Too Funny, Must Explode

Smashing Failures

2009-01-19T22:27:00.000-08:00

Admit it, you've done it.

Playing Wii without the wrist strap. Seemed harmless until you tossed the controller across the room.

You avoided disaster (we hope). But as the Fail blog reminds us, not everyone is so lucky.

This guy was so stoked about the near-perfect game he was bowling, he videotaped himself. Except he never finished:

Youch. When one Christmas present takes out the other, it ain't pretty.

Southwest Airlines has been running this commercial with a similar (fake) incident:

Anyone else see an opening here to sell insurance for acts of Wii?

Get Me One of Them!

2009-01-15T14:19:00.000-08:00

Back in the 70s, when we had fewer TV channels and we had to watch commercials (no DVRs, kids, hard to believe!), you got to see a lot more straight-up, hucksterish advertising.

Ron Popeil and his Veg-o-Matic were the signature items of those classic, early days.

Every item did not one thing, but five or ten things. (Carves pumpkins and pipes!) They'd keep throwing extra stuff into the package. Before you got the price, always, it was: "But wait! There's more!"

Nowadays we expect more. You've got more functions in your iPhone than Dick Tracy had in his watch. And that's today's iPhone.

TV writer Seth Freeman takes the gadget world we live in a step further, imagining a future with a handheld that also makes breakfast, does the laundry and much more...

The transition to tennis racket mode was cumbersome, but the racket itself had a powerful whip with an extra-large sweet spot. In my personal tests, I still prefer my 27-speed Cannondale to the D360 as a road bike, although the company claims that the mountain bike in next year's version will be more competitive.

For more, see "Gadget of Delight" via the LA Times website.

Monkey Devolution

2009-01-15T11:04:00.000-08:00

They say we humans evolved from apes, but we haven't come all that far, if this mess of a cake is any sign.

Hand a chimp a couple dozen cupcakes and a frosting squirter, and he could do a better likeness.

This terror was supposed to liven up a child's birthday party. If anything, it makes me less inclined to eat cake. Wonder if the kids turned up their noses.

Don't blame the parents. As you can see in the full post at CakeWrecks, "Monkey See, Monkey Doo-Doo," the model they chose was kind of cute.

The reality was different. Kind of like how you see those lovely, plump burgers with farm-fresh toppings up on the menu at your local fast food joint, only to be disappointed by a squished mess with an unripe tomato and a couple shards of lettuce.

CakeWrecks has plenty more where that one came from. Check it out!