Vibrating stick a big hit!
Ok, I know this is really, really old, but it still made me laugh:
The item in question. Women of all ages certainly seemed to, um, grasp the appeal:
Shortly after Mattel releases its Nimbus 2000 broom as part of its line of Harry Potter toys, the vibrating device begins getting the wrong sort of customer raves. "I'm 32 and enjoy riding the broom as much as my 7-year-old," says one enthusiastic mother on Amazon. "My only complaint is, I wish the batteries didn't run out quite so quickly." Mattel stops making the toy, but denies that the unintended value-add is the reason. Says a spokesperson: "It's just not a continued product in our line."
Value-added indeed! (via the gals at Unibloggal.)
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That's hilarious. Wish I had one of those.
I keep checking Snopes on this one and it never comes up as an urban legend. Doesn't it just seem too good though?
I know, sgzax! From what I can tell, though, this was an actual product...
Oh, I'm so getting it! I can see it now:
Mom: Why did you order a crooked broom?
Me: Umm, to contribute more to the household chores...?
Mom: Why does it vibrate?
Me: Umm...it gives the floor a slight polish and shine...yeah, I'm gonna go with that, a slight polish and shine. OK, gotta go sweep my bedroom floor.
Hahahahahahahahaha!!
So many, many tacky Harry Potter spell puns are coming to mind right now. Because I care, I will spare you.
You know, in one of the books it mentions "built in vibration control" on someone's broom.
Haha.
I MUST HAVE ONE!!
It was a real product:
http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2002/09/jonathan-carroll-is-best-known-as-fine.asp
Sadly people who (I suspect) did not actually own the product began leaving spoof comments, and Amazon took down most of the best ones.
Dear god, why don't they keep making them? I totally want one...
Here's one of those classic Amazon comments you guys mentioned:
"I recently bought this for my son, Vantro. He's a HUGE Harry Potter fan. Seen the movie 32 times (in the theaters) and made the paper. This toy gives him the ability to fly around the house zapping things. My only problem I see with the toy is the batteries drain too fast and his sister fights him over it, so now I need to buy her one."
Bwahahahahaha!
This is almost as funny as the bumper sticker I saw this morning:
Frodo Failed. Bush has the Ring.
I'd like one of each, please!
Oooh, sounds fantastic! I want one! But alas, they probably don't sell them in Colorado, even if they are marketed as toys. The super fundamentalists probably caught it immediately.
Not nearly as exciting as a Harry Potter vibrating broomstick, but in the same vein is the "personal massager" I saw for sale at Limited Too (the one for tweeners). They come in bright pink, green, and blue. We never had that when I was a girl!
Okay, these are (were) marketed for kids, yet there are states where adults cannot buy vibrators?!?!
The sale of vibrators is indeed prohibited in some states. Alabama, for example, prohibits the commercial distribution of "any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs for any thing of pecuniary value." (I have a client who owns a bookstore at Exit 6 on I-65 in Elkton, Tennessee who is quite happy about that ban.)
BTW, unless Kali Ma is quite elderly, "personal massagers" were available commercially when she was a girl--just not at Limited Too.
Umm... Is there an alternate meaning for the word "potty" that I might not be familiar with?
"The super fundamentalists probably caught it immediately."
Actually, wouldn't they not know about it at all because they've banned HP for its "evil magic"?
Well..I keep checking Snopes on this one and it never comes up as an urban legend. Doesn't it just seem too good though?
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