May 25, 2010

Weird and Wonderful Crap I Found on Skymall...












During a 90-minute delay on the runway in Denver due to hydraulic problems in our airplane (nothing scary there), I finished the book I was reading, consumed salty peanuts, discovered that hummus should not be served in a squeeze tube, and spent some time cruising the Skymall catalogue, where I discovered important and exciting new things...

1- a seven foot, $2300 inflatable alien costume

2- a swimming kaleidoscopic fish for your pool

3- several versions of a pet potty for your condo balcony

4- a variety of really unattractive garden sculptures

5- a twisting scooter called the Whiplash ---- now that sounds safe

6- spray-on, shake-in hair fibres to give balding guys the look of a full head of hair

7- a voice-activated R2D2

8- a telekenetic obstacle course that uses your brain waves to maneuver a ball

9- an underwater light show and fountain

10- a dog kennel / coffee table combo

11- the snore terminator wrist attachment

12- various iPhone attachments and chargers

13- a creepy looking tombstone-looking personalized concrete bench

14- a life-sized King Tut sarcophagus cabinet with 14 storage shelves

15- club box seats from Fenway Park

16- a very odd-looking sports bra for men

17- the Face Trainer surgery-free face lift

18- the Hollywood Cookie Diet...

... and oh so much more! Check out skymall for gizmos gadgets and wacky crap galore. Do people actually buy this stuff?

12 comments:

injaynesworld said...

Dibs on the face trainer!

Kelly@TearingUpHouses said...

There was so much laughing involved in this post that I'm pretty sure I wet my pants. You had me at tubed hummus.

Kelly

bmat10 said...

OMG I just sold a voice activated R2D2 at a yard sale, my father in law bought it for us, he does stuff like that. (don't know why, neither of us our star wars fan) R2 drove me nuts it would listen to a few commands and then it gave me attitude. Sold it to some kid for 10 bucks. I would have sold it for 2 bucks and lent the kid the 2 bucks.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

All those items sound perfectly reasonable and useful to me. I don't know why you're getting on your high horse about them. Your inflatable, glow-in-the-dark, sports-bra-wearing horse.

Lauren said...

Ummm... wow. And if I were a dude, I would not wear a bra. As far as I see it, that's a perk of being a guy.

Bo said...

I've always wondered if anyone every buys anything from Skymall.

Tawnya said...

They did not have house shoes with headlights?!?!?! Damn you Sky mall!!!!!

Ray's Cowboy said...

Very interesting items here. Hope the honeymoon is going well. enjoy yourselves.
Hugs
Ray

Frau said...

I always wondered if anyone did! Hope you are having fun!

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

I gotta admit was tempted by some of the totally unnecessary iPhone accessories, as what could be better than gadgets for a gadget, and beyond that, really some of this stuff is kinda cool, and some of it is just whacked...

marymac said...

Although I totally need none of these things, I totally want them all- what is WRONG with me?!

Linda Medrano said...

I totally need all of those Skymall things! And I love looking at the catalogs! I'm sitting on a plane for hours and bored out of my skull. Why not order stuff!

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