Free Candy For Everyone

Ok, I don’t mean to be turning into the all-about-Amazon blog, but this made me laugh so hard I had to share. One of the best things about Amazon are the reviews of some things that need no reviews. It began with the milk reviews. Oh yes! Go check out the Amazon page for Tuscan Whole Milk. Nothing currently at the top there that is all the hilarious, but the sheer amount of reviews for it are hilarious in and of themselves.

But yesterday my uncle sent me something to top it all. Denon has apparently come out with a completely silly new audio cable. It costs FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS and is really completely unnecessary. People have decided to go to town in the reviews of it. I cannot remember when I laughed so hard at something so silly.

Some choice quotes for your enjoyment:

“A caution to people buying these: if you do not follow the “directional markings” on the cables, your music will play backwards.”

I installed one of these cables between my gigabit ethernet switch and my Canon Pixma 6700 color printer. I know it’s not a sanctioned use, but I was looking for the ultimate in speed and color fidelity. I’m freaky that way.

The first time I downloaded a picture to the printer over this cable, the bits moved so fast the printer collapsed into a naked singularity, right there in my office.

Since then, I can’t find the cat, and my entire set of VAX/VMS 4.7 documentation (DEC Will Rise Again!) (Mmmmm, orangey!) has gone missing.

Please, for the love of God, please, do not use these cables! The very existence of Earth may depend on your decision!

This bit is great for all the Star Wars geeks (like me!):

“Marked down 1 star because it still won’t let you do the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.”

Go on over and read them, it’s just great!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 at 9:54 am and is filed under Miscellaneous. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.