Man, there are a million crazy things for sale on TV. We are crazy crazy shoppers. And we watch a lot of TV. What a better marriage of ideas in American culture:
\nshopping while watching TV<\/p>\n
I personally have a rule:
\nNever buy anything on TV while watching the infomercial.<\/p>\n
Hence, I have never bought anything I’ve seen on TV. Sometimes I think about the stuff I have seen, though. Because that’s another rule I have:
\nIf I see something I think I want, walk away. If I think about it later, maybe then I really did want it and I will go back and get it.<\/p>\n
But a lot of the time, there are things that you may be very excited about while under the spell of the infomercial, that you really have no earthly need for.<\/p>\n
There are some things I still would like to try. That Epil stop ‘n’ spray stuff…Does it really work? Or does it peel the skin off the sprayed area right after the camera stopps rolling?<\/p>\n
And that REVO hair styler…It looks so cool. But there is NO WAY that would actually work. I mean, the mechanics of it probably would take the curl out of my hair. But then I would be left with highly staticked fly-away hair.<\/p>\n
Maybe straight-hair people don’t realize that most curly-hair people are blessed with very fine hair. They associate curly hair with pubic hair, which is usually coarse. But curly HEAD hair is usually very fine.<\/p>\n
Anyway, the seductive REVO hair styler is doomed to fail. The hair-dos would be destroyed with the first breath of air that hit them.<\/p>\n
Those Minwax commercials make me start eyeing my furniture. Hmm…Does that need to be refinished? It’s SO EASY!<\/p>\n
And there is a commercial for a STEAM BUGGY. Wow, what a great device! Not only does it clean all your entire house without harmful chemicals, it can iron your clothes. That one really had me fascinated. I am against harmful chemicals. First, because they kill us and make babies come out funny. AND because they cost so darn much! The power of STEAM can revolutionize the world.<\/p>\n
Man, that was hard to resist. But the almost $200 price tag helped me out.<\/p>\n
What else?<\/p>\n
Oh yeah! The FOOD SAVER! This is really the coolest thing. I may eventually buy this, really. Really!<\/p>\n
Of course, this is the last infomercial I saw.<\/p>\n
It VACCUUM SEALS the food in your whole house, keeping it safe from all kinds of buggies, and worse from going stale. You can make up a plate of food, stick it in a FOOD SAVER baggie, suck all the air out of it, and then freeze it for a whole year. Homemade TV dinners!<\/p>\n
All the money I could SAVE with this $120 device.<\/p>\n
I don’t know. I’m gonna wait a little while longer. We’ll see if I’m still excited about it after I see the next infomercial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Man, there are a million crazy things for sale on TV. We are crazy crazy shoppers. And we watch a lot of TV. What a better marriage of ideas in American culture: shopping while watching TV I personally have a … Continue reading