Thursday, October 19, 2006

Idiot products for idiot people


Choice magazine, an Australian consumer's guide to products, has just held their Shonky Awards for the year.

At number 3: Oxygen4Life Oxygen Therapy in a bottle
Ten millilitres a day of the product's "bio-available oxygen" purportedly "enhanced quality of life".
Choice added: "Or you could breathe - which is widely regarded as the best way to take in oxygen."
The product cost $55 for a 250 millilitre bottle of de-ionised water, Atlantic sea salt and bio-available oxygen.
Hosting the Awards, Roy (of Roy and HG fame) said he felt "enhanced just holding [the bottle]".

Number 4: Seagers Gin and Tonic with a twist of lemon
Sounds quite good, except there is no gin in the ready-to-drink can. There is vodka though, which kind of makes up for the lack of gin, except for the fact there is no quinine [which makes tonic water "tonic"] or lime either.
H.G. said: "So it's a fantastic product. If you are into binge drinking, this is the one for you."

And, *drumroll* number 1: Life Miracle's Magnetic Laundry System
Features two magnetic balls that you put in your washing machine instead of detergent. They cost $80.
Choice said: "Washing with balls and plain water had about the same cleaning effect as washing in plain water alone. Why you'd want to add $80 worth of magnetic balls is one of life's true miracles."

The worst thing - these will all probably sell better than this blog!

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