Catalog of Craziness

[vovat]

I thought I would share some items from the Carol Wright catalog with you, as they just struck me as being totally ridiculous. Does this mark a slow descent into Jay Leno territory? Maybe in my next post, I'll be making O.J. jokes and saying Americans are too fat. Anyway, let's get this show on the road.




I'm sure they're fun to wear in the hot summer, too. Isn't water weight usually gained back really quickly, anyway? I suppose it's yet another product designed for people who care more about the number of pounds they weigh than whether they're actually in shape.



Enzyme Action! I love it when products use vaguely scientific terms to try to make a product sound good. Since enzymes speed up a chemical reaction, I guess this one makes a little more sense than some. Aren't enzymes specifically for ORGANIC chemical reactions, though? I suppose the urine would be organic, but I don't think the product itself would be.



This catalog has all kinds of products that are supposed to used high-pitched noises to scare away pests. Even if they work, how can you tell when they're out of order? My main reason for posting this picture, however, is that the words "rats," "mice," and "roaches" are all OUTSIDE the "no" symbols! It doesn't exactly give me much confidence, you know?



Yes, I'm sure "see[ing] exactly how to achieve the precise muscle extension and position" is the primary appeal of this video.



Doesn't the picture make it look like a prop in some low-budget movie? You know, to show a disembodied but still living head?



Are burglars ever REALLY scared away by these things?



Yes, it's another common natural substance that works as a miracle cure. And I suppose THEY don't want you to know about it, either. Isn't it weird how the drug companies can apparently manage to hush up every single licensed member of the medical profession, yet can't stop these miracle cures from being advertised in mail-order catalogs and late-night infomercials?

Comments

[erinptah]

You know, I might buy a camera like that just for the entertainment value.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Just get one of those cameras that squirts water. Endless hours of entertainment! {g}

[revme.livejournal.com]

It's Dan In The Pan, Jan's loving mate!

[jenhime.livejournal.com]

As far as enzymes go, an enzymatic cleaner is the only way to fully get rid of cat pee stains/smell. RRegular cleaners don't break down the urine well enough, so they leve enough trace that you can usually still vaguely smell it. And even if *you* can't smell it, cats can and they like to pee where they've peed before... I've never heard of Urine Gone though.

The cover to the "aerobics" video totally has porn overtones.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

As far as enzymes go, an enzymatic cleaner is the only way to fully get rid of cat pee stains/smell.

Okay, fair enough. I was just reminded of products that say they use the power of "ions" to do things. Even those don't come close to the "healing power of magnets" products (of which there were a few in that catalog).

The cover to the "aerobics" video totally has porn overtones.

It was on the same two-page spread as sex videos, erection pills, and massagers.

[jenhime.livejournal.com]

Carol Wright goes Adam & Eve? I don't remember them selling that stuff when my mom got the catalog when I was in high school. o_O;

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but they probably didn't have Viagra spots during every single commercial break at that point, either. {g}

[loz]

I'll take eight!

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Of which one?

[loz]

Of all of them!

[obsessical.livejournal.com]

now who's the crafty consumer?!

[vovat.livejournal.com]

No, world! You put YOUR hands up!

[kristenjarrod.livejournal.com]

The blacklight that always comes with those urine cleaners always rubbed me the wrong way. Like I can imagine a kid (I say kid b/c I can imagine my nephew doing this) running around the house with the blacklight looking for MORE urine stains and saying, "MOOOM!!! I FOUND ANOTHER ONE!!"