Reading with Scissors

April 11, 2008

Lubricate your cartilage and get out the wheelbarrow!

Filed under: Health & Beauty Aids, What's wrong with this picture? — Tags: , , — readingwithscissors @ 8:19 pm

One day he takes the stuff and pushes her around, the next day she does NutraJoint and carts him around.

April 10, 2008

Danica’s Twinkie Fantasy: Twinkies as an Ingredient

Filed under: Food-flavored Food — Tags: , , , — readingwithscissors @ 2:26 am

Before she was in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, Danica Patrick did Twinkie endorsements. No Ho Ho jokes.

March 16, 2008

S’Mores Toaster Strudel

Filed under: Food-flavored Food — Tags: , , , , — readingwithscissors @ 12:52 am

Why bother with campfires, graham crackers and marshmallows. Gather ’round the toaster!

 And feel good about it: 33% less sugar than Pop Tarts. Add a Diet Coke and you’ve got yourself a breakfast to feel good about.  

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February 24, 2008

Performance-Enhancing Slippers (PES)

Filed under: Health & Beauty Aids — Tags: , , , , — readingwithscissors @ 11:00 pm

 Roger Clemens ordered a pair of these, but they were for his wife.

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February 22, 2008

If You Can’t Stand that Awful Fishy Smell

Filed under: Do you smell what I smell? — Tags: , , — readingwithscissors @ 11:07 pm

 Quick, close the door! Those actual ocean breezes are nauseating.

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February 17, 2008

Crisco Olive Oil

Filed under: Food-flavored Food — Tags: , , , — readingwithscissors @ 1:12 am

…meanwhile in Italy, olive oil producers launch a revolutionary new product :  vegetable shortening. 

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February 16, 2008

WWJD? MBA

Filed under: Holy Moley — Tags: , , , — readingwithscissors @ 8:12 am

Come the rapture, no MBA left behind. Where to start? The ultimate in distance learning. Specializing in exit strategies and mission statements. Really “Built to Last.”

They had me at free laptop. (Advertisement in Newsweek, Oct. 8, 2007)

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January 21, 2008

New frontiers in preventive medicine

An ounce or two of prevention…. Play along and forget the part where she could have not gotten implants in the first place. (Ad in Orange Coast magazine, November 2005

New frontiers in preventive medicine 

December 18, 2007

A nose to be proud of: $9.97

Filed under: Health & Beauty Aids — Tags: , — readingwithscissors @ 2:05 am

OK, the “Before” and “After” is a little subtle. But you can’t beat the price.

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Animatronic Elvis, Comeback Era

Filed under: What's wrong with this picture?, You need this. Honest. — Tags: , — readingwithscissors @ 1:42 am

Press “Alive” and he comes to life. Press “Monologue” and he’ll tell you a story. Press “Song” and he’ll sing. Press “Sing Along” to sing a duet with him.

No mention of a button that makes it actually look like Elvis. But maybe animatronic hips are on the way. (From the Sharper Image catalog.)

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