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I bought one of these [link] today!!! I had to - it's my woobie!!!!!
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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Glamcookie - Aug 03, 2008 7:27:27 pm PDT #9681 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Burrell - Aug 03, 2008 7:31:59 pm PDT #9682 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Is the price on that drake fixture right? Because if so, pretty as it is (and it really is pretty) I'd have to side with Pete on that one.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Aug 03, 2008 9:14:51 pm PDT #9683 of 10001
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Because Pete is a crazyhead who doesn't like the design of it. Believe me, I want it.
Because it doesn't have a shred of actual elegance. Taking a long rod and shoving a bat on the end of it is not design.
It's also too long for anywhere in the house. people would end up smacking their chests - let alone heads - into it.
And all that for a bargain price of $1600. Yeah, um, no.
Sorry, it's overpriced, under-designed crap.
Not that I have opinions or anything...
Laga - Aug 03, 2008 9:30:35 pm PDT #9684 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I thought McCain was the one whose natural-born-citizenshipness was in question. see?
Fay - Aug 03, 2008 9:31:51 pm PDT #9685 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Nope, threadslayer. Opinions - you don't have'em.
(Truth to tell, I liked the concept more than the execution myself. And hadn't actually clocked the price tag - being from Yorkshire, you can probably hear my horrified howls of "'OW much?????!!!" across the pond.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Aug 03, 2008 9:38:13 pm PDT #9686 of 10001
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Yeah, I wouldn't pay 160 bucks for that, let along 1600.
Fay - Aug 03, 2008 9:49:36 pm PDT #9687 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Yeah, I wouldn't pay 160 bucks for that, let along 1600.
I had the same thought. Um. Only my thought was $16. But that's probably more a reflection of my Scroogelike sense of what things should cost - the prospect of a light fitting costing more than 50 quid seems shocking to me.
(If I'd ever had to go shopping for light fittings, of course, this might not be the case.)
Deena - Aug 03, 2008 9:49:52 pm PDT #9688 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Thank you for the happy wishes guys! You made my day. I got to go to the symphony, which was lovely, and then to dinner with the Gregory, and then we came home and chatted with Nick who was babysitting and is now as tired as I am so we're all going to bed. It's been a lovely day. Tomorrow we're all going to the county fair.
omnis_audis - Aug 03, 2008 9:57:13 pm PDT #9689 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
o_a, you can send him the snopes link if you think it will do any good.I sent a note to all on the list that said:
Howdy gang, I hardly doubt multi-millions of dollars would be raised and spent if this wasn't probed first! Let's keep the false allegations, whisper campaigns, fear mongering to a minimum. It doesn't take long to research these items. One quick look on Snopes.com is the easiest. The political season is bad enough. Let's focus on truth, and things that bring us together. Anyhow, here is the link from snopes.com:Yadda yadda yadda. I doubt it will work. Crazy Uncle will keep sending me BS right wing crazy crap.
Thanks for the snopes link. I wasn't at my desk, so I didn't feel like doing the research yet.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Aug 03, 2008 9:57:17 pm PDT #9690 of 10001
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Last minute happy birthday to you, Deena.
Fay, no, I probably wouldn't pay $16 for it either but I wouldn't pitch a fit if Jilli came home with one for $16. Any raising of the decimal point however... NSM.
But even then, it would still be useless unless you have $15 high ceilings and could manage to look at it daily without feeling like you'd been robbed.