I have scaled these city walls
27Apr2008
Progress. It’s all around us. Every day there is a new gadget or gizmo being thrust upon us.
The best gadgets are definitely on informercials. And I am a sucker for informercials. My recent favourites include the following…
- Shamwow – it’s a sponge, it’s a chamois, it’s a towel. Like many cleaning products, it’s sold by a man with an accent – which inexplicably is usually English.
- Peticure – this gadget allows you to painlessly groom your pets nails. Now, if I could get close to my cat’s nails without 1st degree scratches it wuld be a great product. But I can’t, so it’s not.
The problem with both these products is that they are not sold by Billy Mays. Unlike the Handy Switch, which looks like the best next thing since the Tap Light. If Billy is selling it, I am buying. There is something compelling about the sales techniques of the man with the Just For Men beard.
One of the most useless gadgets I have seen recently is the Andis Hair Clipper with LED lights, for those times when you are grooming in the dark…
Phil I see the Peticure on TV, It’s fantastic for my dog. There is not something similar in Italy.
