had hoped. It was entirely meh

    single serving milkshakes

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Rolo wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLttXEKZbCo

    we've moved far beyond bastardizing awful disco music

    Somebody buy me that Mikey snuggie ASAP

    Crashmo on
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  • KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
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    I begged my parents to get me one of these when I was a kid. It was pretty much the most disappointing toy ever.

    It wouldn't fly in anything less than gale-force winds, and it was pink.

    Kilroy on
  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I wonder if there is a person who designs household products to look like sex toys so that unsatisfied mothers can better disguise their vibrators.

    "What's that honey? Oh it's just a can-opener... put it down"

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  • nealcmnealcm Alvarian AlvarianRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Spudge wrote: »
    My neighbor swears by the Magic Bullet

    He let me use it when we first moved in to chop up some garlic and it worked, but not nearly as well as I had hoped. It was entirely meh

    no

    NO

    DON'T RUIN THIS FOR ME

    IT IS MY DREAM TO GET A MAGIC BULLET

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  • ScrumtrulescentScrumtrulescent Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    the magic bullet is actually pretty boss. I remember I stayed up 24 hour one day and watched the infomercial for it at like 5 Am and woke up my parents so we could order it

    I was pretty excited about the magic bullet, you guys

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Skip the magic bullet and get the Hamilton beach single serving blender. It is a bit choppier and just as convenient when making smoothies and milkshakes

    Best milkshake: one s'mores cupcake, half a pint of ben and jerrys Dublin mudslide, milk, 2 packets splenda, ice. It will blow your mind

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Holy shit I want a ninja turtle snuggie right now

    Goose! on
  • GRMikeGRMike The Last Best Hope for Humanity The God Pod Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Goose! wrote: »
    Holy shit I want a ninja turtle snuggie right now

    http://www.ecrater.com/p/10034334/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-raphael

    GRMike on
  • SpudgeSpudge Witty comments go next to this blue dot thingyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    nealcm wrote: »
    Spudge wrote: »
    My neighbor swears by the Magic Bullet

    He let me use it when we first moved in to chop up some garlic and it worked, but not nearly as well as I had hoped. It was entirely meh

    no

    NO

    DON'T RUIN THIS FOR ME

    IT IS MY DREAM TO GET A MAGIC BULLET

    It is an okay machine at best

    It is neither magic, nor a bullet

    False advertising
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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    lostwords wrote: »
    Skip the magic bullet and get the Hamilton beach single serving blender. It is a bit choppier and just as convenient when making smoothies and milkshakes

    Best milkshake: one s'mores cupcake, half a pint of ben and jerrys Dublin mudslide, milk, 2 packets splenda, ice. It will blow your mind

    A cupcake and Ben and Jerry's already have a ton of sugar and you're adding artificial sweetener to it? And Splenda, no less?

    Why would you add artificial sweetener to ice cream?

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    to sweeten the milk and ice, duh

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I will not be judged by the man who made a waffle sandwich!

    (that was you, right? Because that was awesome)

    And really, I just want it super sweet. Feel free to replace the sweetener with caramel syrup

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