I have to go teach again, but, inspired by an airline catalog, I’m asking for you to post links to whatever you view as the most useless gadget a bored businessman who thinks his worth is defined by owning stuff can buy.
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November 25, 2008
Most Useless Gadget
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Comment by moflicky on 11/25 @ 7:34 am #
the most worthless gadget ever is the hot dog toaster. hands down.
Comment by donald on 11/25 @ 7:38 am #
Who cares! The Pogues are coming!
Comment by JHoward on 11/25 @ 7:43 am #
The combo blog page obstructor / bottle capper.
Comment by Salt Lick on 11/25 @ 7:51 am #
A Sharper Image condom stretcher.
Comment by Andrew the Noisy on 11/25 @ 8:04 am #
The personal ionic breeze distributor seems like a nice fat boondoggle. I hear it doubles as an “I Am An Uptight Asshole” Medallion.
But hey, maybe they’re sinus sufferers.
Comment by Pablo on 11/25 @ 8:12 am #
Barack Obama.
Comment by Mossberg500 on 11/25 @ 8:20 am #
MSNBC
Comment by Jeff Y. aka The Continental on 11/25 @ 8:21 am #
The Chin Gym.
Comment by Mossberg500 on 11/25 @ 8:28 am #
Comment by Mossberg500 on 11/25 @ 8:20 am #
MSNBC
Any audio/video device airing MSNBC. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I blame Pablo Abu Jamal for referencing Barack Obama. It should be a Barack Obama teleprompter!
Comment by Republican on Acid on 11/25 @ 8:32 am #
This has been pretty fun for me:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/musical-instruments/a02a/
Comment by serr8d on 11/25 @ 8:43 am #
Being a businessman who doesn’t have freakin’ time to be bored, I’d go with this one.
But it only comes in white..RACIST!!11!1!!111!!!!
Comment by serr8d on 11/25 @ 8:47 am #
I’ve always wanted a virtual, programmable bumper sticker.
Here’s the next best thing.
Comment by BJTexs on 11/25 @ 8:48 am #
Right now the most useless gadget in my life is the office telephone as it refuses to ring with customers wanting to buy product.
At this rate my entire office may become a useless gadget!
Comment by Joan of Argghh! on 11/25 @ 9:00 am #
How about a mini-hovercraft?
Comment by Sdferr on 11/25 @ 9:00 am #
Pendulous breasts.
Comment by SarahW on 11/25 @ 9:01 am #
This doesn’t really qualify as gadgetry - yet still something that ought to be considered useless. Even IF “boxers can be so bulky”.
Comment by SarahW on 11/25 @ 9:06 am #
Alright, maybe not useless..
There is the “climate control, energizing massage, and chafing and insect protection.” And the alluring flash of a well-turned ankle to consider.
Comment by Joan of Argghh! on 11/25 @ 9:07 am #
Did you really mean useless? How about a $460 Yo-Yo? (Sounds like a euphemism for the stock market, I know.)
Comment by Joan of Argghh! on 11/25 @ 9:16 am #
Ha! A set of Remote Control Jousting Knights!
Comment by apotheosis on 11/25 @ 9:21 am #
George Foreman USB grill.
Comment by Mossberg500 on 11/25 @ 9:25 am #
The Hank Paulson Stupidity Meter
Comment by Old Texas Turkey on 11/25 @ 10:22 am #
The United States Congress
Comment by Loren Heal on 11/25 @ 10:24 am #
Prius.
Comment by the Other Ken on 11/25 @ 10:44 am #
A Mercedes SUV
Comment by dicentra on 11/25 @ 10:51 am #
serr8d:
About that programmable license-plate frame: Lileks had suggestions for those, including programming pi to some number of digits but getting one WRONG and seeing how long before a numbers geek puts an angry note on your windshield.
Comment by ccs on 11/25 @ 11:37 am #
The Pogues are coming
You mean the band, from the 80’s? Details!
Comment by MarkD on 11/25 @ 12:18 pm #
Windows.
Comment by MarkD on 11/25 @ 12:19 pm #
Microsoft or the kind you jump out of after the market has a bad day – week – eternity.
Comment by SSG Ratso on 11/25 @ 12:45 pm #
USB Aquarium.
I mean–fake fish?
Or a scrolling LED beltbuckle.
Comment by Son of a Pig and a Monkey on 11/25 @ 1:30 pm #
Cruise control in an M3
Comment by Velociman on 11/25 @ 1:47 pm #
Remote control jousting knights? $460 yo-yo’s? Mini-hovercraft? Joan obviously doesn’t understand the concept of “formerly unheard of, but immediately essential upon creation”. Like the breast implant.
Comment by Joan of Argghh! on 11/25 @ 2:15 pm #
I know, Vman. I too, think they’re amazing must-haves. And the snowball machine gun. And the mini ufo’s. But I sure as hell don’t need breast implants.
Comment by Sdferr on 11/25 @ 2:31 pm #
Perhaps we should repair to Thurber and White for an answer to Dan’s query?
Comment by cranky-d on 11/25 @ 2:55 pm #
I saw the snowball gun on teevee the other night. Totally awesome. Breast implants? Can’t see much of a reason for them.
Comment by Swen Swenson on 11/25 @ 5:29 pm #
Randy Andy’s love nuggets? Don’t need ‘em to play catcher.
But seriously, the food processor. Incredibly handy once every thirteen years when we’ve got a bumper crop of something that needs canning. Otherwise, it takes longer to clean than it would to chop or slice with a knife whatever needs chopped or sliced. After a couple years of not using it we took it off the counter and put it in the cupboard. After another ten years of not using it we put it back in the box on a shelf in the garage, where it’s stayed for another 10 years. Oh, and did I mention that the freakin’ thing cost several hundred bucks? I think we actually used it twice. But it was a “must have”.
Comment by Blitz on 11/25 @ 9:48 pm #
# 1 Moflicky Damned straight!! My mother and I were going through a catalogue looking for a gift for my sister, ran into that and we both said WTF!! I suppose if you have 8 teenage boys? maybe, but otherwise? FAIL
Comment by Blitz on 11/25 @ 9:54 pm #
Swen? I use mine about every 4-5 days. easy to clean and comes with many different chopping/slicing blades.
Now if you want a REALLY useless attachment, try a wife!!
Comment by Blitz on 11/25 @ 9:57 pm #
Oh, about the processor…full disclosure. I cook for the Salvation Army once a week, just supplying them with things like Ham and turkey salad sandwiches, diced carrots, you know, like a prep cook.
Comment by maggie katzen on 11/26 @ 12:01 am #
food processor rawks! I used to use ours maybe every other week or so… whenever I ran out of hummus. but RaTsO doesn’t like that stuff, so I don’t take up fridge space with it anymores. It’s just better at pulping large amounts of things quickly than a blender.