Monday, October 06, 2008
A study in contrasts
In today's mail:

1. My brokerage statement, which, I know, per the experts I'm not supposed to look at. But I looked. My AIG stock has now gone down by 94%.

2. A SkyMall catalog. As far as I know, I have never gotten a SkyMall catalog at home before. ("Off the plane and at your door!," it says on the cover.) Thank goodness, now I can order those items I had previously gazed at to distract myself from turbulence:

The Edge Baking Pan: $40 for a pan that bakes an entire batch of brownies with "caramelized, toasty edges." Personally, I prefer the middle pieces; any chance of coming up with a pan that only bakes those?

Chilled Shot Machine: $150 for a gadget that provides "chilled shots" of your favorite liquor. Couldn't you just store the bottles in the freezer and save $150?

Big Foot Garden Sculpture: $99 for a 2-foot-tall yeti for your garden, "finely hand-painted for startling realism." If you're going for "startling realism," shouldn't it be at least 10 feet tall?

I don't think I'll be convinced that we're really in an economic slump until I stop getting catalogs selling marshmallow shooters and giant propellers.
posted by 125records @ 5:02 PM  
3 Comments:
  • At 6:33 PM, Blogger 2fs said…

    Damn - I'd thought U2's sales had declined a bit...but who knew Dave "The Edge" Evans had been reduced to hawking brownie pans? As for your question: yes, there is a way: hypnotize Joe into liking only edge pieces, and then all the middle pieces will be left for you!

     
  • At 9:55 AM, Anonymous Taj said…

    I really wanted to order the big foot for my dad (who now lives in a cabin in the woods in Michigan...very Little House on the Prairie, the Big Woods years...except with a lot of beer and deer antler art) but was shocked that it was only 2 feet tall.

     
  • At 8:34 PM, Blogger yellojkt said…

    A friend of mine bought AIG at $2.50. He's pretty happy with the investment so far.

     
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