Products that make you face palm...

[Metric Mouse]

Just saw this on Amazon, and it made me curious what other ridiculous gadgets people have seen recently that are an insane way to spend your money. 

A part of me does actually think it's kind of awesome, but... priorities man, priorities.

I was going to buy two of them, but then I realized that it doesn't put the syrup on the pancakes. I refuse to live like an animal.

So you are choosing instead to live like a plant?  :-)

More like a sloth lifestyle. Whom I categorize as a brother, not an animal.

I've always kind of wondered if sloths like syrup. Thank you for answering that. It was bugging me.

[lost_in_the_endless_aisle]

I just bought The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification

[nereo]

I just bought The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification

Have you improved your skills at finding stray shopping carts?
you might also like this:
How to Sharpen Pencils by David Rees

[Blueskies123]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001DZTJRQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8


The reviews and question/answer section are priceless.

I have tears in my eyes having just read some of the reviews and questions, my sides are hurting.

[lost_in_the_endless_aisle]

I just bought The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification

Have you improved your skills at finding stray shopping carts?
you might also like this:
How to Sharpen Pencils by David Rees

The book arrives tomorrow! But don't be daft--it's not on finding shopping carts (presumably an upcoming volume) but a guide to identification should you happen upon one (e.g. how do you definitively tell a False Stray from a True Stray?). The reviews claim that in spite of the geographic designation in the title that it works reasonably well even on the west coast.

[marble_faun]

I have seen the Worst Thing.  A product for dogs.

PooTrap: Magic Poop Collector

Watch the commercial, if you dare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IrlhLF1c3k

The kicker is the video caption, which suggests you might face blindness or death if you don't use the product. 

[chaskavitch]

At the risk of sounding somehow sexist, though I certainly don't mean to be... Anyone know the ratio of men to women mustachians?  I ask because we all seem to have a lot of trouble getting DW on board! 

...

...I'm the one that posts here, but my wife is way more frugal than I have ever been. Duck-tape on her rain jackets, computing the per-meal cost of dinners, etc.  Our biggest disagreements come when I suggest that we can afford for her/us to buy XYZ and that it will improve our quality of life.

I'm a lady, and I'm definitely more frugal than DH.  He's getting on board, but has only lately stopped insisting on paying for things like phone insurance (ouch) and Equifax credit monitoring.  I think it is how we were raised - my family is WAY more frugal than his (best Christmas present ever = an entire set of my favorite book series from the ARC for $5).  It makes me twitchy that he buys the organic avocados because they were the first ones he saw, and doesn't seem to register which cut of steak is on sale this week.  OTOH, it is good that he can convince me that sometimes the more expensive and better made thing is a superior choice.

[ariapluscat]

I have seen the Worst Thing.  A product for dogs.

PooTrap: Magic Poop Collector

Watch the commercial, if you dare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IrlhLF1c3k

The kicker is the video caption, which suggests you might face blindness or death if you don't use the product.

this is the opposite of the cat Twinkle Tush. amazing. this is the true divide between cat and dog owners

[FIRE me]

Just saw this on Amazon, and it made me curious what other ridiculous gadgets people have seen recently that are an insane way to spend your money. 

A part of me does actually think it's kind of awesome, but... priorities man, priorities.

I was going to buy two of them, but then I realized that it doesn't put the syrup on the pancakes. I refuse to live like an animal.

So you are choosing instead to live like a plant?  :-)

More like a sloth lifestyle. Whom I categorize as a brother, not an animal.

I've always kind of wondered if sloths like syrup. Thank you for answering that. It was bugging me.

Yes, certain sloths just love to go to McDonald's for breakfast and order “hotcakes only” with extra syrup (hold that awful greasy meat Frisbee that McDonald's calls sausage). Without the extra syrup, it isn't worth the bother.

It used to be around $2, but the certain sloth can't say for sure what it costs now because he had to stop a long time ago because he was getting too damn fat. Plus it was bad for his mustache, so now the sloth only eats home cooked oatmeal for breakfast.

[FIRE me]

I just bought The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification

How about this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Images-You-Should-Not-Masturbate/dp/0399536493/

They under estimate me. Those pink gloves are hot.

[lost_in_the_endless_aisle]

I just bought The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification

How about this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Images-You-Should-Not-Masturbate/dp/0399536493/

They under estimate me. Those pink gloves are hot.

Ha! That's a good one.  SSCENA:aGtFI arrived today and it is a very good buy after all! The book is the result of 6 years of research in Eastern North America, though limited forays were made to Hawaii and several European cities for preliminary comparative work. Total dead-pan comedy. B3--FRAGMENT make me sad but A6 and B10--PLOW CRUSH are heroic ends to a life of service. I will go scouting after the next snow fall, since it is mentioned:

Sudden heavy snows have what might be termed a "Pompeii Effect," wherein all stray shopping cart movement is frozen. Such times offer an opportunity to assess stray shopping cart patterns.